The DeSaulnier Digest: House Democrats Stand Against Republican Attempts to Slash Medicaid
Last week, House Republicans narrowly passed their extreme, reckless budget that threatens to cut two trillion dollars across programs like Medicaid, student loans, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), school lunch programs, and more all to fund even more tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy. In CA-10, these cuts would put more than 130,000 residents at risk of losing their health care, including children and seniors, and threaten SNAP benefits for 43,000.
I joined all my Democratic colleagues in voting no on this budget scheme and standing with the American people against these harmful cuts.
In addition to voting against this budget, I also joined my Democratic colleagues in calling on Speaker Johnson to oppose Republican efforts to cut billions from Medicaid and to protect Medicare and Social Security.
As we prepare to hear from the President in tomorrow’s joint address to Congress, I will be joined by Concord resident and disability advocate, Alisa Rosillo, who as a mother to children with disabilities and Chapter Leader of Changing Spaces, California, knows firsthand how federal services, including those offered under Medicaid, are a lifeline for the health, wellbeing, and success of the disability community. Medicaid is the largest provider of health care to people with disabilities, by covering more than 10 million people, and helps support seniors and people with disabilities who rely on home- and community-based services. In joining me at the joint address, Ms. Rosillo is sharing her family’s story so the President and Republicans in Congress can see the human face of the disastrous consequences of their reckless budget.
To hear more about the action House Democrats have been taking to stand with working families against the special interests of the ultrawealthy and big corporations, click here or on the image below.
Sincerely,
Mark DeSaulnier
Member of Congress
ON THE FLOOR
DeSaulnier Opposes Partisan Attacks on Pollution-Reducing Measures
The Congressional Review Act allows Congress to review and overturn rules issued by federal agencies. Under the Biden Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced two rules that aim to reduce air pollution, protect public health, and reduce household costs for energy. In response, House Republicans advanced legislation to overturn these proposed rules and prevent similar ones from ever being issued. H.J.Res. 35 would terminate the EPA’s rule to issue charges for waste methane emissions on oil and gas facilities, and H.J.Res. 20 would overturn the DOE’s rule on energy efficiency standards for residential tankless water heaters. Despite the Congressman’s strong opposition, H.J.Res. 35 passed the House by a vote of 220-to-206, and H.J.Res. 20 passed by a vote of 221-to-198.
IN COMMITTEE
Mark Highlights the Administration's Efforts to Undermine Workers' Rights
At a recent hearing in the House Committee on Education & Workforce, Congressman DeSaulnier spoke about how the new Administration is dismantling the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and its protections of workers' rights. He also discussed how the Administration continues to disregard protections for people with disabilities and is illegally undermining workers’ rights to form unions and improve co
IN THE NEWS
Congressman DeSaulnier Condemns Decimation of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
In the wake of a flurry of aviation safety incidents, including the devastating fatal crash in the Washington, D.C. area, Mark spoke with ABC-7 Bay Area News about why the President's and Elon Musk's massive cuts to the FAA are making Americans less safe when flying. View the full interview by clicking here or on the image below. Congressman DeSaulnier also spoke with KQED about the bipartisan work the Aviation Subcommittee, of which he is a senior member, did to improve safety and how the Administration's cuts are undermining that work and making our skies less safe. Listen to the KQED interview by clicking here.
Mark Speaks Out Against ICE Detention Facility at FCI Dublin
Along with Bay Area Representative Zoe Lofgren, Congressman DeSaulnier denounced plans to turn the former federal prison at FCI Dublin into an immigrant detention facility. Citing the unsafe and hazardous conditions of the facility, which was closed last spring due to safety concerns and rampant abuse, DeSaulnier and Lofgren stated that the facility is not safe for habitation and should remain closed. Read the full story from KTVU here.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Congressman DeSaulnier Hosts Virtual Meetings with Constituents
Mark sat down with constituents virtually to discuss issues of importance to them, including immigration policy and the uncertainty about National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and its impacts on local grant awardees.
Team DeSaulnier Celebrates Local Student Grant Awardees
Our team joined students at Ygnacio Valley High School in Concord to celebrate members of the robotics club who were awarded a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams grant for their project to create a prosthetic glove to assist those with mobility issues. Team DeSaulnier got a firsthand view of their innovative project and dedicated teamwork.
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