DeSaulnier Digest
Last week, I voted against a Republican spending bill that will raise health care premiums for 20 million Americans and pave the way for millions more to lose their coverage. Since the beginning of the year, I have promised to stand up to Republicans' attacks on Americans' health care, and this vote was in alignment with that promise.
Dear |*Salutation*|:
I have been clear that I will not support a Republican spending bill that raises health care premiums for over 20 million Americans, paves the way for millions to be thrown off Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, and gives a blank check to Donald Trump to continue his authoritarian rule.
Tomorrow is Election Day and I encourage you to make your voice heard through our democratic process.
Please join me for an in-person town hall this Thursday, October 30th at 6:30 p.m.
As we enter week three of the Republican government shutdown, I am hosting a virtual Hands Off Our Health Care Town Hall tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that will expire if Republicans don't act to extend them. Millions of Americans use the ACA for quality health care for themselves and their families, but without action, ACA insurance premiums are set to rise 114% on average.
Today marks two weeks of the Republican shutdown and 25 days since Speaker Johnson put a stop to all voting on the House Floor as Congressional Republicans continue to refuse to work with Democrats to negotiate a bipartisan funding bill that avoids steep increases in health care costs for the American people.
We are now six days into a government shutdown brought on by Congressional Republicans’ refusal to work with Democrats to come up with a commonsense funding bill that would guard against exorbitant increases in Americans’ health care costs and protect spending from President Trump’s meddling.
Just over 24 hours out from a federal government shutdown, I am back in Washington, D.C. ready to pass a funding bill that keeps our government open and working for the American people while protecting them from devastating health care premium hikes. Unfortunately, House Republicans have decided to stay home and not return to work until next week, after the shutdown deadline has passed.
With millions of Americans set to lose health care coverage as ACA subsidies expire and steep hikes in insurance premiums are on the horizon for most Americans, House Republicans last week chose to pass a short-term funding bill that fails to address these looming health care crises and flee DC to stick the Senate with their mess.
Last week, our nation witnessed another shocking incident of gun violence. From the assassination of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman earlier this summer to the killing of Charlie Kirk, we must categorically reject political violence and recognize it as a threat to our democracy.