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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.