Gluesenkamp Perez Statement on Senate Passage of Budget Reconciliation Bill

<p>Today, <a href="http://gluesenkampperez.house.gov">Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)</a> released the following statement regarding the Senate passage of a partisan budget reconciliation bill.</p>

<p>In May, the Congresswoman <a href="https://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/gluesenkamp-perez-statement-on-budget-reconciliation-vote">voted against</a> the House version of the bill, and it now is returning from the Senate with changes for another vote:</p>

<p><em>“Somehow, the Senate managed to make a terrible bill even worse for Southwest Washington.</em></p>

<p><em>It burdens our kids with even more reckless debt, adding more than </em><a href="https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/senate-jumps-budget-cliff-reconciliation"><em>$4 trillion</em></a><em> to our national debt over the next decade – a $1 trillion increase from the House bill I voted against.</em></p>

<p><em>It gives even more freebies to the wealthiest Americans, costing the bottom 20 percent of taxpayers roughly </em><a href="https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/distributional-effects-selected-provisions-house-and-senate-reconciliation-bills"><em>$560 a year</em></a><em> to give the top 1 percent a $32,265 yearly handout.</em></p>

<p><em>It strips even more Americans of healthcare coverage, by gutting Medicaid and suffocating hardworking families with even more red tape.</em></p>

<p><a href="https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/571213e9-247f-4821-858c-2bac03d3bc89/6.30---jec-minority-health-insurance-losses.pdf"><em>328,695 people</em></a><em> in our state stand to lose healthcare, and rural hospitals across Southwest Washington would lose tens of millions of dollars – which could put these vital lifelines at risk for collapse.</em></p>

<p><em>Not to mention, the bill still drives up costs for </em><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/climate/trump-tax-bill-energy-costs-dg"><em>energy</em></a><em> and </em><a href="https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-will-the-2025-budget-reconciliation-affect-the-aca-medicaid-and-the-uninsured-rate/"><em>healthcare premiums</em></a><em>.</em></p>

<p><em>It undermines the economic power of hardworking Southwest Washington families and increases the red tape separating us from durable health – all to advance the short-term wealth of the well-to-do.</em></p>

<p><em>This bill is a bloated product of single-party control and a concoction of special favors for special interests – and it leaves everyday Americans carrying the bag.</em></p>

<p><em>There was bipartisan opposition to this bill, but it was jammed through the Senate with a tie-breaking vote and budgetary gimmicks that </em><a href="https://bluedogs-gluesenkampperez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/blue-dog-coalition-statement-gops-use-current-policy-baseline-partisan"><em>hide the true cost</em></a><em> of the legislation.</em></p>

<p><em>Still, the Majority has shown no appetite for bipartisanship, despite the House Blue Dogs </em><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5333146-blue-dogs-criticize-republicans-debt/"><em>offering</em></a><em> to help reach a more balanced, fiscally-responsible outcome.</em></p>

<p><em>As this bill returns to the House, I encourage my Republican colleagues to return to the drawing board and reflect on how this reckless proposal might harm their constituents.”</em></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/gluesenkamp-perez-statement-on-senate-passage-of-budget-reconciliation-bill">Gluesenkamp Perez Statement on Senate Passage of Budget Reconciliation Bill</a> appeared first on <a href="https://gluesenkampperez.house.gov">Marie Gluesenkamp Perez</a>.</p>