Warren Slams Big Tech CEOs for Spending Millions to Influence Trump and Republican Lawmakers, Attempting to Secure Billions in Tax Handouts Paid For By Ripping Health Care, Food From Families

“Your lavish political spending appears to be bearing fruit, and everyday American families will pay the price.”
Text of Letters to Big Tech Companies (PDF)
Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, pushed Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon; Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta; Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla; Tim Cook, CEO of Apple; and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, on their attempts to secure billion-dollar tax handouts paid for by ripping away health care coverage, food assistance, and other services from millions of American families.
After spending millions of dollars lobbying Congress for tax breaks, lavishly donating to President Trump’s inauguration, and funding Congressional Republicans’ election campaigns, these Big Tech companies are attempting to secure:
These provisions are part of President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill,” which would pay for those tax cuts by ripping away health care coverage and food assistance from millions, causing an estimated51,000 additional deathsper year due to patients losing access to health care and a projected decline in the quality of care at nursing homes.
“You have spent millions cozying up to President Trump and Congressional Republicans, and they now appear ready to return the favor by handing you billions of dollars in tax breaks — with American families footing the bill,”wrote Senator Warren to the companies.“Your lavish political spending appears to be bearing fruit, and everyday American families will pay the price.”
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