Rep. Ritchie Torres on Senate CR Vote

<p>Today, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) released the following statement:</p>

<p>“The Senate Democrats voting ‘Yes’ are making a strategic miscalculation that we as a party might live to regret.&nbsp;The CR represents the best (and possibly only) leverage that we as Democrats will have to halt or impede Donald Trump’s systematic decimation of the social safety net—particularly Medicaid.</p>

<p>“If Republicans had chosen the bipartisan path, we could have easily negotiated a bipartisan compromise that averts a government shutdown, as we have done repeatedly in the past. But when Republicans choose a partisan path, the burden falls on them to produce the&nbsp;Republican votes necessary for passing a Republican CR.&nbsp;Bailing them out without extracting anything in return is political malpractice.”</p>
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