Stanton Slams Republican Tax Scheme Jammed Through in Dead of Night

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representative Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) released the following statement after House Republicans jammed through their unpopular budget mega-bill in the dead of night and along party lines. “House Republicans have spent months lying and hiding from their own plan, but here’s the truth: this bill makes the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, kicking 300,000 Arizonans off their health insurance and raising prices for the rest. It kills tens of thousands of clean energy jobs in Arizona. And it jacks up the cost of living for the families I represent while handing massive tax breaks to billionaires. Adding insult to injury, there’s nothing remotely fiscally responsible about it – even with these cuts, their adds more to the deficit than any legislation in decades.”