STATEMENT: Schiff on Passage of Senate Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill

Senate GOP Bill Would Kick Millions Off Health Care, Slash Food Assistance for Families to Give Massive Tax Cuts to Billionaires
Washington D.C.— Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to advance their reconciliation bill:
“Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill is one of the most shameful and selfish pieces of legislation I have ever seen. This bill will result in the closure of hospitals and clinics, kick millions of Americans off of their health care, slash food assistance for families, kill thousands of jobs, destroy the future of renewable energy and raise energy bills by hundreds of dollars every year — all to give a massive tax cut to wealthy people and big corporations, and to benefit polluters.
“And if that was not bad enough, it will skyrocket the national debt and deficit to help pay for tax cuts for the wealthy, leaving our children and grandchildren to pick up the tab. For any of the bill’s supporters to claim the mantle of deficit reduction or fiscal responsibility is hypocrisy of the rankest order.
“We should be focused on tackling rising costs, expanding health care for millions, creating more jobs, building more homes, and safeguarding the right to retire with dignity. That will continue to be my highest priority.”
Background:
Schiff, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, offered a motion toprotectSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for families with children under the age of 12 from food assistance cuts. Every Senate Republican voted to block it.
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