Jayapal Statement on Budget Reconciliation

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a Member of the Budget Committee, released the following statement regarding the vote on “One Big Ugly Bill”: “This budget is a betrayal of the American people – full stop. “Drafted and debated in the middle of the night, under the cloak of darkness, it is a giveaway to billionaires, paid for by stealing from the poor. It strips 14 million people off their health care, it slashes food for the hungry and cuts basic needs, all to give a tax break to the people who need it the least. “If you’re in the top one percent, you do well in this bill – but if you’re a poor or working person, you get screwed. I voted no because I stand with the people, not the billionaires. “This is not the end. We will continue to fight this budget to stop this destruction as it goes to the Senate.”