Congressman DeSaulnier Statement on Passage of Republican Budget Bill

July 3, 2025 Press Release Legislation would strip health care from 17 million Americans, cause 18 million children to go hungry, and increase national debt by $4 trillion to give tax breaks to billionaires Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) made the following statement upon passage of the Republican budget scheme (H.R. 1), a bill that harms tens of millions of Americans and raises their cost of living in order to make the ultrarich even richer. “Republicans, more loyal to Donald Trump and their ultrawealthy donors than to their constituents, made clear what their priorities are. They’ve spent nearly six months focusing on finding ways to make the most vulnerable among us pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. In the process, they have betrayed working families. The results: Americans will forego medical treatments, struggle to put food on the table, go into debt, and die. After exhaustive attempts to improve the bill and then several efforts to stall, I joined every House Democrat and a measly two Republicans in voting NO.”