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I am very disappointed that Republicans’ willful sabotage of our nation’s health care system has led Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City to stop offering insurance plans across parts of Kansas and Missouri.
We are introducing this bipartisan resolution today to make it clear that last week’s unprovoked attack on peaceful protesters by Turkish security forces on American soil must not go unanswered and that those responsible must face justice.
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Yesterday President Trump laid out his budget request for next year.
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today joined 195 House Democrats in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to continue making the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments.
I join in congratulating Rep. Mark Pocan on his election as the new Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC).
It's not real. And frankly, my first thoughts were mirrored by almost every Republican who made a comment on the budget, this is not a real document, it is not a real offer, it's not a starting point.
President Trump’s budget is a litany of broken promises to the American people
Today, President Trump released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018. According to press reports, Trump’s budget makes it clear that he is not fighting for working Americans and their families.
Another day, another #BrokenPromise from President Trump. In fact, his budget breaks a lot of promises he made to the American people – most importantly, the promise that he is fighting for them. Instead, they get a budget that harms working Americans in order to give a huge tax cut to the wealthiest. Here is a look at the coverage so far:
Need further proof that Republicans’ request to delay their cost-sharing reductions lawsuit will harm consumers? CNBC reports that the uncertainty Republicans are injecting in the health insurance market with this delay could result in premiums increasing by 20% or more: