DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene released the following statement after Steil, Van Orden, and House Republicans passed their tax scam that would put 523,000 Wisconsinites at risk of losing their health care, risk food assistance for 284,948 households, and cut Medicare, all to pay for massive tax breaks for the wealthiest few:
“Bryan Steil, Derrick Van Orden, and House Republicans have broken their promise to help the people they were elected to serve. Their vote to pass a singularly devastating piece of legislation that will hurt millions of working people, all to pay for hundreds of billions in tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy is the latest example of their complete abandonment of everyday Americans in favor of billionaires. By passing the largest cut to Medicaid in history, Steil, Van Orden, and their fellow Republicans are ripping away health care from millions of Americans and levying a de facto hidden tax on working class families. Their cruel cuts to nutrition assistance will end up taking away food from millions of children at the dinner table and the school cafeteria. And in another example of Republicans’ broken promises, their bill would force billions in cuts to Medicare, harming seniors.
“Their budget sends a cruel, but clear message about what Republicans’ priorities are: massive benefits for the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
“As Republicans forced this dangerous bill through the process, House Democrats fought to be a voice for the American people. It was House Democrats who worked to fight for policies to actually lower costs, expand access to quality care, and invest in the middle class, only to be rebuffed by House Republicans. America cannot afford the Republican tax scam. Now that these vulnerable Republicans are on the record voting for it, this betrayal of the American people will cost them their jobs in the midterms and Republicans the House Majority come 2026.”
