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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after voting against House Republican’s budget proposal.

“A budget is a statement of values and House Republicans’ proposal is a clear betrayal of American families and communities. This plan would give the wealthiest a $4.5 trillion tax cut and use the largest Medicaid cut in history to help pay for it while ballooning our national debt. Trump and Congressional Republicans promised to lower costs, but this plan would saddle working families with higher food and health care bills. American families shouldn’t have to pay for Republicans’ budget.”

Background

• The House Republican budget plan would cut Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion, including a nearly $20 billion cut from Apple Health, SNAP by over $200 billion, and education and school meal programs by around $100 billion.
• Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) cover nearly 80 million Americans, including over 1.8 million in Washington.
• SNAP provides vital food assistance to roughly 40 million children, parents, older adults, and disabled people, including nearly 900,000 in Washington.
• The House Republican budget plan benefits the wealthiest .1% with an average tax cut of over $310,000.
• It would cost upwards of $5 trillion and increase the deficit by over $3 trillion.