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John,
The House just passed the Big Ugly Bill. I stayed on the floor all night and all morning long to vote NO along with every single one of my Democratic colleagues on this cruel, disaster of a bill.
I stood behind Leader Jeffries as he set a record by speaking for nearly nine hours on the House floor, telling the personal stories of those who have the most to lose from the passage of this bill and how Democrats have stood in the way at every turn to make this bill less worse.
Nine hours isn’t enough to go through all the reasons why this is a bad bill. But it’s already well-established why this is one of the worst bills in modern history.
It will rip away healthcare from 17 million Americans and devastate rural hospitals, it will add $3.3 TRILLION to the national debt, cut taxes for billionaires, raise costs by $1,200 for low-income families, and cut food assistance for the hungry.
Despite all of it, 218 Republicans in the House and 51 Republicans in the Senate voted for it.
They now own it. Their constituents will be hurt by a bill that Republicans have passed solely on their own. They knew the consequences for their communities and went along with it anyway to appease Trump and their billionaire donors. No excuse will erase that.
I’m ready to make them own the consequences of their votes from now and every day until Election Day in 2026. Taking back the House will put a stop to any more Republican reconciliation bills and allow us to hold Republicans accountable for their disregard of the pain they’ve inflicted.
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488 Days until Election Day. Let’s get to work.
Betty McCollum
Member of Congress
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