[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress

On
Tuesday at midnight, Republicans shut down the government.

When Republicans rammed their Big, Ugly Bill through Congress, voting to
cut health care for 15 million people, they set in motion a health care
crisis. Because they control the House, Senate, and White House, they were
able to force their own agenda through, without pausing for the
consequences to millions.

Now, benefits are set to expire, clinics and hospitals are set to close,
and millions of people will have to pay much, much more for healthcare.

Democrats have been demanding Republicans keep the government open and
work with us to pass a budget that saves health care for millions of
people.

Simple as that.

But instead of working with Democrats to do their job, fund the
government, and address the healthcare crisis they created — Republicans
are cheering for a government shutdown, and pushing a terrible bill that
forces healthcare further out of reach for our families.

This is as cruel and unnecessary as it is preventable.

This is so much bigger than politics. It's simply about being a person of
conscience and showing up for the people who sent you to represent them.

I want to talk about what this shutdown and this health care crisis really
means. Not in headlines or talking points — but what that means for
people’s lives and livelihoods.

We are talking about families seeing such high increases in their health
care costs — some more than double — that they will simply have to go
without insurance coverage.

We are talking about people losing their coverage entirely. Skipping out
on meals in order to afford lifesaving drugs like insulin. Going bankrupt
to keep a member of their family alive.

Republicans shut down the government because they want to make our
families poorer, sicker, hungrier, and more vulnerable. And we won’t be
complicit. As duly elected Members of Congress, it is not only our duty,
but our obligation, to make life better for the people we serve.

Donald Trump doesn’t know what it’s like to be a parent sitting in the
parking lot of an emergency room waiting to see if their child’s fever is
too severe to manage.

Donald Trump doesn’t know what it’s like to scramble to get the formula
your baby needs.

But Democrats give a damn.

My shoulders and my heart feel heavy because of what this Republican
shutdown will bring.

Federal workers and contractors could miss paychecks. Evictions could
rise. Seniors could go without assistance from federal agencies. Relief
from natural disasters could be delayed.

I will continue to fight to reopen the government, keep essential services
running, mitigate the Republican-caused healthcare crisis, and center the
dignity, humanity, and safety of folks in the Massachusetts’ 7th and
across the country.

To every family in my district and across our nation who will be impacted
by this, know this: I see you, I’m fighting for you, and I will not give
up.

Ayanna




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