New Democrat Coalition Leadership issued the following statement after the final House passage of a Continuing Resolution (CR) that fails to extend crucial tax credits to lower healthcare costs or address the broader Republican-caused healthcare crisis.

The Coalition officially opposed the legislation on Tuesday.

“Hardworking Americans are demanding Congress take decisive steps to lower the cost of living and protect their healthcare, which is why New Dems have worked so hard to bring Republicans to the negotiating table and why we could not support this flawed bill.

“This legislation grossly fails to deliver for the American people – leaving millions of hardworking people in the painful position of not being able to afford health insurance for themselves or their families next year. It also fails to responsibly constrain a President who has demonstrated that he will stop at nothing to inflict pain on working Americans to line his pockets and advance his extreme agenda.

“Republican lawmakers have again shown that they don’t care about solving the healthcare and affordability crisis they created. The American people watched in horror as Republicans tried to use hungry families and mass layoffs as leverage during the shutdown so they could force through healthcare cuts and price hikes for working families – all to fund the massive tax breaks for billionaires. The cruelty and corruption are the point; look no further than a provision in the bill that allows a group of Republican Senators to sue and receive millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded payouts.

“House Republicans need to listen to the American people who are imploring them to work with Democrats to take action, or own the consequences if they don’t. This is not the end of our fight; New Dems will work as long as it takes to deliver real solutions to lower healthcare costs for the American people.”

New Democrat Coalition Chair Brad Schneider (IL-10) announced that the New Democrat Coalition – the largest ideological caucus in the House – officially opposes the Senate-passed Continuing Resolution as drafted. The announcement follows a vote amongst the 116 New Dem Members.

Chair Brad Schneider issued the following statement on the Coalition’s decision:

“New Dems were clear from the very beginning: any bipartisan deal to open the government must necessarily address the Republican-created healthcare crisis and prevent out-of-pocket healthcare costs from skyrocketing for tens of millions of Americans.

“New Dems have always been ready and willing to work across the aisle, which is why we asked to meet with our Republican counterparts to find a solution to this shutdown. We were disappointed but not surprised when House Republicans rejected every attempt to negotiate in good faith, instead choosing to double down on their chaos and cruelty at the expense of working Americans. For more than seven weeks, Republicans have refused to come to work, abdicating their constitutional duty to the American people. Their dereliction of duty has allowed the President to callously inflict pain on public servants and hungry families in the process.

“While New Dems always seek common ground, our Coalition remains united in opposition to legislation that sacrifices the wellbeing of the constituents we’re sworn to serve. Unfortunately, the Senate-passed bill fails to address our constituents’ top priorities, doing nothing to protect their access to healthcare, lower their costs, or curb the Administration’s extreme agenda. New Dems oppose the Senate bill as drafted.”

New Dems Host Roundtable on Tariffs in Seattle, WA on 11th Stop of the On the Road Tour

New Dem Members completed the 11th stop on the New Dems on the Road Tour, an initiative to get New Dem Members out of Washington, D.C. to hear from American workers, businesses, industry experts, nongovernmental organizations, and local leaders about how to improve policy in Washington.

New Democrat Coalition Rural Revitalization Working Group Chair Kim Schrier (WA-08) hosted former New Dem Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and New Dem Leadership Member Andrea Salinas (OR-06) for a roundtable discussion in Seattle, WA on the sweeping economic impacts of President Trump’s tariffs and ongoing trade war.

The Members convened the roundtable at the Washington Council on International Trade (WCIT) alongside WCIT President Lori Otto Punke, and were joined by business owners from across Washington state to hear about how the President’s tariffs and broader trade strategy are raising costs and hurting American businesses.

In Episode 22, “Return Flight,” Reps. Greg Landsman (OH-01) and Marc Veasey (TX-33) convene on the final day of the longest government shutdown in history to discuss their opposition to the government funding bill that does nothing to lower costs for the millions of working Americans dealing with Republicans’ healthcare crisis. They also talk through the last-minute addition to the package that allows certain Senators to rake in millions of taxpayer dollars.

Then, they tackle the bombshell revelations about President Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein following the release of thousands of Epstein’s emails by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which coincided with newly sworn-in Representative Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) becoming the 218th and final signature needed on the House discharge petition to force a vote to release the Epstein files.