Pallone After 26 Hour Markup: Republicans Have No Answers for 13.7 Million Americans Losing Their Health Care on Their Watch

Washington, D.C. -Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the following statement after Republicans advanced the largest Medicaid cut in history in their budget reconciliation bill:

"It's outrageous Republicans forced this debate to occur late into the night when most of the country was asleep and couldn't see what they were up to.

"After 26 hours, Republicans failed to justify their draconian Medicaid cuts. The truth is Republicans want to rush this legislation through because they know the American people will be outraged by what's in the bill.

"Now that both the Energy and Commerce and the Ways and Means committees have acted, it's clear 13.7 million people stand to lose their health care on Republicans' watch..

"President Trump repeatedly promised Republicans were not going to cut Medicaid, but that was a lie since Republicans just voted for the largest Medicaid cut in history.

"Democrats will continue to fight to defeat this GOP tax scam that takes health care away from millions of Americans in order to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. We've beat Republican health care repeal attempts before and we can do it again."