Rep. Becca Balint Votes No on Government Funding that Fails to Address Health Care Cuts

Washington, D.C. - Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) released the following statement after voting against a continuing resolution that fails to extend Affordable Care Act health care tax credits:

"I'm a hell no on any bill that cuts healthcare and skyrockets premiums for millions of American families. Americans are suffering through a health care crisis of Republicans' making, after fifteen years of efforts to dismantle the ACA and replace it with nothing.

"Republicans refusal to come to the table for the last 40 days tells us everything we need to know about where their priorities lie. From the beginning Trump has used the shutdown as a political game - from withholding food from children to harassing air traffic controllers who take on second jobs to make ends meet. This bill is just another way to ram through his corrupt agenda - carving out $500,000 payouts to Senators allegedly implicated in the January 6th insurrection. The corruption is staggering.

"I can't in good conscience vote for something that further damages an already broken health care system. Americans are disgusted by a system that screws them over at every turn. I want Vermonters to know I'm in this fight for a health care system that truly serves us. We deserve that and an economy that works for all of us, not just the billionaire class. The fight doesn't end here."

The bill includes a provision that provides a legal path for Republican Senators implicated in the January 6th insurrection to get at least a half million-dollar payout. That payout is based on baseless concerns over lawful subpoenas issued by prosecutors who were investigating those Senators' involvement in the attempt to overthrow the government on January 6, 2021.

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