Ocasio-Cortez Denounces Republican Funding Bill on House Floor

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In addition to not including an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, the funding bill allows Republican Senators to sue the government for millions of taxpayer dollars

Washington, D.C.- Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives:

"It is great that Democrats have a line of people who are willing to fight for working-class Americans from coast to coast in this country.

Because God forbid we have a member of the Republican caucus who stands up and wants to extend the Affordable Care Act so that people with cancer, insulin, and all sorts of health care issues across this country have their health insurance protected and extended throughout 2026.

It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give eight members of the United States Senate over a million dollars apiece.

And we are robbing people of their food assistance and of their health care to pay for it.

How is this even on the floor? How can we, as members of Congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people? That is what this legislation does.

In fact, Senator Graham just went before the press earlier today, saying he was going to seek well over $1 million from the American people, from this.

We cannot support it and we cannot stand for it. Thank you."

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