WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the reconciliation bill:
“I know of no faith that teaches that we should take health care from seniors and the disabled, and food from hungry children, to rig the tax code even further for the ultra-wealthy. That’s what almost every Republican in the Senate just voted to do. Making Americans hungrier, sicker, and poorer won’t make America great. America is great because it is good.
“The American people sent all of us to Washington to bring down prices, keep them safe, and help make the American dream possible. Instead, they’re getting a bill that will strip health care from 17 million of the most vulnerable Americans – children, seniors, people with disabilities – and take food out of the mouths of hungry families. It will also add trillions of dollars to the national debt.
“My Republican colleagues know this bill is a disaster. That’s why they rewrote it by hand in the final minutes, holding it together with backroom deals and giveaways. They rushed the bill to passage before most of them even understood the details of what they were voting for. They will learn more about what’s actually in this bill in the days to come. The rest of our nation will be dealing with its consequences for years.
“I will do everything I can to protect Delawareans and people across the country from the devastating impacts they will suffer because of this reckless bill.”
Senator Coons is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.