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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after voting against Republicans’ sweeping budget proposal that slashes Medicaid, guts food assistance programs, and raises health care costs for working families, all while adding trillions to the deficit to fund tax breaks for billionaires. The legislation would rip health care away from nearly 14 million Americans.

“Over the last few months, I’ve heard from countless Coloradans who are terrified of what this budget means for their families. I think of Evan and Margy, who were pushed to the brink before Medicaid helped them care for Margy who has advanced-stage MS. I think of Brooke and her daughter Quinn who has a rare cancer and wouldn’t be alive today without the care she needs. And I think of my own mom, who got to rebuild her life and wouldn’t have survived without Medicaid. 

“This bill means kids will go hungry, thousands of people will die without access to health care, and the progress we’ve made in fighting the opioid crisis will be erased. Hospitals and nursing homes will shutter, and the health care costs for all of us will skyrocket. All to give the wealthiest people in the history of the world more tax giveaways on the backs of the rest of us.

“I know many feel powerless but now’s not the time to give up. We’ve got to keep showing up and fighting back with everything we’ve got.”