Duckworth Statement on Harmful Trump-Republican Shutdown

Duckworth Statement on Harmful Trump-Republican Shutdown

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement as Donald Trump and Republicans plunge our nation into yet another needless and harmful shutdown:

"Families are staring down a health care crisis of Republicans' own making-and instead of working to save them from that pain and lower health care costs, Trump and Republicans are choosing to put them through a needless government shutdown. As even Donald Trump once acknowledged, 'a shutdown falls on the President's lack of leadership.' And this is a lack of leadership of epic proportions.

"In just a matter of weeks, families in red and blue states alike will see their health insurance bills jump up thousands of dollars. Hospitals will lose funding and be at risk of closure. Millions will be kicked off their coverage completely-all as a direct result of Trump's inhumane and cruel policies, including his Big, Beautiful Betrayal. This urgency is exactly why Democrats repeatedly called on Republicans to work with us on a bipartisan bill that would have prevented the impending health care cost crisis and keep the government open. But when faced with a choice of ensuring our government works for the American people or not at all, Republicans shamefully chose not at all.

"Republicans control the House, the Senate and the White House-and if they wanted to prevent these crises, they could. For the sake of America's families, our economy and the entire nation, I hope they change their mind, put partisanship aside and come back to the table to work on a bipartisan solution that meets the needs of the American people and gets our government back to work for them. The longer they don't, the more harm they'll inflict on families across this country."

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