Steny H. Hoyer
12/17/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/17/2025 19:03
Hoyer Statement on Republicans' Partisan Health Care Bill
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after voting on H.R. 6703, the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act:
"The feeble health care bill House Republicans passed today would do little more than a band-aid to fix the gaping hole they have left in America's health care system by refusing to extend the tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. Four million Americans are about to lose coverage and millions of others are about to see their monthly premiums skyrocket when those credits expire in just two weeks' time. With this bill, House Republicans have once again told the American people 'you're on your own.'
"This bill is shamefully inadequate, and Republicans know it. For fifteen years, they have said they will 'repeal and replace' the ACA. In case it wasn't abundantly clear already, this bill is evidence that Republicans still have no idea what that replacement would look like.
"Speaker Johnson and his conference had every opportunity to protect Americans' health care, and they passed it up every single time. It shouldn't take a discharge petition to give an ACA tax credit extension a fair vote on the House Floor, but it did. I look forward to seeing that extension receive the consideration that it - and the millions of Americans who stand to lose their care - deserves."
"The feeble health care bill House Republicans passed today would do little more than a band-aid to fix the gaping hole they have left in America's health care system by refusing to extend the tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. Four million Americans are about to lose coverage and millions of others are about to see their monthly premiums skyrocket when those credits expire in just two weeks' time. With this bill, House Republicans have once again told the American people 'you're on your own.'
"This bill is shamefully inadequate, and Republicans know it. For fifteen years, they have said they will 'repeal and replace' the ACA. In case it wasn't abundantly clear already, this bill is evidence that Republicans still have no idea what that replacement would look like.
"Speaker Johnson and his conference had every opportunity to protect Americans' health care, and they passed it up every single time. It shouldn't take a discharge petition to give an ACA tax credit extension a fair vote on the House Floor, but it did. I look forward to seeing that extension receive the consideration that it - and the millions of Americans who stand to lose their care - deserves."
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