Representative Tran Issues Statement After Republicans Force Federal Government Shutdown

Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Derek Tran (CA-45) released the following statement after Republicans failed to negotiate a bipartisan government funding package for Fiscal Year 2026, triggering a government shutdown.

"President Trump and Congressional Republicans have failed the American people and refused to deliver what hard working families need to get ahead. Instead of focusing on an agenda to lower costs, improve health care, and make our communities safer, Republicans put billionaires' interest over everyday Americans. Republicans left town and forced our government to shut down," said Representative Tran. "This move is a flagrant display of Congressional Republicans' willingness to kick Americans to the curb to serve President Trump's harmful agenda. Our troops will not be paid. Families and seniors will experience critical delays in filing Medicaid and Medicare claims. Small businesses won't have access to essential resources. I will never vote for a bill that harms the people of California's 45th district. I remain ready and willing to work across the aisle to deliver a government funding package that works for everyday Americans."

House Republicans' partisan government funding package for Fiscal Year 2026 would allow the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits to expire. For residents of California's 45th Congressional district:

• Over 40,000 people will be left without health insurance;

• Health care costs will rise for over 35,000 people, and;

• Premiums will skyrocket by up to $16,000 annually.

Representative Tran remains committed to lowering the cost of essential health care for hardworking families in CA-45. Tran signed a letterto House Leadership urging the permanent extension of premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, and cosponsored H.R. 4849, the Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act,to codify those tax credits in law. Tran voted againstdismantling access to affordable health care and signed a discharge petition in the House to bring H.R. 2753, the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act, to the House floor for a vote. He also introduced H.R. 4317, the bipartisan PBM Reform Act, alongside Representative Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-01), to encourage transparency and accountability in pharmacy benefit managers' (PBM) practices and lower the cost of prescription medication for hard-working families. Tran co-leads H.R. 4641, the Keep Kids Covered Act,with Representative Kathy Castor (FL-14), which would reduce the cost of healthcare for parents by ensuring continuous healthcare coverage for all children enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

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Congressman Derek Tran represents California's 45th Congressional District. Serving his first term in Congress, Congressman Tran is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Small Business Committee, where he is Ranking Member of the Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee. Congressman Tran is the son of Vietnamese refugees, a Veteran, and fought for consumers as an attorney before entering Congress.