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Luján Statement on the Postponed House Vote on Trumpcare

Statement

Date: March 23, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today issued the following statement after House Republicans delayed a high profile vote on the Republican health care repeal bill when the legislation failed to gain sufficient support to pass the House:

"President Trump and Congressional Republicans hatched a bill in a back room and tried to slip it through the House with no hearings before anyone -- even members of their own party -- were able to understand the details," said Lujan. "And when those details did come out -- the fact that this bill strips health insurance from millions of Americans, increases the cost of premiums and deductibles, and creates a crushing age tax on Americans over 50 -- President Trump, Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans got caught pulling a fast one on the American people."


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