Velazquez on Senate Delaying Trumpcare Vote

Washington, DC –Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) released the following statement regarding media reports that the Senate Republican Leadership has delayed a vote on their healthcare legislation:

"After hiding their version of Trumpcare from the American people and even other Members of Congress for months, the Senate Republican Leadership this week unveiled a coldhearted proposal to take coverage from 22 million Americans, gut preexisting condition protections and ravage Medicaid. I'm grateful that – for now – action on this mean spirited legislation has been brought to a halt.

"It is time, at last, for Congress to pull the plug on Trumpcare, rather than trying to pull the plug on the American people. I stand ready to work across the aisle with my Republican colleagues on meaningful, bipartisan legislation to improve our healthcare system. However, should Republicans try to revive their callous ‘Trumpcare' legislation after the July recess, we will resist it."

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