WASHINGTON,DC: Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President April Verrett released the following statement after House Republicans moved forward with a budget resolution that proposes cuts to Medicaid and other vital services:

“Let’s be clear – Americans have flooded Congressional phone lines, rallied at town halls, and lifted their voices to make it clear that they do not support massive cuts to the healthcare and public services they depend on. Despite that, today Speaker Johnson and extremist Republicans passed a budget resolution that puts our nation on a disastrous path of ripping away healthcare for 80 million children, pregnant women, veterans, seniors and people with disabilities by gutting Medicaid. In addition, they are slashing funding for other vital services like SNAP while shifting costs to state and local governments all to pay for massive tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.

There is still time to turn back from this disastrous path and we will not let today’s vote stop us from our fight to save Medicaid and the other federal services. We will hold elected officials accountable for their votes and demand that they support working peoples’ priorities and the wages, healthcare, and security we all deserve.”

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