Speaker Coughlin Releases Statement on House Passage of GOP Budget Bill
Coughlin issued a statement critical of the Republican-sponsored budget bill and his Republican counterparts.
TRENTON — Speaker Craig J. Coughlin issued the following statement in response to the House’s passage of the Republican budget bill.
Coughlin said the bill includes deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid:
Full text of the H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill, Act can be found by clicking the link below:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text
“The bill House Republicans passed this under the cover of darkness is not just cruel—it’s morally wrong," Coughlin said. "It guts lifeline programs like Medicare, Medicaid and food assistance that millions of working families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities rely on every day."
“Slashing billions from SNAP is irresponsible. It is an effort to take food off the tables of so many who are already struggling," Coughlin continued. "Cutting billions from government health insurance programs will mean millions more lose access to health care, all while handing massive tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans."
Coughlin then criticized Republican counterparts for their support of the funding measure.
“And yet, New Jersey Republican Representatives Tom Kean Jr., Chris Smith, and Jeff Van Drew, voted in favor of the bill. They chose party over people. They chose giveaways to the ultra-wealthy over meals for hungry kids and medical care for working moms," Coughlin said. "We will keep fighting to protect the people this bill leaves behind because New Jersey families deserve better than to be sold out in the middle of the night.”
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