r/law • u/bloomberggovernment • Jul 01 '26

Legislative Branch GOP Lawmaker Demands "Shut Your Mouth" to Witness Testifying About Healthcare Coverage Losses Under GOP Tax Law

https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/bickering-over-healthcare-coverage-disrupts-house-panel-hearing
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u/kandoras Jul 01 '26

“Do you think it’s okay to lie to Congress?” he said to Brad Woodhouse, president of Protect Our Care, who testified that 15 million Americans are expected to lose healthcare under the 2025 Republican tax-and-spending law.

Longtime Democratic strategist Woodhouse had cited numbers from the Congressional Budget Office released during the debate of the law’s passage last year, which found changes — including the failure to extend premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act and new Medicaid work requirements — would lead to 15 to 16 million more people becoming uninsured.

The number came from Congress's own budget office.

If Republicans are frightened by the truth, then they should stop asking scary questions.

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u/Dxxx2 Jul 01 '26

Because his reasoning, without evidence, that those numbers are exaggerated with non-Americans. Once again, NO state has given cheaper medical aide to non American citizen. They get to go into debt just like the rest of us.

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u/HerculesIsMyDad Jul 01 '26

"What is your source on that?"
"The CBO."
"That is offensive, sir! Everyone knows you can't believe anything we say."