Statement From Rep. Dan Goldman On Senate Shutdown Deal

“For 40 days, Democrats have stood firm in our commitment to extend lifesaving health care tax credits that keep care affordable for over 24 million Americans. 

 

“For 40 days, Republicans have shut down the government because they refuse to work out a bipartisan deal to get the bipartisan vote necessary to pass a budget. Instead, they have cruelly and inhumanely used starvation as a political weapon because they know Democrats care about vulnerable Americans and they don’t. 

 

“Now, some Senate Democrats are relenting to Republicans’ hostage-taking on the empty promise of a “future vote” on health care that has almost no chance of becoming law. 

 

“As awful as this shutdown is for so many Americans, we must hold firm for the millions of people who will lose their health care due to the Republicans health care crisis.  

 

“I am a strong no on this deal, and I urge my Democratic colleagues in the Senate to hold the line and continue fighting for a deal that truly delivers for the American people.”