Congressman Gonzalez Votes Against Shameful Republican Budget Bill
Partisan Legislation Betrays Our Seniors, Our Veterans and Our Children
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today [originally released on Thursday, July 3, 2025], Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) released a statement following his vote against the updated Republican Budget Bill that strips healthcare from almost 17 million Americans, including more than 1.6 million Texans and over 100,000 South Texans, and adds almost $4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade - all to give billionaires and multinational corporations a tax break.
“This bill is nothing but One Big Betrayal to the American people,” said Congressman Gonzalez. “It goes back on our promise to senior citizens, veterans, and students. It guts lifeline programs for hundreds of thousands of South Texans. Fiscally irresponsible and cruel, President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ will force children to go hungry in school, put Medicare and Meals on Wheels on the chopping block, and drive our nation and our students deeper into debt. I could not in good conscience vote for legislation that will make South Texans sicker and poorer while making the ultra-rich even richer.”
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