Watson Coleman Condemns Trump's Vile Bill

Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12) issued the following statement ahead of the House vote on the GOP’s Big Ugly reconciliation bill:
I am appalled at the cruelty on display during what should be a week of reflection, celebration and recommitment of our nation’s pursuit for a more perfect union.
Republicans are making clear they have no interest in governing for the people who rely on us most. This bill threatens healthcare for seniors and children, strips food assistance from millions, slashes student loan protections, and undermines climate progress. At every single turn it serves the wealthy and punishes everyone else.
On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress accepted the idea of independence. Thomas Jefferson penned the first draft of what would be America’s justification for seeking independence from a tyrannical ruler - proclaiming a set of natural rights that were the responsibility of the government to protect.
Every person to sign their name to that declaration 249 years ago took an extraordinary risk. Declaring freedom in writing from the King did nothing to establish liberation, only providing proof of treason should they have lost the war. It was the collective belief of our founders that the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was worth the ultimate sacrifice.
It was a display of courage in the face of certain harm that I am ashamed to say cannot be found in the majority of these two chambers of Congress today.
This bill, the justification of its passage, and every member of this body of Congress to vote in its favor has desecrated the humble values on which this institution was founded.