District 18 Assemblymember Mia Bonta [1], who serves as Chair of the Assembly Health Committee, voiced in an Assembly Floor Session her support of sending new congressional district legislation to the voters in order to neutralize what she called Trump’s attack on democracy.
[2]“Illness and suffering have no party preference, and the lives of people in these districts are our collective responsibility. So, I want to remind you, as Chair of the Assembly Health Committee, what is at stake,” Assemblymember Bonta said.
Referring to President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which she called the “Big Ugly Bill,” Bonta outlined what the public, state and local agencies, and healthcare facilities across the state say the impacts HR 1 will have, including, in her words:
- It will ensure that $900 billion in Medicaid funding pays for tax breaks for the ultimately wealthy.
- The tax cuts will take care out of reach of many seniors, children, and families.
- Over 3 million Californians could lose their Medi-Cal coverage.
- Over a hundred Planned Parenthood clinics across the state may be forced to close their doors, robbing 22,000 people a month of reproductive care, STI testing, cancer screenings, women’s healthcare, putting it out of reach for decades for over 1 million Californians who rely on those services annually.
Assemblymember Bonta added that HR1 would hurt rural hospitals and countless other healthcare facilities that are scraping by as the bill cuts away crucial funding for them.
“This impacts every single one of our healthcare systems,” Bonta said to her fellow Assemblymembers. “… So, what is at stake is the very lives of our constituents. We cannot be mistaken about that. So today, we must ensure that every Californian has the ability to be protected, to be represented in Congress, and to continue to stand up against the attacks on our democracy wherever they may rise.”