{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-opposes-partisan-bill-slashes-health-care-food-assistance-benefit", "Davids Opposes Partisan Bill That Slashes Health Care, Food Assistance to Benefit Billionaires", "2025-05-22", "2025", "2025-05", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement after voting against President Trump and U.S. House Republicans\u2019 extreme budget that cuts health care and food assistance for hardworking families to pay for tax giveaways for billionaires and ultrawealthy corporations.\n\n\u201cThis budget is not just out of touch \u2014 it\u2019s dangerous, irresponsible, and means higher costs for hardworking Kansans,\u201d said Davids. \u201cIt rips health care away from thousands of Kansans, takes food off the tables of hardworking families, all to hand massive tax giveaways to billionaires and the ultra-wealthy at the expense of our neighbors. I introduced common-sense amendments to protect Kansas families, but House Republicans rejected every one of them. I won\u2019t stop pushing for policies that put people first \u2014 not politics or powerful donors.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nPresident Trump and U.S. House Republicans are pushing a budget that would make the largest cuts to Medicaid and emergency food assistance in American history \u2014 all to fund more than $1 trillion in tax giveaways for billionaires. These extreme cuts would gut programs that help Kansans afford food and stay healthy. In response, Davids introduced a slate of amendments aimed at protecting Kansas families and restoring common sense and stability to our economy. Every single one was rejected.\n\nHow This Bill Hurts Kansans: Raising costs on the middle class so billionaires pay less\n\nHIGHER Health Care Costs: The Joint Economic Committee estimates that more than 16,000 people in Kansas\u2019 Third District would lose health care coverage under this bill \u2014 including 13,000 through the Affordable Care Act and another 3,000 through Medicaid. These cuts would lead to more hospital closures, reduced services, and worse care for all Kansas families, especially in rural communities, where more than half of hospitals are already at risk of shutting down.\n\nHIGHER Grocery Costs: In Kansas\u2019 Third District alone, 8,000 households could lose access to the emergency food assistance they rely on through this bill. Also, up to 27,000 grocery stores nationwide may be forced to close due to lost revenue, worsening food deserts, especially in rural communities. These cuts would reduce farm income by more than $30 billion and threaten good-paying jobs.\n\nHIGHER Deficit: The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget reported that this Trump-backed bill would add at least $5 trillion to the national deficit through 2034. The bill would also increase our national debt by 17 percent. Such high levels of borrowing could substantially boost interest rates, slow economic growth, and spark a debtspiral.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:49:36Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-opposes-partisan-bill-slashes-health-care-food-assistance-benefit"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6915999110788107, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}