{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/mcbride-joins-house-democratic-leadership-sound-alarm-affordability-crisis-and", "McBride Joins House Democratic Leadership to Sound Alarm on Affordability Crisis and Republicans\u2019 Refusal to Extend ACA Tax Credits", "2025-12-10", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Sarah McBride", "M001238", "mcbride.house.gov", "mcbride", "https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) joined Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-CA), and fellow Democratic freshman Congressman Shomari Figures (D-AL) to spotlight the growing affordability crisis facing American families and to call out Congressional Republicans for refusing to extend the Affordable Care Act\u2019s enhanced premium tax credits. A video of her full remarks are available here.\n\n\u201cAcross Delaware, families are being hit from every direction \u2014 at the grocery store, at the pharmacy, and now in their health care premiums,\u201d McBride said.\n\nShe noted that President Trump\u2019s promises to lower costs have not matched reality. \u201cIn 2024, Donald Trump promised the American people that he would lower costs on day one. But we all know that whether it was with his business partners, people who\u2019ve worked for him, or the American people, the one through line in Donald Trump\u2019s life is that he\u2019s never met a promise that he wasn\u2019t willing to break. Because one year into the second Trump presidency, all we have are a litany of broken promises and billionaire tax breaks.\u201d\n\nMcBride emphasized that the affordability crisis is being driven by deliberate policy choices: \u201cThe truth is: Republican policies are pouring fuel on that fire. This affordability crisis is not a hoax, it is a choice by Congressional Republicans and Donald Trump. A choice to impose a tariff tax on small businesses and consumers. A choice to cut food assistance. And a choice to insert a one-trillion dollar bomb into the center of the American health care system.\u201d\n\nShe warned the consequences are already unfolding: \u201cAnd that bomb is already starting to go off. Premiums are skyrocketing. The largest cut to Medicaid in American history is looming. Rural hospitals and doctors offices are already starting to shutter. Trumpcare has arrived \u2013 and it is dangerous and deadly.\u201d\n\nMcBride also shared the story of a Delaware constituent: \u201cDave, in New Castle, pays $350 a month for his wife\u2019s Marketplace plan. Next year, without the ACA tax credits, those premiums will jump to $1,200 a month. His wife lives with a disabling spinal condition, diabetes, hypertension, depression \u2014 and dozens of daily medications. Without these credits, she will lose the coverage that is keeping her alive.\u201d\n\n\u201cPeople like Dave are doing everything right, and yet Republicans in Congress continue to fail them,\u201d she said.\n\nMcBride called on Republicans to join Democrats in forcing a vote to protect health care. \u201cWe only need four with the courage to stand up for their constituents \u2013 to sign our discharge petition to force an up or down vote on protecting care.\u201d\n\nBut she added, \u201cThey won\u2019t \u2013 because the only thing that Congressional Republicans are more loyal to than Donald Trump is to cutting people\u2019s health care. Imagine getting all that power and deciding the big thing you want to do is to kick millions off their insurance and jack up the price on everyone else.\u201d\n\nMcBride closed by grounding the issue in her own experience: \u201cI ran for office because of my experience as a caregiver to my late husband Andy. And in the wealthiest nation on earth, it is simply unacceptable to let any American go without the care that they need. And so long as there is air in our lungs and breath in our bodies, House Democrats will fight for quality health care for every American, no matter where you live, what family you\u2019re born into, or who you voted for in the last election.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/mcbride-joins-house-democratic-leadership-sound-alarm-affordability-crisis-and"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.157426042482257, "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"}