Statement by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander on the Big Ugly Bill

New York, NY— The House of Representatives passed the Congressional Reconciliation Budget bill, otherwise known as the Big Ugly Bill, to deliver on the Trump Administration’s spending and tax cuts. 

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander issued the following statement: 

“Donald Trump’s Bill Ugly Bill will make Americans sicker, hungrier, and more vulnerable. Gutting Medicaid and SNAP will irreparably harm hundreds of millions of Americans living in this tumultuous Trump economy. 

“In addition to its broader harms, this big ugly bill cuts immigrants off from accessing critical funding—from student aid to Medicaid—and increases funding for ICE to enact disappearances and concentration camps by 500%. This bill unleashes the kind of lawless immigration enforcement experiments that threaten the underpinnings of democratic rule.  

“In the end, no one is being spared by this disastrous federal budget bill, and hardworking New Yorkers will remember this every time they check their loan balances, visit a hospital, or go to bed hungry.” 

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