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“The Republican Leadership is making the choice to give trillions of dollars in tax cuts to the very well-off and well-connected by cutting trillions of dollars from our top priorities – and it is a choice that the American people overwhelmingly reject.”

“Today’s reports from the U.S. Census Bureau reinforce the immense progress our country made under President Obama and the leadership of Democrats in Congress... We need to be building on the success of the past eight years, not abandoning the progress we have made as a country and the American people who worked so hard to get us there.”

"The truth is that the President and Congressional Republicans aren’t interested in real reform—they’re solely focused on cutting taxes for millionaires and wealthy corporations no matter the consequences for everyone else."

"The Congressional Budget Office today confirmed the acute danger of President Trump's political brinkmanship with the individual insurance market."

“Every American deserves access to the health care they need. As we move forward, it's time for Congressional Republicans to listen to the American people and work with Democrats to improve and strengthen the Affordable Care Act."

In a letter sent to the Chairmen of their respective committees, the four Democrats called on Republicans to set aside efforts to repeal the ACA and instead to focus on expanding access to health care and lowering the cost of coverage.

“If the day arrives when Republicans come to the table and engage Democrats with responsible tax reform ideas, we will be ready to sit down and work with them. Unfortunately, today was not that day.”

"It is beneath the Congress to attack the CBO, which is only doing its job, and it should be embarrassing to my Republican colleagues that they are launching these attacks simply because they do not have the courage to defend the damaging effects of their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. "