“I am outraged that two Planned Parenthood clinics in my district have been forced to close due to President Trump and Republicans’ cuts to Medicaid. Their Big Ugly Bill cuts Medicaid reimbursements to health care organizations like Planned Parenthood. Now, we’re witnessing the real-world ramifications of the shameful extremism embodied by the Republican House majority.

The San Mateo and South San Francisco Planned Parenthood clinics have long served as a lifeline for thousands of patients in our community, many of whom are low-income, uninsured, or unable to access quality health care elsewhere. Without these clinics, vulnerable populations are left without access to critical health care, such as cancer screenings, contraception, and general health services.

These closures represent a coordinated effort to erode the right to reproductive health care in every state, red or blue. All to bankroll tax cuts for billionaires, who are the primary beneficiaries of these inhumane health care cuts.

This is a dark day for our district and the country. I demand that Republican leadership bring the Restoring Essential Health Care Act to the House floor immediately, which would repeal these devastating cuts. I stand with Planned Parenthood, today and always, and I will continue to fight to protect reproductive health care despite these despicable attacks from the far-right. “

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