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Motion to Proceed
Ms. BALDWIN. Madam President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 456, S.J. Res. 197.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 456, S.J. Res. 197, a
joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval
under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule
submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of
the Department of Health and Human Services relating to
“Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of
Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health
Program”.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 10 minutes of debate equally divided.
Ms. BALDWIN. Madam President, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in stopping President Trump from terminating healthcare for up to 2 million Americans on the Affordable Care Act.
Let's back up for a second. President Trump has made it clear that he does not like the Affordable Care Act. He has vowed and tried to repeal it for over a decade with absolutely no plan to replace it. That would leave 23 million Americans without insurance.
economy. We are talking about small business owners on our Main Streets. And we are talking about the one in four farmers who are already being pummeled from every side by higher costs brought on by President Trump.
Trump and congressional Republicans from completely repealing the Affordable Care Act. But that hasn't stopped the President from doing everything he can to chip away at, and hollow out, marketplace coverage.
working families afford their coverage. This alone is causing premiums to double for 22 million Americans and has pushed more than 2\1/2\ million Americans off their care because they simply could not afford it.
Just last week the Trump administration kicked hundreds of thousands
of Americans off their insurance with no details as to why.
jacks up cost, terminates coverage for millions more Americans. President Trump's policy will promote catastrophic health plans with extremely high deductibles and out-of-pocket costs, luring Americans into selecting plans that cover next to nothing when they get sick or injured. We call these junk plans.
Americans with fewer providers who will take their insurance. And it will allow insurers to offer nonnetwork plans to make it easier for insurers to raise out-of-pocket costs, sell new kinds of junk insurance coverage, increase deductibles, cover fewer services, and kick more providers out of network.
cover necessary services, from routine checkups to life-threatening emergencies. It will leave working families holding the bag for medical expenses.
Americans off their Affordable Care Act coverage while jacking up costs on millions more. Benefits could be reduced for tens of millions of Americans, meaning folks could lose access to coverage for addiction treatment, hearing aids, or other critical services. Plus, the rule would pile on redtape, increasing the paperwork burden of nearly 5 million Americans.
patient, Americans with disabilities, working families, and entrepreneurs. On behalf of the 23 million Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act for their health insurance, we cannot allow this administration to continue the attack, raise their costs, and undermine their ability to access quality care.
Right now, Americans are unequivocal: they cannot bear the high costs of life. The war in Iran is causing gas and grocery prices to skyrocket, our farmers are struggling from needless trade wars, and now the President is raising the costs of healthcare for millions of Americans.
support the Affordable Care Act and stop this misguided rule that would jeopardize care for millions of Americans.
I yield the floor.
Mr. TILLIS. Madam President, Republicans yield back all time.
Vote on Motion
The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back.
The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed.
Ms. BALDWIN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan).
The result was announced—yeas 48, nays 51, as follows:
Rollcall Vote No. 251 Leg.
YEAS—48
Alsobrooks
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Blunt Rochester
Booker
Cantwell
Collins
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hickenlooper
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Klobuchar
Lujan
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Ossoff
Padilla
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Sanders
Schatz
Schiff
Schumer
Shaheen
Slotkin
Smith
Van Hollen
Warner
Warnock
Warren
Welch
Whitehouse
Wyden
NAYS—51
Armstrong
Banks
Barrasso
Blackburn
Boozman
Britt
Budd
Capito
Cassidy
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Curtis
Daines
Ernst
Fischer
Graham
Grassley
Hagerty
Hawley
Hoeven
Husted
Hyde-Smith
Johnson
Justice
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
Lummis
Marshall
McConnell
McCormick
Moody
Moran
Moreno
Murkowski
Paul
Ricketts
Risch
Rounds
Schmitt
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Sheehy
Thune
Tillis
Tuberville
Wicker
Young
NOT VOTING—1
Sullivan
The motion was rejected.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Banks). The Senator from Missouri.