Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar
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Yes40%
No58%
Present0%
Not Voting2%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Veronica Escobar
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 16
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An analysis by the academic journal Annals of Internal Medicine conservatively projects 16,000 preventable deaths a year due to the Republican Medicaid cuts.
JD Vance and 50 Republican Senators just paved the way for this loss of life.
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
🚨There's provisions in the Republican bill that *Republicans* don't even know where they came from.
"I don't know where it came from." - Lindsey Graham
"It's like surprise! And we looked at it like, where did this come from?" - Lisa Murkowski
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
“I don’t care that millions will lose their healthcare as long as I can funnel more money to people like Peter Thiel and private prison corporations”
Republicans have a clear choice.
We all saw how packed the Sun Bowl was for Coldplay.
The over 16 million people Republicans are trying to kick off their healthcare is equivalent to 311 of these shows.
📸: El Paso Times
FACT: Republicans know that the more that Americans learn about this bill (and the harm that’s in it), the more they hate it.
That’s why they’re trying to rush it through, just before a holiday weekend. Please call your Senators now!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
The latest estimates have their bill adding at least $3.3 trillion in debt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
Do not be fooled: Republicans are cutting the healthcare that hard-working Americans and the nation’s working poor need so they can give massive tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.
And they’re exploding our national debt, too!
CLAIM #3. "We're kicking undocumented immigrants off Medicaid."
FACT: undocumented immigrants are not eligible for the federal Medicaid program. And Republicans know this.
www.kff.org/racial-equit...
Arkansas, for example, implemented paperwork requirements and 25% lost their health care access – not because they weren’t working, but because the bureaucracy they had to manage was so difficult.
www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
For example, Americans on Medicaid could be required to re-enroll every month.
There’s all sorts of hoops recipients may be required to jump through to keep their health care coverage.
FACT: the goal is to make people lose their coverage.
Instituting work requirements literally means instituting PAPERWORK requirements.
Claim #2. "We're giving people the option to work or volunteer to be on Medicaid."
FACT: 92% of adults under age 65 on Medicaid are already working or unable to work due to caregiving responsibilities, illness or disability, or school attendance
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
If the Senate removes the flexibility that provider taxes provide, states would be forced to cut benefits and tighten eligibility requirements.
That means people will lose health care access and become uninsured.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Some states use it for Medicaid expansion while others use it to help keep provider reimbursement rates high enough to ensure more people have access.
FACT: this money helps grow health care access.
Claim #1. "States will no longer take advantage of federal taxpayers."
He’s talking about provider taxes. States tax health care providers (hospitals, nursing homes, managed care organizations, etc.). The federal government matches 50-80% of it.
And what do states use this money for?
Fact check time! Republicans are quite the creative bunch, working overtime to fool Americans into thinking their drastic, harmful cuts to healthcare aren’t as bad as everyone knows they are.
Let’s look at Senator Budd’s thread and inject some truth, shall we?
Republicans want to spend tens of billions of taxpayer dollars for Trump’s horrific mass deportation strategy that'll enrich companies running private immigration detention facilities.
Read my op-ed for El Paso Matters 👇🏽
elpasomatters.org/2025/06/30/o...
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Voting History
552 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | — | Election of the Speaker | NOT_VOTING | — | — | Johnson (LA) |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Call by States | PRESENT | — | — | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.
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