Congressman Gonzalez Responds to the State of the Union Address

WASHINGTON – Tonight, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union address to the United States Congress:

“While I share the President’s optimism for the future of our country and the American people, tonight’s speech fails to acknowledge the harsh realities many Americans are experiencing.

This administration has fought tooth and nail to dismantle health care for millions of Americans, removing protections for those with pre-existing conditions, proposed steep cuts to Social Security, and caved to drug companies. The most recent assault on Americans’ access to health care is the new illegal Medicaid block-grant scheme to cap and slash Medicaid and push recipients off lifesaving medicines, impose unaffordable premiums, and leave more families vulnerable to skyrocketing health care costs. 

Tonight affirmed that House Democrats must continue passing meaningful legislation to address our crumbling infrastructure, fight corruption, raise wages for working families, and lower the cost of prescription drugs for seniors and families. 

It is time for the president to put aside the rhetoric and seize the opportunity to help the American people by advocating for the more than 275 bipartisan bills that sit dormant in the Senate and encouraging bipartisanship on our shared priorities moving forward.”