Washington, D.C. — Congressman Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07), who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee that oversees Medicaid funding, failed to sign on to a recent letter from some of his colleagues to House Republican leadership that urges them to protect Medicaid. Nearly 2 million New Jerseyans rely on Medicaid for health care, including 1 in 3 children and 1 in 3 people with disabilities. Congressman Kean Jr. has voted twice to advance the Republican plan that will force massive cuts to Medicaid, and he couldn’t even do the bare minimum by signing this letter. It’s time for him to reverse course and use his powerful committee position to stop Medicaid cuts in their tracks instead of prioritizing tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy at the expense of his constituents.
“Congressman Tom Kean Jr. has had multiple opportunities to stand up for his constituents who rely on Medicaid for their health care. Instead, he’s voted for House Republicans’ budget resolution and won’t even give lip service to his constituents by signing this letter,” said Unrig Our Economy spokesperson Kobie Christian. “When House Republicans mark up their plan in the Energy and Commerce Committee in the coming weeks, will Congressman Kean Jr. protect working- and middle-class families by rejecting cuts to Medicaid or put billionaires first yet again? New Jerseyans will be watching.”
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Unrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.