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A dozen House Republicans fire warning shot to Mike Johnson on Medicaid cuts

Van Hollen to the Trump administration: "Put up in court or shut up"

Congressman Gabe Amo@amo.house.govApr 18(source)

7/ By sharing stories of how Medicaid supports Americans, our public pressure is working. Republicans are calling on their own leaders to spare their communities from harmful cuts. We can’t let up — for everyone who relies on it, we have to save Medicaid. www.axios.com/2025/04/16/m...

The GOP speaker is in a vise as centrists push against the deep Medicaid cuts that Freedom Caucus members are demanding.

Congressman Gabe Amo@amo.house.govApr 18(source)

6/ In Newport, I met with staff at East Bay Community Action Program’s Dental Center to discuss how cuts to Medicaid would lead to cuts to clinic hours, staffing, and their ability to support our local communities. bsky.app/profile/amo....

Their plan would devastate RI community health centers like EBCAP to giveaway tax breaks to billionaires. I’ll keep pushing back.

Congressman Gabe Amo@amo.house.govApr 18(source)

5/ At Women and Infants Hospital, our delegation united against GOP efforts to strip Medicaid for new & expecting mothers. With so many RIers relying on Medicaid for pregnancy, childbirth, & family planning, these cuts would devastate maternal health outcomes in our state. bsky.app/profile/amo....

Today, at Women and Infants Hospital, our delegation is standing up for Medicaid and pushing back against proposed Republican cuts that would devastate access to health care for children, families, and vulnerable people across our state.

Congressman Gabe Amo@amo.house.govApr 18(source)

4/ Alongside the RI delegation, I’ve convened medical professionals &advocacy groups to underscore how Medicaid helps those struggling with behavioral & mental health care. Investing in Medicaid means investing in treatment options and supporting providers who serve them. bsky.app/profile/amo....

Roughly 40% of Medicaid enrollees in Rhode Island struggle with mental illness. If Republicans make Medicaid cuts of nearly $900 billion, the harm to RI and communities across our nation would be astronomical.

Congressman Gabe Amo@amo.house.govApr 18(source)

3/ Last week, I spoke on House Floor to tell the story of Al — a 74-year-old resident of an East Providence assisted living facility who is petrified that cuts to Medicaid could force him on the street. bsky.app/profile/amo....

Al is my constituent — a 74 year old from East Providence who relies Medicare and Medicaid to make ends meet. He is PETRIFIED Republican cuts will force him onto the street. The Republican budget resolution opens the door to hurting folks in Rhode Island like Al. That’s why today I voted NO.

Congressman Gabe Amo@amo.house.govApr 18(source)

2/ In a 12+ hour @housebudgetdems.bsky.social hearing, I called out the Republican attempts to gut Medicaid to shovel tax breaks to the richest 1%. bsky.app/profile/amo....