Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a member of the House Budget Committee, a senior member of the House Committees on Homeland Security and Judiciary, and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, issued the following statement on the collapse of the latest GOP attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act:

“Senator McConnell’s decision to call off efforts to bring Trumpcare 3.0 to the floor for a vote reinforces the pathetic truth: that after seven years of hashtags and bumper stickers, Republicans have no real plan to provide affordable health care to Americans, only a cruel desire to take it away from millions.

“If their bill had become law, tens of millions of hard working Americans would have lost coverage, seniors would have been forced to pay more for less, premiums would have dramatically gone up, and those with pre-existing conditions would have been at risk of losing coverage. We thank the disabled Americans who stood their ground and made their voices of opposition heard through the halls of Congress.

“Trumpcare remains unpopular and lacks the necessary support to advance through the Senate. Rather than persisting with these misguided attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, we should work to help stabilize insurance markets and make the law work better. Failure to do so places too many lives at risk.”