Trump and Congressional Republicans refused to participate in good-faith, bipartisan negotiations to fund the government
House Republicans, including Collins and Carter, are not even in DC to legislate today as shutdown looms at midnight
The Democratic Party of Georgia released the following statement after the federal government shut down as a result of Donald Trump and Republicans like GOP U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Buddy Carter and Rep. Mike Collins refusing to participate in good-faith, bipartisan negotiations to protect the affordable health care of 1.4 million Georgians:
“Buddy Carter and Mike Collins have completely failed working families in Georgia by supporting Trump’s refusal to negotiate – resulting in a federal government shutdown instead of protecting the affordable health care of 1.4 million Georgians and preventing layoffs,” said Democratic Party of Georgia Chair Charlie Bailey. “Carter and Collins have once again proven to Georgians that their main priority is backing Donald Trump’s harmful and destructive agenda of ripping away affordable health care from as many families as possible. When Georgians start to see increased health care costs, they’ll know they have Carter and Collins to blame.”
In Congress, Carter and Collins have been staunchly opposed to protecting affordable health care for Georgians, even as rural hospitals face potential closures and Georgians take drastic measures to keep their families insured:
- In a recent AJC report, Carter once again doubled down on his support of the disastrous Medicaid cuts despite rural hospital closures in Georgia.
- Carter led the subcommittee that oversaw the massive cuts to Medicaid and said that he “wanted to cut Medicaid more” and was “very proud” to cut Medicaid.
- A hospital in Collins’ district, St. Mary’s Sacred Heart in Lavonia, GA, recently announced the planned closure of a labor and delivery unit, citing cuts to Medicaid as what “solidified” their decision to shutter the critical unit.
- In recent months, Collins said he wants people to “get off of Medicaid, get off of Social Security.”