
Senator Bill Cassidy (R) - Louisiana
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy says he prefers the House version of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill over the Senate’s version because the Senate is looking at cutting Medicaid to the point that it threatens rural hospitals, and some people could lose their insurance. Cassidy says the House version freezes the Medicaid provider tax.
“We should seek to slow the growth, but if you make too many changes too quickly and how health care is financed, it’s difficult for a health care system to adjust. I’ve seen enough of the health care system to understand that,” Cassidy said.
Cassidy says the Senate bill is a starting point and negotiations will continue between Republican lawmakers. The One, Big, Beautiful Bill will make the president’s 217 tax cuts permanent, and Cassidy says its passage will deliver the largest tax cut for working families in the nation’s history.
“The goal: Unleash a wave of economic prosperity to preserve the American dream for working in middle-income families,” Cassidy said.
Cassidy says the One, Big, Beautiful Bill also reduces taxes on tips and overtime.
“When I speak to people who make a living on tips, they kind of like the no-tax on tips. And I was in the airport and some guy was flying back from like Indiana, back to Louisiana. He’s doing an energy project up there. He likes the fact that there’s no tax on overtime,” Cassidy said.
The President has asked Congress to pass the One, Big, Beautiful Bill by July 4th.
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