WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led her Democratic colleagues on the Senate Aging Committee in demanding answers about the impact of President Trump's Medicaid cuts on seniors and people with disabilities.
A year ago this week, the president signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which slashed Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office, the senators demanded answers about exactly how these cuts will hurt Americans and about what cuts have already been made.
"When federal funding for Medicaid is cut, states are forced to choose bet...