WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and fellow committee Democrats in demanding (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Aging-Medicaid-Cuts-Letter-to-GAO.pdf) answers on how President Trump's Medicaid cuts are affecting older Americans 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...