WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., are sounding the alarm on the devastating impact that Trump and Republican's Big Ugly Bill is having on the already weak maternal health care system in the U.S.
"Maternity wards across America are shuttering their doors as a direct result of Republican Medicaid cuts," said Wyden. "For all their talk about being the party of 'family values,' Republicans are going out of their way to make it more difficult, dangerous, and expensive to start a family in this country. As these providers disappear and care evaporates, mothers and b...