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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement on President Trump's executive order to end the cost sharing reduction subsidies (CSRs) that help working families afford insurance on the ACA marketplaces:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) reintroduced the Equal Access to Quality Education Act. This bill works to close the education inequality gap by helping high-need schools attract, train, and retain the best teachers. Rep. Chu released the following statement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement on President Trump's executive order to roll back protections for individuals enrolled in association health plans, sabotaging the principles of the ACA's healthcare marketplaces:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, nearly six months after the statutory deadline, House Republicans voted to pass H.Con.Res.71, a budget resolution for fiscal year 2018. The FY18 budget resolution cuts Medicare and Medicaid by $1.5 trillion, and makes $2.5 trillion in other mandatory cuts. It also provides reconciliation instructions for tax reform. This bill must be reconciled with the Senate budget resolution, which allows for tax cuts that add $1.5 trillion to the deficit. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) voted against the budget resolution and released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Republicans released their tax reform plan. The plan calls for a reduction in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, shrinks the number of tax brackets from 7 to 3, cuts taxes on the highest earners to 35% from 39.6%, creates a new 25% business pass-through, and eliminates the estate tax and alternative minimum tax, both of which mainly effect the highest earners. Additionally, multinational corporations would no longer have to pay taxes on profits earned outside the country. Rep.
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) said she and other California lawmakers plan to fight to keep the deduction.
"We are already a high-tax state that delivers more in revenue to the federal government than it receives back," said Chu, who serves on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. "We should not be further burdened by another tax increase."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump Administration's decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) released the following statement:
Rep. Judy Chu, who serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, joins NBC4's Conan Nolan as she discusses the Department of the Interior's considering reducing the size of some national monuments, including the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Chu addresses what she sees as the problem with reducing a national monument that took decades to be approved.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended that President Trump change the borders of "a handful" of National Monuments. The Secretary did not publicly specify which monuments he is recommending be changed, but the recommendation comes after a White House ordered review of 27 National Monuments, including the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument which Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) has championed. Rep. Chu released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), joined by other Members of Congress, both California Senators, and local officials across California, sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke inviting them to visit California's National Monuments before completing the government's review. The signers of the letter all represent areas that include or border National Monuments whose borders may be shrunk or removed by Sec. Zinke's review. Rep. Chu released the following statement: