Deluzio Statement on the Trump-Republican Job Killing Bill: D.C. Republicans are Waging Class Warfare Against Working Class Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) voted ‘no’ on the bill that President Trump and Congressional Republicans forced through Congress. After passing the Senate on Tuesday July 1, 2025 by the narrowest of margins, the final vote in the House of Representatives was 218-214. The battleground Pennsylvania Congressman also previously voted ‘no’ on the House version of the measure when it first passed the chamber in late May. 

Following the final passage of the bill in the House, Congressman Deluzio released the following statement: 

“I was elected to do everything I can to make life better and less of a rip-off for my constituents. 

“That’s exactly why I voted against this dangerous and unpopular bill that will rip away healthcare from hardworking Americans to pay for fiscally reckless tax giveaways to the richest and most powerful corporations and people to have ever walked our planet. 

“D.C. Republicans talk a lot about class warfare: they’re waging it against working class Americans. 

“They just voted to kill construction jobs, kick people off their healthcare, raise the cost of energy and health insurance, cut food assistance for hungry families, and saddle all of us with trillions in debt to pay for reckless tax handouts to the rich and powerful. 

“This is terrible policy—yet nearly every Republican representing Pennsylvania in the U.S. House and Senate voted for it.  

“They better get ready to spend the rest of their term in office explaining their lousy vote.” 

Passage of H.R. 1 will have a big impact on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and constituents in Pennsylvania 17th Congressional District. Among other impacts, the "Big Ugly Bill" will: 

• Threaten an estimated 1,750,000 construction jobs and over 3 billion work hours across the United States.
  • This translates to a loss of $148 billion in annual wages and benefits to our nation’s economy (AFL-CIO, NABTU, Iron Workers)
  • North America’s Building Trades Union (NABTU): “If enacted, this stands to be the biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country. Simply put, it is the equivalent of terminating more than 1,000 Keystone XL pipeline projects. In some cases, it worsens the already harmful trajectory of the House-passed language, threatening an estimated 1.75 million construction jobs and over 3 billion work hours, which translates to $148 billion in lost annual wages and benefits.”
• Lead to more than 483,000 Pennsylvanians and at least 17 million people nationwide losing health care coverage (Congressional Budget Office)
  • Cause more than 20,000 people in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District to lose health care from a combination of Medicaid cuts and the bill’s phasing out of Affordable Care Act tax credits (Joint Economic Committee analysis on the initial House version)  
• Eliminate more than $3 billion in direct investment in Pennsylvania’s energy projects, directly threatening more than 26,000 jobs by 2030 (Governor Shapiro)
  • The Pennsylvania Solar for Schools program could lose millions in funding, potentially hurting two schools in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District (Senator Ed Markey)
• Cause nearly 144,000 Pennsylvanians to lose access to food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (Governor Josh Shapiro)
  • Cut SNAP food assistance for more than 6,000 residents in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District (Governor Josh Shapiro)
• Increase the deficit by $3.4 trillion (House Budget Committee)
• Raise the debt limit by $5 trillion (House Budget Committee)
• Increase household energy bills by $110 per year beginning next year (Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition)
  • Will increase household energy costs by $400 per year by 2035 (Energy Innovation)

The Trump-Republican bill that passed today is opposed by many national groups including the following labor unions: the National Building Trades Unions, AFL-CIO, International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union (Iron Workers), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), United Mineworkers of America (UMWA), National Education Association (NEA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Communications Workers of America (CWA), International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (Machinists), International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (Painters) and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). 

The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature. He is expected to sign it into law. 

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