WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after Republicans blocked a bill that would lower health care costs for millions of Americans:
"Since the beginning of this year, President Trump and Republicans have launched an all-out assault on Americans' health care that has led to spiking prices and a health care affordability crisis. They slashed $900 billion from Medicaid, kicked 17 million people off their health insurance, and turned their backs on the science that saves lives. Today, my Republican colleagues had the chance to lower health care costs, and instead they voted to more than double premiums costs for over 20 million America...