Tenney has failed her constituents

For the past 3 years, the main reason I’ve been able to afford health insurance for my family is because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhancements, passed under President Biden. The ACA, also called “Obamacare”, is far from perfect, but the subsidies it provided did the bare minimum of helping millions of Americans afford health insurance premiums that would otherwise be too expensive.

For over a year, I called and E-mailed Representative Tenney’s office, urging her to take action because the ACA subsidies were set to expire at the end of 2025. Her silence was deafening. Instead, she voted to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that gives away $2.3 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 10 percent of Americans, causes almost 11 million Americans to lose health insurance, and adds $3.4 trillion to our nation’s debt over the next decade.

After the longest government shutdown in U.S. history failed to persuade Republicans to extend the ACA subsidies last year, there were 18 Republican representatives, including 3 from New York, that voted “yes” this year to extending the subsidies as part of the “Breaking the Gridlock Act.” The 3 from New York did not include Ms. Tenney, who voted against it. She stated the reason for her “no” vote was that “Obamacare failed from the beginning.” Ms. Tenney and Republicans have attacked the ACA since it’s inception, but for 16 years now they have failed to come up with any alternative.

During her 6 years in Congress, Representative Tenney’s shameless fealty to Trump and to moneyed interests has led her to neglect the needs of her constituents here in NY-24.

I look forward to giving someone else a chance when election day comes this November.