Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) released the following statement after he voted “NO” on government funding legislation that did not provide relief to the 1.2 million Georgians who risk seeing their health care premiums double next year.

I voted “NO” on tonight’s proposal because it doesn’t provide relief to the 1.2 million Georgians who are about to see their health care premiums double and more. People cannot afford that. At the same time, I understand the overwhelming pain that has been inflicted on people in my state by President Trump and Republicans, from needlessly firing federal workers, including 600 CDC workers last month in Georgia, to forcing some of our most vulnerable families and children to go hungry by eliminating SNAP benefits. Choosing between making health care affordable and stopping the endless chaos and damage of this President, including starving hungry children and seniors, should never be a decision we have to make in the United States. But this is Donald Trump’s terrifying vision of America. That’s why we must continue the fight for health care, no matter the outcome of this vote, and we must hold the President accountable.