Six Indian American lawmakers, all Democrats, who style themselves as the ‘samosa caucus,’ have decried President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill as a “cruel” and “reckless” measure that disproportionately benefits the wealthy.
Calling it “a cruel, horrific betrayal that will leave Americans poorer and sicker,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal from Washington said, “This bill throws 17 million Americans off health care and increases health care costs for everyone.”
Accusing Republicans of orchestrating “the largest ever transfer of wealth from poor and working people to the richest,” she said it would “kill over a million good-paying jobs,” and “supercharge ICE’s kidnapping and disappearing of people of all legal statuses.”
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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi from Illinois said,“This ‘Large Lousy Law’—Donald Trump’s budget—rips health care from millions, spikes costs for working families, and hands out massive tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy.”
Calling it “a moral failure—punishing those trying to make it while rewarding those who already have it made,” he said, “I will never stop fighting to protect the people of Illinois from this kind of betrayal.”
Calling it “a massive betrayal of the working class” Rep. Shri Thanedar from Michigan branded it as a “Big Ugly Bill (that) will cause 17 million people to lose access to healthcare, and take food off the table for 2 million more, all to give billionaires yet another tax break.”
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam warned that the bill would hurt working families in his home state of Virginia. “This One Big Ugly Bill is a betrayal,” he stated. “It will raise prices, strip health care and food from millions, and bankrupt our country by adding trillions to the national debt.”
Rep. Ro Khanna from California, a former lecturer of economics at Stanford, said Trump’s budget bill is going to hurt America as it “takes away money from low-income folks, from working class folks, and puts more money in the pockets of the very wealthy.”
Rep. Ami Bera also from California stated, “I just voted NO on Donald Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill.’ Democrats stand united against this harmful and irresponsible legislation.”
Indian American Impact, leading community political advocacy organization said the bill will “inflict historic harm” with “healthcare stripped from 17 million people. 2 million people kicked off food assistance programs. Forced hospital closures, killed clean energy jobs, and expanded illegal ICE raids twenty-fold.”
“The only way to stop this cruelty now is to flip the House in 2026,” it said seeking support for three Indian Americans running against three Republican incumbents who voted yes on this “dangerous bill.”