NYSNA STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF FEDERAL BUDGET BILL
For Immediate Release: July 3, 2025
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
NYSNA STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF FEDERAL BUDGET BILL
New York, NY -- NYSNA nurses strongly condemn the passage of Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill,’ which is anything but that. Rather than protecting working families, Congress passed a budget bill that will gut healthcare and other essential services, destroy economies, and endanger lives. Early projections indicate that this bill will cause 16 million Americans to become uninsured and that more than a million Americans will lose their jobs. Hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities are also projected to lose billions in federal funding, putting entire hospitals at risk of closure.
This disastrous bill enriches millionaires and billionaires at the expense of working families. Now that the vote is done, we must hold members of Congress who voted for this harmful bill accountable for choosing billionaires over working people and vulnerable communities. Nurses will not stop fighting and advocating for our patients, our communities, and our profession.
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The New York State Nurses Association represents more than 42,000 members in New York State. We are New York’s largest union and professional association for registered nurses. NYSNA is an affiliate of National Nurses United, AFL-CIO, the country's largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses, with more than 225,000 members nationwide.