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Mike Lawler Is Not Representing Our Constituency
To the Editor:
The devastation caused by the Trump administration is putting great stress and hurting the average American in their health care and their pocketbooks.
Four big concerns that the “Big Beautiful Bill” is causing Americans to deal with are as follows: Millions of children can lose their health care coverage, the Medicaid cuts are the biggest in U.S. history, Medicaid helps pay for doctors visits for low-income families, and over 65% of African American children and 58% of Latino children use Medicaid.
These issues make it more difficult to qualify for Medicaid.
Jobs are hard to find and people need jobs to get healthcare. Paperwork for Medicaid asks families questions that they can’t provide, and hurts them with some family members who weren’t born in the U.S. Transgender people are being refused medical care. People of color are being targeted the most. Lastly, it cuts food assistance (SNAP/food stamps) that help families buy food.
Our CD17 representative Congressman Mike Lawler votes to cut important programs that aid families. He wants to reduce Medicaid and Medicare funding. Lawler supports taking away benefits from Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, and he votes to spend more of our money on immigration enforcement and police.
Republican Mike Lawler is not representing our constituency. We must vote him out, and vote in a Democratic Congressman who will have our best interests at heart.
Respectfully,
Karen Sevell Greenbaum
Croton-on-Hudson
Rep. Lawler Is ‘Obviously’ Not Listening
To the Editor:
Anyone who has ever listened to Rep. Lawler’s commentary knows that he begins nearly every statement with the word “obviously”—as if the devastating consequences of his priorities are self-evident and beyond debate. Yet, for the millions of Americans whose lives will be upended by the reconciliation bill, nothing could be further from obvious or acceptable.
Rep. Lawler’s repeated use of the word “obviously” subtly undermines honest debate and dismisses legitimate concerns as if only his view makes sense. But let’s not allow that rhetoric to obscure the ugly reality: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is a direct assault on some of our country’s most vulnerable populations, and Lawler proudly supports it.
Here’s what the OBBBA will truly mean for individuals and families across the nation:
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Cuts and restrictions to Medicaid causing millions to lose healthcare coverage.
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SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cutbacks resulting in food insecurity, poorer health outcomes, and economic hardship.
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Clean energy tax credits are gutted, meaning fewer green jobs, higher household energy costs, and worse pollution.
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Massively expanded immigration enforcement with quotas resulting in illegal kidnapping and the blatant disregard for the rule of law.
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Tax provisions that overwhelmingly favor the wealthy, adding to income inequality while potentially exploding the national debt.
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The elimination of investments in education, public health, and infrastructure.
Congressman Lawler’s mantra—”obviously”— highlights a refusal to acknowledge facts and the widespread harm this bill will inflict. I urge our community to see through the superficial rhetoric and demand accountability for a lawmaker who uses language to conceal the true human cost of their policies.
Mark A. Lieberman
Yorktown
