David Valadao Voted Twice For The One Big Beautiful Bill, Despite Promising Not To Because Of The Cuts The Legislation Made To Medicaid

April 2025: Valadao Signed A Letter That Promised Not To Support A Final Version Of The Big Beautiful Bill That “Includes Any Reduction In Medicaid Coverage For Vulnerable Populations”

April 2025: Valadao Signed A Letter That Promised Not To Support A Final Version Of The Big Beautiful Bill That “Includes Any Reduction In Medicaid Coverage For Vulnerable Populations.” “We acknowledge that we must reform Medicaid so that it is a strong and long-lasting program for years to come. Efficiency and transparency must be prioritized for program beneficiaries, hospitals, and states. We support targeted reforms to improve program integrity, reduce improper payments, and modernize delivery systems to fix flaws in the program that divert resources away from children, seniors, individuals with disabilities, and pregnant women – those who the program was intended to help. However, we cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations. […] Sincerely, […] David G. Valadao” [Letter to Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Scalise, Majority Whip Emmer and Chairman Guthrie, 4/14/25]

May 2025: Valadao Voted To Pass The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

May 2025: Valadao Voted For H.R. 1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In May 2025, Valadao voted for: “Passage of the bill that would provide for approximately $3.8 trillion in net tax cuts and $321 billion in military, border enforcement and judiciary spending, offset by $1.5 trillion in spending reductions, as instructed in the fiscal 2025 budget resolution (H Con Res 14). It would raise the statutory debt limit by $4 trillion and provide for increased spending on defense and border security, spending cuts on social safety net programs, such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It also includes a mix of tax breaks for businesses and individuals; tax increases on universities and foundations; and a phase-down of clean energy tax credits. It would reduce spending on Medicaid by $625 billion over a 10-year period and modify eligibility and cost provisions for enrollees and health providers and impose work, volunteer and education requirements on adults ages 19 to 64 who are covered by the program. It would appropriate “such sums as necessary” for reducing cost-sharing payments for low-income individuals who’ve purchased “silver” plans on the 2010 health care law’s exchanges. But payments to plans that cover abortions would be mostly barred. It would extend and make permanent individual tax brackets and rates included in the 2017 tax overhaul law (PL 115-97) and provide for the adjustment of the lower bounds of each tier based on inflation. It would reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by requiring states to shoulder more of the cost, expand work requirements for SNAP, extend programs authorized under the 2018 farm bill, and prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture from increasing the cost of the Thrifty Food Program. As amended, it would cap state and local tax deductions at $40,000 for households with incomes below $500,000 and prohibit Medicaid funding for gender transition therapies or procedures for minors and adults, among other provisions.” The bill passed by a vote of 215-214. [H.R. 1, Vote #145, 5/22/25; CQ, 5/22/25]

June 2025: Valadao Issued A Statement Saying “I Will Not Support A Final Bill That Eliminates Vital Funding Streams Our Hospitals Rely On” Or “Threatens The Stability Of Healthcare Providers Across CA-22”

June 2025: Valadao: “I Will Not Support A Final Bill That Eliminates Vital Funding Streams Our Hospitals Rely On.” “I’ve been clear from the start that I will not support a final reconciliation bill that makes harmful cuts to Medicaid, puts critical funding at risk, or threatens the stability of healthcare providers across CA-22. I support the reasonable provisions in H.R. 1 that protect Medicaid’s long-term viability and ensure the program continues to serve our most vulnerable, but I will not support a final bill that eliminates vital funding streams our hospitals rely on, including provider taxes and state directed payments, or any provisions that punish expansion states. President Trump was clear when he said to root out waste, fraud, and abuse without cutting Medicaid and I wholeheartedly agree. I urge my Senate colleagues to stick to the Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1 – otherwise, I will vote no.” [Rep. David Valadao, X, 6/28/25]

• Valadao Said He Would Not Support A Final Version Of H.R. 1 That “Threatens The Stability Of Healthcare Providers Across CA-22.” “I’ve been clear from the start that I will not support a final reconciliation bill that makes harmful cuts to Medicaid, puts critical funding at risk, or threatens the stability of healthcare providers across CA-22. I support the reasonable provisions in H.R. 1 that protect Medicaid’s long-term viability and ensure the program continues to serve our most vulnerable, but I will not support a final bill that eliminates vital funding streams our hospitals rely on, including provider taxes and state directed payments, or any provisions that punish expansion states. President Trump was clear when he said to root out waste, fraud, and abuse without cutting Medicaid and I wholeheartedly agree. I urge my Senate colleagues to stick to the Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1 – otherwise, I will vote no.” [Rep. David Valadao, X, 6/28/25]
• Valadao Said “I Will Not Support A Final Reconciliation Bill That Makes Harmful Cuts To Medicaid.” “I’ve been clear from the start that I will not support a final reconciliation bill that makes harmful cuts to Medicaid, puts critical funding at risk, or threatens the stability of healthcare providers across CA-22. I support the reasonable provisions in H.R. 1 that protect Medicaid’s long-term viability and ensure the program continues to serve our most vulnerable, but I will not support a final bill that eliminates vital funding streams our hospitals rely on, including provider taxes and state directed payments, or any provisions that punish expansion states. President Trump was clear when he said to root out waste, fraud, and abuse without cutting Medicaid and I wholeheartedly agree. I urge my Senate colleagues to stick to the Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1 – otherwise, I will vote no.” [Rep. David Valadao, X, 6/28/25]

July 2025: Valadao Voted For Final Passage Of The Senate Version Of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

July 2025: Valadao Voted For H.R. 1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In July 2025, Valadao voted for: “Motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the bill that would permanently extend nearly $4 trillion in expiring individual and business tax cuts, create several new tax breaks and fund border and immigration enforcement and air traffic control upgrades. It would cut Medicaid and other safety net programs to partly offset the cost. Among other provisions, it would raise the statutory debt ceiling by $5 trillion and appropriate more than $448 billion in mandatory funding for Trump administration priorities and other needs, including $153 billion for defense, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and $89.5 billion for border control and security. It also would increase the state and local tax deduction cap to $40,000 annually for five years for households making up to $500,000 a year until 2030, when it would permanently revert to $10,000.” The motion was agreed to by a vote of 218-214. [HR 1, Vote #190, 7/3/25; CQ, 7/3/25]