FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2017
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Juan Gastelum, [email protected], 213-375-3149
NILC Statement on the Confirmation of Tom Price to Head HHS
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Senate today voted to confirm Rep. Tom Price of Georgia as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement:
“Rep. Tom Price for years has led a hyperpartisan attack on the Affordable Care Act and other federal programs that have been essential in expanding access to affordable health care to millions of Americans. Along with his fellow Republicans, Price has failed to come up with an acceptable alternative, instead advocating for policies that would undermine protections for those most in need. It is disheartening that Price will now oversee the very programs he has worked to undo.”
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