REP. GRAY LEADS BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS TO PUSH FOR NEGOTIATIONS AHEAD OF PROMISED HEALTH CARE VOTE
WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, Representative Adam Gray (CA-13) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting collaboration to develop and advance a comprehensive health care plan.
“If we work together, our hope is that the bill will not only achieve a sixty-vote majority in the Senate but will also then move to the House for immediate consideration and passage," the Members write.
“Bipartisan engagement across both chambers will be essential to crafting a health care proposal that can pass and be signed into law.”
The letter was co-led by Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6) and Jen Kiggans (VA-2). It was also signed by Maggie Goodlander (NH-2), Jeff Van Drew (NJ-2), Susie Lee (NV-3), Don Bacon (NE-2), Ed Case (HI-1), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Greg Landsman (OH-1), Jeff Hurd (CO-3), Darren Soto (FL-9), Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-8), Tom Barrett (MI-7), Debbie Dingell (MI-6), Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-7), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Ryan Mackenzie (PA-7), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), George Whitesides (CA-27), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34), Donald Davis (NC-1), Scott Peters (CA-50), Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), Josh Riley (NY-19), Laura Gillen (NY-4), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), Carlos Gimenez (FL-28) and Emilia Sykes (OH-13).
Premium payments will more than double for many Americans in 2026 if the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits expire. As many as 30,000 people in CA-13 could see their health care costs rise if Congress lets these critical credits lapse.
Since he arrived in Congress, Representative Gray offered an amendment to the February budget framework that would have prevented cuts to Medicaid, which was not adopted by the majority. He also introduced the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 to restore funding to Medicaid and permanently extend the ACA credits.
Read the full text of the letter here.
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