The accurate truth is that this funding is an investment in the economic engine that drives our state forward, writes state Rep. Melissa Shusterman.
Millions of Americans will lose health care and food assistance—and many state budgets will go deep in the red—unless statehouses get to work.
“I would like to know if the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, the other school districts in Pennsylvania and in Bucks County, might be interested in starting a class action lawsuit against the state for the calculable amount of money that we are losing as a school district ‘cause it’s going to blow up everybody’s budget,” Centennial School District Board Member Michael Hartline.
“Based on our records… costs could go up for Pennie enrollees by 82 percent.” That’s on average. For others, it could go up even more or – when new regulations under H.R. 1, A Big Beautiful Bill Act, go into effect – it will be eliminated entirely.
While Quakertown only has a small portion of its overall budget that comes from the Federal government (less than $2 million, I believe) if we lose that funding source we are still required to provide the services [for which] we use that money,” Brian Reimers, Richland Township.
“On the one hand, I’m glad that the Senate Republicans have finally acknowledged that this is an issue and that they thought that they had to in fact move a bill, but unfortunately the bill that they moved is not a solution,” said State Sen. Steve Santarsiero.
“This has been a strategic agenda to dismantle SNAP and to blame states for doing so,” said Gina Plata-Nino, SNAP deputy director at the Food Research & Action Center.
Governor Josh Shapiro’s administration said in letters sent Tuesday that state-supported universities, libraries, early-childhood education programs and county health departments also will see delays.
Local MAGA millionaire Jim Worthington put it best when he told NOTUS last week, “Ninety percent of the time, he votes with the president. He didn’t this one time, but it didn’t affect the outcome.”
“These communities in Bucks County were built for working-class people, and for decades it stayed that way. But since 2017, rent has gone up in our region by 50 percent,” said Prokopiak.
“Regardless of where the money comes from, this makes our communities more dangerous because it deteriorates the trust of police and crimes will go unreported,” said Project Libertad Executive Director Rachel Rutter.
The Greene County towns are believed to be the first in the state to use the emergency declaration in relation to drinking-water contamination.
At the National Conservatism Conference last week, Wilson was a featured speaker along with members of Congress and Trump’s Cabinet, including border czar Tom Homan, budget director Russell Vought and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.
“We have witnessed the devastating consequences of these types of devices, and the loss of life is nothing short of heartbreaking,” said York City Council President Edquina Washington.
