David Valadao: “The COIL budget request for fiscal year 2025 is $7.2 million, an increase of 20 percent.”

Protecting Medicaid is essential for the vulnerable constituents we were elected to represent. Therefore, we cannot support a final bill that threatens access to coverage or jeopardizes the stability of our hospitals and providers.

In the Central Valley, we see firsthand the growing threat of superbugs like Valley Fever, which are becoming harder to treat.

President Trump was clear when he said to root out our waste, fraud, and abuse without cutting Medicaid and I wholeheartedly agree.

I’ll let history decide on how to interpret anything I’ve done.