Speaker Pelosi Issues Statement on President Trump Brief Asking Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act Amid Coronavirus

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following statement after the Trump administration filed its brief in the health care lawsuit before the Supreme Court, asking the justices to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act:

"President Trump and the Republicans' campaign to rip away the protections and benefits of the Affordable Care Act in the middle of the coronavirus crisis is an act of unfathomable cruelty.

"If President Trump gets his way, 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions will lose the ACA's lifesaving protections and 23 million Americans will lose their health coverage entirely. There is no legal justification and no moral excuse for the Trump Administration's disastrous efforts to take away Americans' health care.

"On Day One of this Congress, the House Democratic Majority voted to throw the full legal weight of the House of Representatives against this dangerous lawsuit.

"While President Trump tries to tear away protections for people with pre-existing conditions, Democrats are working to build on the Affordable Care Act to lower health costs and prescription drug prices For The People. Next week, the House will continue that effort by passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act."