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Text of Senate Amendment 4795

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On 2026-04-22, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 4795" in the Senate. The speech addressed healthcare and also covered taxes. It referenced legislation: S1949.

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Text of Senate Amendment 4795

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1949] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4795. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Alsobrooks, and Mr. Warnock) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RESTORING HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY FOR BENEFICIARIES OF ENHANCED ADVANCED PREMIUM TAX CREDITS. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to securing health care access and affordability for Americans, which may include restoring enhanced advanced premium tax credits, whose loss has created catastrophic insurance premium hikes for 24,000,000 Americans and the loss of insurance coverage for an additional 4,000,000 Americans, or ensuring that any changes would not result in lower coverage rates, reduced benefits, or decreased affordability for beneficiaries receiving coverage through private insurance markets, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 4795 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1949] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4795. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Alsobrooks, and Mr. Warnock) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RESTORING HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY FOR BENEFICIARIES OF ENHANCED ADVANCED PREMIUM TAX CREDITS. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to securing health care access and affordability for Americans, which may include restoring enhanced advanced premium tax credits, whose loss has created catastrophic insurance premium hikes for 24,000,000 Americans and the loss of insurance coverage for an additional 4,000,000 Americans, or ensuring that any changes would not result in lower coverage rates, reduced benefits, or decreased affordability for beneficiaries receiving coverage through private insurance markets, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035. ______