Escobar: GOP budget bill would cut health care, give breaks to rich

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Republican budget bill -- often called the "big, beautiful bill" by supporters of President Donald Trump -- would cut health care, nutrition programs and explode the national debt, said U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas.

The bill, which has passed the U.S. House and is being discussed by the Senate, would also give "massive tax breaks" to the "millionaire and billionaire class," Escobar said.

That was one of the messages that Escobar delivered during a town-hall meeting Saturday, June 7 at Horizon High School in Horizon City.

Escobar said that the town-hall meeting was an opportunity to listen to consituents, talk to them and answer their questions.

She said the Republican budget bill is the big topic of converstation and concern.

"It passed out of the H