DeLauro says talks to end federal shutdown focus on healthcare costs

WSHU – Monday, October 13, 2025
By Ebong Udoma

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) is pushing a bill she introduced with U.S. Senator Patty Murray of Washington three weeks ago as a possible framework for negotiations to end the federal government shutdown.

The bill addresses the rising cost of health care that would result if the removal of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies in the Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill were allowed to take effect, DeLauro said on Friday. She is the ranking Democrat in the U.S. House Appropriations Committee.

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