Congressman Rob Bresnahan voted to raise the costs of the health care, utilities, and groceries that Pennsylvania families rely on – all to give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.
Bottom line: He sided with millionaires like himself and against working families just trying to make ends meet.
Learn more about how Congressman Bresnahan leaving Pennsylvanians with soaring costs and what you can do to help stop this.
Tell Congressman Rob Bresnahan: Stop raising our costs to pay for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
Northeastern Pennsylvanians are facing rising costs from health care, to groceries, to energy bills.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan voted for the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in history, which could result in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs across our Commonwealth.
Over 200,000 of Congressman Bresnahan’s constituents rely on Medicaid. According to Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services, federal Medicaid cuts would jeopardize health coverage for millions of children and families, seniors, and people with disabilities. Due to Medicaid cuts, hospitals and nursing homes are at risk of closure, leaving Pennsylvanians hours away from or without access to critical care.
Congressman Bresnahan and his colleagues in Congress have not made health care tax credits permanent. According to Pennie, Pennsylvania’s health care marketplace, Congressman Bresnahan’s constituents can expect an average premium increase of 71 percent. A middle-income family of four could see their monthly health insurance costs jump 108 percent.
Nearly 146,000 of Congressman Bresnahan’s constituents rely on SNAP to put food on the table. Over 8 percent of all food and beverage purchases across the Commonwealth are paid for SNAP. According to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, federal cuts jeopardize SNAP’s existence in the state. Cuts to SNAP also harm programs that benefit local Pennsylvania farmers and Pennsylvania food banks and pantries.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan voted four times to support cost-raising tariffs, which economists estimate will cost families an additional $2,300 per year. These tariffs have skyrocketed grocery prices and impacted goods like furniture and pharmaceutical drugs.
Congressman Bresnahan voted for a bill that would cut energy tax credits for families and businesses. In 2026, households in Pennsylvania could see their annual electricity costs increase by $93.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan voted to cut SNAP, jeopardizing food assistance for over 145,000 NEPA residents who rely on SNAP to put food on the table. Congressman Bresnahan also voted to support President Trump’s tariffs which raise the cost on everyday goods like groceries.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan voted for the Republican Tax Law which included a special tax break to help offset the cost of purchasing helicopter owners like himself.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan sold bonds in Pennsylvania hospitals following the publication of a report that Pennsylvania rural hospitals were at risk of closure. After safely selling off his hospital bonds, Bresnahan proceeded to vote for the largest Medicaid cut in history.
Congressman Bresnahan voted to give massive tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires like himself, paid for by cutting health care and food assistance for millions of Americans.
47 Pennsylvania hospitals rely on Medicaid to stay open. Congressman Rob Bresnahan’s vote to cut Medicaid puts Geisinger Community Medical Center, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Lehigh Valley Hospital Hazleton, and Moses Taylor Hospital at risk.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan voted to cut SNAP, jeopardizing food assistance for millions of Pennsylvania families trying to put food on the table.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan voted four times to continue cost-raising tariffs, which economists estimate will cost families an additional $2,300 per year.
Congressman Rob Bresnahan voted to cut Medicaid, which benefits hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians, taking away life-saving health care for working people.
