DEAR CONGRESSMAN CALVERT
Why?
An Open Letter to Congressman Ken Calvert District 41 - California
Posted July 14, 2025
By Stephanie A. Weinberg
On July 3, 2025, you cast your vote in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
I emphasize the word vote, because yours was a deliberate action, one that carries profound consequences for millions of Americans, including your own constituents here in California’s 41st District.
Let’s look at what you endorsed:
$1.2 trillion in Medicaid cuts
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, this will result in 10.9 million Americans losing their health insurance.$186 billion in SNAP (food assistance) cuts
These cuts are expected to eliminate benefits for 5 million Americans, many of them children, seniors, and working families.
These are not theoretical numbers. These are the consequences of enacted policy.
And they represent the largest rollback of the social safety net in modern U.S. history.
So I ask you, very plainly:
How many of your constituents will lose access to health care?
How many families in our district will face food insecurity?
How many rural hospitals or local clinics will close because of your vote?
You had a choice.
You made it.
The people you work for, your constituents, deserve to know why you supported legislation that so clearly harms the vulnerable, the elderly, the sick, and the working poor.
If you have a rationale beyond ideology or party loyalty, I invite you to share it.
If you do not, I urge you to reflect on the real-world impact of your decision and the human cost that comes with it.
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Stephanie Weinberg
Palm Desert, CA
Registered Voter in CA-41