Rep. Summer Lee Applauds House Passage of Extension to ACA Tax Credits

January 8, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — JANUARY 8, 2026 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) applauded the House passage of H.R. 1834, legislation that would extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years and ensure millions of Americans can maintain their health insurance. The bill, which was forced by House Democrats using a discharge petition, now heads to the Senate.

“It is a relief the bill to restore the ACA tax credits has passed the House, but it never should have come to this. Republicans could have voted to extend these credits in September—which would have avoided a government shutdown—and prevented healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for people in Western Pennsylvania and across the country. We need Medicare for All to ensure no one is forced to ration care any longer. In the meantime, the Senate must now heed the calls of the American people and pass this bill immediately.”

Rep. Lee has been a consistent champion for affordable healthcare and is a strong advocate for Medicare for All.

In December, Rep Lee participated in an Education and Workforce HELP Subcommittee Democratic shadow hearing titled “Republican Priorities: Billionaire Tax Breaks, Not Health Care for Working Families,” where she called for the urgent extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits and renewed her push for Medicare for All. Rep. Lee’s constituent, a Pennie recipient, also testified at the hearing.
In September, she voted against House Republicans’ continuing resolution, which failed to extend ACA tax credits that would have kept healthcare more affordable for thousands of Western Pennsylvania families and millions more across the country.
Over the summer, Rep. Lee slammed Republicans and the Trump administration for making the largest cuts to Medicaid in history in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Congresswoman Summer Lee serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Education and Workforce. Since taking office in January 2023, she has delivered historic levels of federal investment totaling over $2.4 Billion brought back to Western PA, including over $580 million for infrastructure, over $110 million for affordable transit, over $500 million to keep clean energy manufacturing at home in Pennsylvania, and over $55 million on clean energy efforts in and around schools to help keep our kids and communities safe. These investments will help improve Western Pennsylvania’s infrastructure and transit, ensure cleaner air and drinking water, lower housing costs, fund research institutions, fuel clean manufacturing, fund STEM innovation and entrepreneurship, boost workforce development, and create thousands of good paying union jobs.  Lee and her team have also delivered casework and constituent services to over 3,000 constituents with issues ranging from helping our seniors and disabled community access Medicare and social security to helping folks secure housing and helping families with immigration support and passports.