July 02, 2025

Rep. Hoyle Files Four Amendments to Congressional Republicans’ Partisan Budget Bill

The amendments focused on protecting students, county payments for rural communities, & reversing H.R. 1’s massive tax cuts for the rich and big corporations

For Immediate Release: July 2, 2025 

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Yesterday, in the House Committee on Rules, Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) filed four common sense amendments to Senate Republicans’ partisan version of the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) that aim to protect working families and rural communities from the worst impacts of the legislation.

In her testimony, Rep. Hoyle underscored the need for common-sense solutions over partisan chaos, calling on Congress to listen to the American people and focus on real-world impacts instead of political theater.

Her proposals include:

  • Striking the Medicaid provider tax changesin the bill which will otherwise push rural hospitals closer to the brink of closure;

  • Doubling the Pell Grant which will otherwise be significantly reduced;

  • Striking the language on timber revenue sharing which will otherwise cut counties out of their share of timber receipts; and,

  • Inserting language from the Wall Street Tax Act which provides an alternative way to fund government programs through enacting a 0.1% transaction tax on risky trades done by speculators on Wall Street.

Rep. Hoyle’s full testimony to the committee can be viewed here. Background on the amendments filed and how they respond to the current bill text can be found below.

 

Background

    • BILL AS DRAFTED: H.R. 1, as amended by the Senate, would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt by giving the largest-ever tax cut to billionaires and big corporations.

    • REP. HOYLE’S AMENDMENT: Amendment 15 would raise over $700 billion by levying a tiny .1% tax on all trades of stocks, bonds, and derivatives. Revenues from Amendment 15 can be reinvested into programs that H.R. 1 cuts, like Medicaid and SNAP. This tax would hit Wall Street, wealthy private investors, and large corporations hardest, ensuring they pay their fair share while keeping the tax burden off of working families.

  • Amendment 43: An amendment to double the budget allocation for Pell Grants.

    • BILL AS DRAFTED: H.R. 1, as amended by the Senate, would cut the Pell Grant by as much as $1,500 for some students and attach overreaching credit-requirements for students receiving the grant. The program is currently slated to have a $2.8 billion deficiency at the end of this fiscal year.

    • REP. HOYLE’S AMENDMENT: Amendment 43 would double H.R. 1’s allocations for Pell Grants, ensuring that the program remains solvent without any cuts.

  • Amendment 64: An amendment to strike the changes to the Medicaid Provider Tax changes.

    • BILL AS DRAFTED: H.R. 1, as amended by the Senate, would change the Medicaid Provider Tax to reduce amount of federal matching dollars available to states who then disperse this funding to hospitals. Federal matching dollars are especially vital to help keep rural hospitals funded.

    • REP. HOYLE’S AMENDMENT: Amendment 64 would remove any changes to the Medicaid Provider Tax and is specifically aimed at keeping rural hospitals across Oregon and the country open. The amendment comes after new data showed the Senate’s version of H.R. 1 already creates an $8 billion shortfall in rural hospital funding, before Provider Tax changes are factored in.

  • Amendment 411: An amendment to amend timber revenue sharing.

    • BILL AS DRAFTED: H.R. 1, as amended by the Senate, would take timber revenues away from counties by mandating all revenues from increased timber production go directly to the federal government.

    • REP. HOYLE’S AMENDMENT: Amendment 411 would strike the provisions that would prevent counties from receiving standard revenue shares for timber sales on Forest Service and Bureau of Land Mangement Lands. These revenue shares are vital to helping rural governments fund schools, local safety, and more — especially as local taxbases dwindle yearly. Amendment 411 is also cost neutral.

 

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