U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy lauded the U.S. Senate passing President Donald Trump’s massive tax breaks and spending cuts bill on Tuesday, while New York’s two Democratic senators decried the package as hurtful to American families.

“Time to secure the border, lock in tax cuts, unleash U.S. energy, rebuild strength abroad, slash waste and put Americans first,” Langworthy, R-23rd District, posted on his X account after Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote on the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Vance broke the 50-50 tie as three Senate Republicans split with their party and voted against the package, which now goes back to the House for final passage before it’s sent to Trump’s desk.

The president has pressured Republicans to get the package to his desk by Friday, the Fourth of July.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Republicans “are in shambles because they know the bill is so unpopular.”

Schumer also played a parliamentary card Tuesday by forcing a name change for the legislation moments before it passed — the senator raised a point of order against lines three to five on the first page of the legislative proposal that said, “SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘’One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'” Schumer argued the title of the bill violated a section of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the text was stricken from the bill.

“This is not a ‘big, beautiful bill’ at all,” Schumer said to reporters at the Capitol. “That’s why I moved down the floor to strike the title. It is now called ‘the act.’ That’s what it’s called. But it is really the ‘big ugly betrayal,’ and the American people know it.”

Schumer declared the vote will “haunt our Republican colleagues for years to come. Because of this bill, tens of millions will lose health insurance. Millions of jobs will disappear. People will get sick and die, kids will go hungry and the debt will explode to levels we have never seen.”

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, echoed Schumer’s bitter criticism, stating, “This destructive bill is a big, beautiful betrayal of the American people. President Trump and Senate Republicans are cutting health care and food assistance for working families in order to give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans. Just as bad, this bill will raise the cost of living for working families by thousands of dollars. It’s outrageous and I will continue fighting to defeat it.”

But Langworthy insisted on X the “One Big Beautiful Bill puts seniors first … 88% of Social Security recipients will pay no tax on their benefits. That’s real savings for millions of Americans who earned it.

The congressman also offered a list of the detrimental effects that would result if the legislation failed to pass: “A 22% tax hike on hardworking Americans … Child Tax Credit slashed for 40 million families … ICE, CBP, and DHS blocked from hiring more agents … American energy independence sabotaged … Illegal immigrants keep getting taxpayer-funded benefits.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul weighed in against what she called “Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’”: “Today, Senate Republicans moved one step closer to ripping health care away from millions of Americans to pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires,” she said in a statement.

“From North Country farmers to downstate hospitals, Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’ would devastate New Yorkers. Over one million people in our state would lose their health care. A quarter million would see cuts to SNAP. Nursing homes will close. Food prices will rise. Hospitals will shutter. All during a national affordability crisis.”

The governor noted each New York Republican in Congress “backed this disaster. They helped write it, cheered it on and voted to gut the very programs that keep their constituents alive. … I will do everything in my power to shield New Yorkers from the fallout. But if this bill becomes law, there will be real pain. And the Republicans who helped inflict it won’t be able to hide from the consequences.”

LANGWORTHY, STEFANIK PROPOSE IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION

Langworthy and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., introduced the Safeguarding Americans from Extreme Risk (SAFER) at the Border Act, legislation aimed at closing what they said are “dangerous loopholes” in U.S. immigration policy left open by the Biden administration.

“My constituents are fed up with the flood of murderers, terrorists, and dangerous individuals that poured into our communities across New York State—all because of the reckless, failed open-border policies of the Biden administration,” said Congressman Langworthy.

“A nation without secure borders is a nation in decline, and it’s time we take bold, decisive action to reverse the chaos of the last four years,” Langworthy said Tuesday in announcing the legislation.

Specifically, the congressman said the SAFER at The Border Act would:

• Prohibit parole for high-risk illegals who pose national security or public safety risks — such as known terrorists, members of transnational criminal organizations or those flagged in federal threat databases.
• Prohibit parole of refugees into the U.S. outside of the established refugee admission process, preventing the administration from using broad parole authority to bypass standard vetting and security protocols.
• Ensures that individuals with ties to terrorism, espionage or foreign criminal networks are flagged and blocked from entering the U.S., reinforcing existing inadmissibility standards with clear statutory guardrails.

Stefanik, who is widely expected to soon declare her intention to run for governor in New York, stated that Hochul “embraced and fully supported Joe Biden’s catastrophic open border policies. … She has put all New Yorkers at risk by prioritizing illegals first and New Yorkers LAST with her sanctuary state policies. … We must put law-abiding New Yorkers first and secure our borders.”