Congressperson John Faso (R-Kinderhook) issued a statement after being the decisive vote moving the American Health Care Act, or Trumpcare, out of the House Budget Committee on March 16. The bill barely passed the committee, 19-17. “Today I joined a majority of Budget Committee members to approve a procedural step for the American Health Care Act. The purpose of this committee vote was straightforward: to assess whether the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees had fulfilled the requirements laid out in the 2017 budget resolution the House debated and passed on January 13. In my opinion, and in the opinion of a majority of committee members, they had," he wrote. "The Budget Committee cannot amend the legislation under the rules of reconciliation; the committee merely determines whether it complied with the rules. A ‘no’ vote would have cut off discussion rather than advance positive changes to the underlying bill for the families and small businesses of the 19th District. The American Health Care Act now heads to a fourth committee and, likely, the floor of the House for a full vote." Faso did not say how he will vote when the final bill reaches the floor.