Elise Stefanik

Rep. Stefanik is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposal would “weaken protections for people with pre-existing conditions, replacing many of the ACA’s provisions with a pool of funds states can use for that purpose.” 

Rep. Stefanik is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposal would end Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices and lift the caps on monthly insulin costs and out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries. Rep. Stefanik also voted against the Inflation Reduction Act.

Rep. Stefanik is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget endorses the Life at Conception Act, which would outlaw abortion from the moment of conception and puts IVF at risk. Rep. Stefanik voted for the FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Bill, which repealed an FDA measure allowing abortion medication to be sent to patients by mail.

Rep. Stefanik is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposal endorses a plan to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 

Rep. Stefanik signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of a case that would have dismantled the CFPB. 

Rep. Stefanik is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposes eliminating the National Labor Relations Board. 

Rep. Stefanik voted several times this Congress to rescind funding for the IRS to go after wealthy and corporate tax cheats to make them pay what they owe. 

Rep. Stefanik voted for the Default on America Act, which would expand harsh work requirements for SNAP benefits. 

Rep. Stefanik is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget would transition Medicare to a “Premium Support Model” subsidizing private Medicare Advantage plans. 

Rep. Stefanik voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act, which would require the Bureau of Land Management to hold quarterly auctions for oil and gas leases. 

Rep. Stefanik voted for the Default on America Act, which included harsh new work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Rep. Stefanik supports legislation to make the Trump tax cuts for the wealthy permanent. She co-sponsored the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, which would extend tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and give tax breaks to big corporations.

Stefanik voted against establishing a 15% minimum tax on corporations, and she is a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget endorses repealing that corporate minimum tax.

Rep. Stefanik voted for H.R. 7700, the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act and for H.R. 7637, the Refrigerator Freedom Act, which repealed energy efficiency rules for dishwashers and refrigerators. She also voted for H.R. 6192, the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, which would make it more difficult for the Department of Energy to impose energy efficiency standards on home appliances, and easier to revoke current ones. 

Rep. Stefanik approved 11 FY24 appropriations bills which contained extreme policy riders, which would create a “license to discriminate” against LGBTQ+ people.

Rep. Stefanik approved 7 FY25 appropriations bills which contain extreme policy riders, which would create a “license to discriminate” against LGBTQ+ people.

Rep. Stefanik voted for the FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, which would have cut $14.7 billion from Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, nearly 80% of the program’s 2023 funding. On the whole, the appropriations bill would have cut the Department of Education’s budget by 28% below FY23 levels.

Rep. Stefanik voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act and for the Default on America Act, both of which would have repealed the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, which cut home energy costs, reduce emissions, and boost energy efficiency. These bills would increase the cost of energy efficiency upgrades for families and endanger thousands of clean energy jobs.

Rep. Stefanik is also a member of the Republican Study Committee, whose budget proposal would “repeal the green giveaways in the Inflation Reduction Act.” 

Since 2023, House Republicans have voted 42 times to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, either in whole or in part, including through the Lower Energy Costs Act and the Default on America Act.