STATEMENT: Former Mayor Lightfoot reacts to House Oversight Committee hearing on Welcoming Cities (Chicago, IL) – (Wednesday, March 5, 2025) – Following is a statement from former Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot in response to today’s House Oversight Committee hearing on Welcoming City policies:
“What was clear before and was on full display during the performance masquerading as a serious Congressional hearing, is that Republicans are desperate to create a sideshow so that the American public doesn’t know the truth. The truth is the Republicans have no solutions for inflation. They plan to cut critical services like Medicaid, access to affordable health care, housing, substance addiction support, critical scientific research, infrastructure support—all sorts of disastrous policies that will hurt working families and cause widespread hardship across our land. And in the sideshow, following the lead of President Trump, there is no lie they won’t tell, no truth they will not distort. Cities fuel the economy. They are the source of innovation, and of course, home to millions. When you attack cities, you attack America. It is stupid and misguided, but such is the current MAGA Republicans. Hats off to the mayors for standing their grounds and representing their cities well in the face of an onslaught of total nonsense from Republicans.”
STATEMENT: Former Mayor Lightfoot reacts to House Oversight Committee hearing on Welcoming Cities
