U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan made some jabs at the Trump administration and the Republican leaders in Congress while answering constituents’ questions about redistricting, immigration and other issues on Wednesday at a Portage town hall meeting.

“They are masters at distraction,” he said.

Mrvan, who sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said the legislation President Donald Trump referred to as his Big Beautiful Bill was anything but that. The legislation bypassed the Appropriations process, where “our goal is to be able to find common ground,” Mrvan, D-Highland, said.

As a result, 270,000 Hoosiers will lose Medicaid benefits, he said.

“Senior citizens who are in nursing homes are at risk because that benefit may not continue,” Mrvan said. People will disabilities could suffer,

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