David Valadao “jeopardized health care coverage for millions of Americans with a cruel budget blueprint?” Has Rep. Adam Gray voted to “keep health care costs high?” So say their political opponents. But those opponents’ claims are wildly exaggerated.

Dozens of Kern Residents stood in front of Congressman David Valadao's Bakersfield office to vote against proposed cuts to the Medicaid healthcare program.

David Valadao, R-Hanford ... how these unconscionable cuts will result in anything but pain to the heart of California’s agricultural community, throughout our state and across America.

House Republican leaders were expected to hold a vote on a sweeping budget resolution that faces headwinds partly because vulnerable California Republicans might oppose controversial cuts to Medicaid.

California’s Central Valley will once again be at the center of the House battleground map in 2026. Democratic Rep. Adam Gray (CA-13) won his race by a smaller margin than any other House member and is one of the 13 Democrats representing seats that Donald Trump carried in 2024,

Political activists made a final push Monday to persuade Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, to oppose budget cuts proposed in Congress that would endanger federal spending on the Medicaid program that as many as two-thirds of his constituents rely on for their health care.