After 80-minute Trump address, GOP lawmakers say momentum is back as healthcare fight looms

By Fox News · Fox News

Republicans coming away from an address President Donald Trump delivered to GOP lawmakers on Tuesday expressed renewed confidence in the trajectory of the administration’s efforts. "I’m grateful the president called on Republicans to unite as one team — because when we stand together, we win," Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., said of the meeting. During his address, Trump touched on a broad slew of priorities during his more than 80-minute address at the Kennedy Center, calling on Republicans to double down on their messaging on successes in his first year back in office and encouraging them to aggressively push wins in areas like healthcare. SEN JIM JUSTICE SAYS REPUBLICANS ARE 'LOUSY' AT KNOWING WHAT EVERYDAY AMERICANS THINK ABOUT HEALTHCARE "He laid out a clear vision to deliver real solutions that strengthen healthcare, lower costs for families and protect the U.S. Treasury. We’ve already achieved meaningful tax reforms that are putting more money back into family budgets," Langworthy said. Trump’s remarks come as Congress stares down a full plate of legislative priorities to begin the year in 2026. Among them, lawmakers must decide what to do about enhanced premium subsidies for Obamacare that expired at the end of last year. Republicans remained divided over whether to renew those subsidies, reform the program to lower costs, or pursue some other course of action. In the midst of that picture, Trump encouraged Republicans to make healthcare their issue, seeking to strip Democrats of heavy messaging on topics like Medicaid and Obamacare. "You want to turn this thing? You work on favorite nations, you work on borders, you work on all of the things that we talked about. But now you take the healthcare issue away from them. They cannot fight it successfully; there is nothing they can do," Trump said. "Let the money go directly to the people where they can buy their own healthcare," Trump said, resurfacing his calls to reform federal assistance for the Obamacare subs…