Kris Cox: The bill overall takes food assistance and health care coverage away from people with low and middle incomes, and that is extremely damaging.

The Republican tax bill approved by the House would cost the poorest Americans roughly $1,600 a year while increasing the income of the wealthiest households by an average of $12,000 annually.

The Congressional Budget Office is also predicting that these spending cuts will cost the poorest Americans dearly, according to a new analysis issued Thursday.