On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-AL, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, blasted efforts by President Donald Trump to “dismantle federal health reforms.”

The U.S. Department of Justice, in a federal appeals court filing Monday, agreed with the ruling of a federal judge in Texas that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional

The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by 20 states, including Alabama, challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare bill, which has resulted in millions of Americans having health insurance for the first time.

Previously, the Trump administration had refused to defend portions of the law, but now contends that the entire measure should be dismantled with no replacement.

“If the courts dismantle this law, Alabama is one of the states with the most to lose,” Jones said. “It’s already a challenge for many Alabamians to access the healthcare they need, particularly in our rural communities. Instead of making that even more difficult, we need to be focusing on making some much-needed improvements to our current system, like lowering the cost of prescription drugs, combating the opioid epidemic, increasing access to rural healthcare and finally expanding Medicaid in the state of Alabama. The administration is playing politics with healthcare and we have to stand up and protect folks from losing their coverage and the vital protections that the federal health law guarantees.”

According to a press release from Jones’ office, more than 160,000 Alabamians could lose their health insurance if the ACA is struck down and more than 942,000 Alabamians with pre-existing conditions would be denied coverage.

Additionally, insurance companies could reinstate lifetime limits on coverage and again charge women more for coverage.

The ACA allowed children up to the age of 26 to remain on their parents’ insurance plan, allowing approximately 35,000 Alabamians to retain coverage.

Jones previously introduced legislation to incentivize Medicaid expansion in Alabama by reimbursing those states that did not expand Medicaid in 2010 the same federal funding as those that did.

Also on Tuesday, Jones took part in a procedural vote on the “Green New Deal,” an expansive piece of legislation aimed at curbing climate change, which was voted down by a 57-0 margin.

“I firmly believe that as a country, we need to act decisively to mitigate the effects of climate change,” Jones said. “While I do not believe that the Green New Deal is a feasible plan to combat this issue because it is too broad and goes too far, I hope we can come together in a bipartisan way to find a path forward to secure our future.”