Congressional representatives for Hawaii reacted with dismay to the $1.5 trillion tax package that the Senate and House passed this morning which is being billed as the first major overhaul of the nation’s tax laws since 1986.

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard voted for the second time against the bill, which passed the House 224-201 in a revote hours after the Senate’s passage early this morning.

“A Congress that cannot summon the courage to provide health insurance to children or keep its promise to Dreamers but will eagerly cut taxes for corporations & campaign contributors has failed the people,” she tweeted this morning. “The #GOPTaxScam lays bare the corruption of putting profits before people.”

Gabbard said in a follow-up press release today that the tax bill was “written by and for lobbyists and the corporations who sign their paychecks, without consideration of the lasting impact it will have on low-income and middle-class families who are struggling just to make ends meet — the reality for so many Hawaii families and millions more nationwide. It should be no surprise that with this legislation, the top 1 percent in our country will receive over 82 percent of the tax benefit.”

She continued that in Hawaii, where the average cost of a single-family home is well over $700,000, lowering the mortgage interest deduction means many local families will find it even more difficult to achieve their dreams of homeownership.

Gabbard also spoke out against the bill on the House floor Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono called the bill, which passed the Senate by a partisan vote of 51-4, an outright scam.

“The Republican tax bill is a scam,” she said in a statement following her vote against it. “After months of empty promises to the middle class, the President has been caught in another big fat lie. This bill will not help the middle class. It is nothing more than a fulfillment of the Republican Party’s mission to eventually gut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to pay for trillions of dollars in tax cuts to the richest Americans and corporations. The American people will hold them accountable.”

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, who also voted against the bill, reacted immediately with a tweet saying “This. Is. A. Heist.”

Before the vote, Schatz spoke out against the bill on the Senate floor.

“The tax code is an expression of what Americans care about and what Americans value,” said Schatz. “This bill foundationally changes our tax system so that it rewards wealth over work, at the expense of the middle class and our children and grandchildren. I am deeply disappointed that Senate Republicans rushed this through.”

He pointed out in a tweet this morning that it was “super weird how everyone is against the carried interest loophole” but that “they forgot to get rid of it.”

Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa also voted against the tax bill, saying it was “not sound, thoughtful tax policy,” but crafted instead “to fulfill a campaign promise made by Donald Trump and to give the Republicans a talking point for the upcoming election cycle.”