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| Voters, the America they stood for just eight months ago. | ||
| In a moment, I will offer an amendment to the rule which would correct a technical error in the rule. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote yes on the previous question, yes on the amendment, and yes on the rule. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment to the resolution. | ||
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The clerk will report the amendment. | |
| Amendment to House Resolution 566, offered by Ms. Fox of North Carolina. | ||
| At the end of the resolution, add the following. | ||
| The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without intervening motion. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield back the balance of my time and move the previous question on the amendment and on the resolution. | ||
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The question is on ordering the previous question on the amendment on the resolution. | |
| Those in favor say aye. | ||
| Those opposed, no. | ||
| Opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. | ||
| Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| I ask for the yays and nays and a hearing aid for you. | ||
| The yays. | ||
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The yays and nays are requested. | |
| Those favoring a vote by the yays and nays will rise. | ||
| Efficient number having risen, the age and nays are ordered. | ||
| Members will record their votes by electronic device. | ||
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Pursuant to clause 9 of Rule 20. | |
| This 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by five-minute votes on adoption of the amendment offered by the gentlelady from North Carolina, Ms. Fox, if ordered, and adoption of the resolution, if ordered. | ||
| This is a 15-minute vote. | ||
| The House is currently in recess. | ||
| On the agenda today, the Senate passed and a lot of activity on the House floor today, ahead of the July 4th deadline. | ||
| President Trump has set this Friday to get the tax and spending cuts measure to his desk, with a number of Republican holdouts who've been in meetings at the White House and with Speaker Johnson holding a meeting earlier with members of the House Freedom Caucus who are opposed. | ||
| We heard Representative Fox a short time ago refer to a mistake in the rule, Politico reporting it does not include the procedural motion to order a previous question. | ||
| It also does not prohibit intervening motions, which means that once the House begins debate, Speaker Johnson would not be able to have any options to delay or reschedule voting and Democrats could continue using stall tactics, including a motion to adjourn or table. | ||
| This now, our procedural vote on the rule for the legislation, the bill permanently extending expiring individual and business tax cuts enacted in 2017, and it appropriates $153 billion for defense, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and nearly $90 billion for border security. | ||
| It'll raise the debt limit by $5 trillion and make cuts to health care programs for the poor and food stamps. | ||
| The bill passed in the Senate 51 to 50 on Tuesday with Senators tied 50-50. | ||
| Vice President JD Vance came to the chamber to cast the tie-breaking vote. | ||
| If approved by the full House in its current form, it will go to the White House for President Trump's signature. | ||
| While the votes are underway, we'll show the news conference House Democrats held earlier, followed by floor debate on the rule. | ||
| Good morning. | ||
| Good morning. | ||
| We are here today, united as House Democrats, to make clear to the American people that every single House Democrat will stand up for your health care. | ||
| Stand up for your Medicaid. | ||
| Stand up for your Medicare. | ||
| Stand up for the Affordable Care Act. | ||
| Stand up for nutritional assistance for our children, our seniors, and our veterans. | ||
| Stand up for our hospitals. | ||
| Stand up for our nursing homes. | ||
| Stand up for our community-based health senators and stand up against massive tax breaks for GOP billionaire donors. | ||
| And that is why every single House Democrat will vote hell no against this one big ugly bill. | ||
| And all we need are four House Republicans to join us in defense of their constituents who will suffer mightily from this bill. | ||
| Children will be hurt. | ||
| Families will be hurt. | ||
| People with disabilities will be hurt. | ||
| Women will be hurt by what is an all-out assault on the health care of the American people. | ||
| An unprecedented assault, ripping health care away from more than 17 million Americans. | ||
| Premiums, copays, and deductibles for other people on private insurance will go up all across the country. | ||
| Hospitals will close. | ||
| Nursing homes will shut down. | ||
| Community-based clinics won't have the ability to operate. | ||
| And as a result, people are going to die connected to this one big, ugly bill. | ||
| Tens of thousands of unnecessary American deaths per year. | ||
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Shame on Republicans for even bringing this bill to the House floor. | |
| So all we need are four Republicans to join us in support of their constituents to have John McCain level courage and stand up in defense of the health care of the American people. | ||
| What type of party would bring a bill to the House floor that rips away Medicaid from those in need? | ||
| What kind of party would bring a bill to the House floor that literally robs food from the mouths of children, veterans, and seniors? | ||
| And all of this is being done to provide massive tax breaks to their billionaire donors. | ||
| It's unconscionable. | ||
| It's unacceptable. | ||
| It's un-American. | ||
| And House Democrats are committing to you that we're going to do everything in our power to stop it. | ||
| And all we need are four Republicans, just four, to show John McCain-level courage. | ||
| Just four. | ||
| There are 220 of them. | ||
| All we need are four. | ||
| And so all we have to do as a Congress is act in a manner consistent with the better angels of this country. | ||
| Stand up for everyday Americans, not the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. | ||
| That's what Republicans are doing in bringing this one big, ugly bill to the House floor. | ||
| Why would anyone vote for this dangerous and extreme bill? | ||
| Why would Rob Bresnahan vote for this bill? | ||
| More than 30,000 people would lose access to their health care in his community in Pennsylvania. | ||
| Almost 60,000 households could lose access to food assistance in his community at risk of going hungry. | ||
| Why would Rob Bresnahan vote for this bill? | ||
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Why would Scott Perry vote for this bill? | |
| Almost 25,000 people in his community will lose access to health care. | ||
| In his community in Pennsylvania, almost 40,000 households would lose access to nutritional assistance. | ||
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They're at risk of going hungry. | |
| Why would Scott Perry vote for this bill? | ||
| You see, the difference between them and us, they work for the special interests, for the rich and the shameless, for the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. | ||
| House Democrats work for the people. | ||
| And that's why we will continue to do everything in our power to stop this bill in its tracks. | ||
| Every single one of us will stand up for the health care of the American people, for the nutritional assistance of the American people, for efforts that actually should be designed to improve their quality of life, not hurt it, to lower the high cost of living, not raise it, to bring people together, not tear us apart. | ||
| John Lewis, who we all had the opportunity to serve with and continue to draw inspiration from, would always remind us that even in the face of what appears to be insurmountable odds, that we have a moral responsibility, and that certainly is the case right now, to show up and stand up and speak up for what we know is right. | ||
| With every single fiber in our body, that's what we are going to do. | ||
| Show up today, show up tomorrow, show up this week, show up next week, show up this year, show up next year, show up until we end this national nightmare in the United States of America and continue our march toward a more perfect union. | ||
| now my honor to yield to our distinguished whip catherine clark thank you mr leader and good morning This week, we will celebrate our nation's independence. | ||
| We will celebrate our freedom, the fact that we are not ruled by a king, but that the power belongs to the people. | ||
| We will celebrate the fundamental promise of the American dream, the idea that if we work hard, we can provide for our families. | ||
| We can have a life of dignity, a fair shot. | ||
| So it's especially shocking that the Republicans are rushing to sign this cruel bill by the 4th of July. | ||
| The largest cut to health care in our history. | ||
| The largest transfer of wealth from working families to the billionaire class. | ||
| A bill that makes Americans sicker and poorer. | ||
| A bill that takes food from the hungry. | ||
| There is no freedom in this bill. | ||
| Unimaginably, this bill is worse than when it left the House. | ||
| It cuts Medicaid by $1 trillion. | ||
| It kicks 17 million Americans off of their health care. | ||
| It threatens hundreds of hospitals with closure, along with a quarter of all nursing homes. | ||
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It hikes the cost of electricity. | |
| It hands a 3% pay cut to hardworking people of this country and hands their children $5 trillion in debt. | ||
| Does that sound like freedom to you? | ||
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No. | |
| Or does that sound like a government of, by, and for the rich? | ||
| So who would vote for this bill? | ||
| Why would David Valladeau vote for this bill? | ||
| Over 65,000 people in his district will lose access to health care if this passes. | ||
| 60,000 households will lose access to their food assistance. | ||
| And over 3,600 energy jobs will be lost just in California 22. | ||
| But why would Young Kim in California 40 vote for this bill either? | ||
| Over 31,000 people in her communities will lose their health care, and 15,000 households could lose access to food assistance. | ||
| Why indeed? | ||
| But we've been told exactly where we stand. | ||
| The vice president said these cuts are immaterial. | ||
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Mitch McConnell says people will get over it. | |
| Joni Ernst reminded us we're all going to die anyway. | ||
| So at a time when most households are struggling to afford the basics, Republicans have a clear message for American families. | ||
| You don't matter. | ||
| The people that power America are nurses, our first responders, our small business owners, our veterans. | ||
| Under this bill, the Republican Party views you as expendable and that opportunity is reserved for the elite. | ||
| Freedom isn't something abstract. | ||
| It's something you do. | ||
| It's something you empower people to do. | ||
| You cannot shackle opportunity for the American people. | ||
| You cannot restrain their ability to be free and then drape yourself in the American flag on Independence Day. | ||
| So this 4th of July, House Democrats are going to stand in unity with millions of people across this country. | ||
| We are going to do what Americans have done for 250 proud years. | ||
| We are going to defend our freedom. | ||
| We will defeat its enemies. | ||
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And we will put the power with the people. | |
| And now it is my great pleasure to welcome Ranking Member of Energy and Commerce, Frank Pallone. | ||
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Thank you, Catherine. | |
| I just want everyone to understand why we as Democrats are so mad about this bill, because it's cruel. | ||
| Some people have called it beautiful. | ||
| Some have called it ugly. | ||
| I call it cruel. | ||
| It is the cruelest bill that I've ever seen since my tenure in the House of Representatives. | ||
| Now, why is that the case? | ||
| Because so many people will lose their health insurance and because of the lack of affordability that's going to increase costs in so many ways for the average American. | ||
| Look, the bottom line is every time this bill moves forward, energy and commerce, 13.5 million people lose Medicaid. | ||
| And then it goes to the House floor, 15 million people. | ||
| Now, the CBO says the Senate bill, 17 million Americans lose their health insurance. | ||
| And what happens when they lose their health insurance? | ||
| The hospitals have uncompensated care, the nursing homes have uncompensated care, and they have to push those costs on to everyone else. | ||
| And so premiums go up, co-pays go up, and people cannot afford their health insurance. | ||
| The same thing is true with the ACA. | ||
| You know, we as Democrats started years ago trying to make sure that so many Americans that didn't have health insurance did. | ||
| That was what Obamacare was all about. | ||
| And then we enhanced the tax credits and the subsidies. | ||
| So we got up to something like 95% of Americans had health insurance because of what we did. | ||
| But this is reversing that completely. | ||
| It is reversing that completely. | ||
| Because the average person now, without enhanced Medicare, without the ACA-enhanced subsidies, which they did not include in this bill, they could easily go from paying $100 a month for their ACA coverage, $1,200 a year, to something like $5,200 because they lose that $4,000 subsidy. | ||
| So I just want to say one more thing. | ||
| I know the Republicans are saying constantly that nobody's going to lose their health insurance if they work. | ||
| That is a complete lie. | ||
| That is a complete lie. | ||
| If you look at this bill, whether you're disabled, whether you're caring for an elderly, whether you're caring for your children, you are not going to qualify for the exemptions and you are going to lose your health insurance. | ||
| And the same thing is true with regard to affordability for the energy provisions. | ||
| We worked very hard to move towards clean energy because we knew it would be cheaper and they're getting rid of it. | ||
| We worked very hard to have environmental protections in place because we're worried about people's health and safety. | ||
| And they get rid of all the major environmental protections are about. | ||
| Cruelty. | ||
| This is unacceptable. | ||
| No one should vote for it. | ||
| It's the cruelest bill that I've ever seen. | ||
| And now I'd like to introduce the chairman of our ranking member of our Ways and Means Committee going to talk to you about the tax issues, Richie Neal from Massachusetts. | ||
| Thanks, Frank. | ||
| So this is the worst tax bill that I've seen in all my years in Congress, and that says something. | ||
| So let's look at the numbers. | ||
| After the rejection of expertise, Joint Committee on Taxation has scored it. | ||
| The Congressional Budget Office has scored it. | ||
| And now the attack turns to the Federal Reserve Board. | ||
| Do you know what that's about? | ||
| That's about the idea that they are going to borrow by raising the debt ceiling an additional $5 trillion to pay for a tax cut, as they did in 2017 when they borrowed $2.3 trillion. | ||
| The reality here is this. | ||
| If you made a million bucks last year, you're getting about $81,000. | ||
| If you made under $50,000, you're getting $0.68 a day. | ||
| A day. | ||
| The attack on the Federal Reserve Board is clear. | ||
| They want to raise the debt ceiling to borrow money, but they want the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates so they can say that this is about deficit reduction with lower borrowing costs. | ||
| Rural hospitals that we all have, they're going to close. | ||
| They're up against it. | ||
| Many of the hospitals I have, 68% in some cases, 75% in others dependent on Medicare and Medicaid. | ||
| The disproportionate share hospitals? | ||
| This is where middle-class people get health care as well as the working poor. | ||
| Understand that this idea that they have today, they haven't thought through because they're all in subservience to getting it signed on July 4th. | ||
| They have no idea what they did in the Senate. | ||
| They have no idea what they're about to do here in the day because they haven't seen the particulars of this bill. | ||
| When you look at this, as earlier noted, 17 million people lose health care to provide a tax cut to the billionaire class. | ||
| Stand with all of us today and reject not only the health care policy here, but the economic policy as well. | ||
| You might be the ranking member on the budget committee, but we know him as a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Brendan Boyle. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Well, this is it. | ||
| Today is the day. | ||
| If Republicans and Donald Trump succeed today, it will produce the largest loss of health care in American history. | ||
| 17 million Americans will lose their health care. | ||
| The biggest cut to Medicaid in American history. | ||
| Millions taken off the Affordable Care Act. | ||
| And that's not all. | ||
| We have discovered half a trillion dollars worth of cuts to Medicare as well. | ||
| Again, all told, the largest loss of health care in American history. | ||
| And for the rest of us who maybe aren't on Medicaid, not on Medicare, not on the ACA, the quality of our care will go down while the costs go up. | ||
| So everyone will pay. | ||
| And why? | ||
| Why are they doing this? | ||
| To provide billions in tax cuts to billionaires. | ||
| That is not just bad economics. | ||
| It is immoral. | ||
| That alone would be bad enough. | ||
| But you heard others speaking before me about some of the other cuts that are in this bill. | ||
| Cuts to energy, cuts as they relate to construction. | ||
| More than one million jobs will be lost as a result of this bill, so it's also a job killer. | ||
| And again, why? | ||
| So the top 1/10th, 100th, 1,000th of 1% can get more money. | ||
| Congratulations, Jeff Bezos. | ||
| This crowd's about to give you a great big wedding gift you don't need. | ||
| And it's going to be paid for by taking away health care from millions of Americans and making costs for the rest of us even more expensive. | ||
| So we asked the official scorekeepers, the Congressional Budget Office: okay, all told, with all the provisions in this bill, how do people do? | ||
| And what the Congressional Budget Office found was this: if you're in the bottom third of households, that's everybody makes under $55,000 a year, you will be poorer as a result of this bill. | ||
| If you're middle class, you get nothing. | ||
| And if you're in the top 1%, you get the biggest benefit of all. | ||
| So under the Republicans bill, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class is left behind. | ||
| We say hell no! | ||
| It is now my honor to introduce a great ranking member from Minnesota, Angie Craig. | ||
| Thank you so much. | ||
| This legislation is nothing short than a betrayal of the American people, plain and simple. | ||
| The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, helps Americans meet their basic needs by making food just a little bit more affordable for families. | ||
| It's a program that provides $6 a day in help to those who need just a little bit of assistance. | ||
| The majority of people who need this food assistance in this country are children, seniors, and people with disabilities. | ||
| Cutting $200 billion from the SNAP program not only takes away food from our nation's children, but it also decreases revenue for our nation's family farmers. | ||
| All of this is to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest among us. | ||
| It is a betrayal that will have long-term consequences on the health of this nation. | ||
| And why would Republicans vote for this national betrayal? | ||
| Why would Marionette Miller-Meeks of Iowa's first congressional district vote for this bill? | ||
| 25,000 people would lose access to their health care in Iowa 1. | ||
| Almost 29,000 households would lose access to their food assistance in Iowa 1. | ||
| 1,300 energy jobs could be lost, and at least one rural hospital. | ||
| This is a betrayal of the American people. | ||
| It's a betrayal of the middle class, and it's a betrayal to the most vulnerable people in our nation. | ||
| The Senate's version of this bill, which House Republicans are now all too eager to pass, goes a step further by targeting our nation's veterans, our nation's former foster youth, and people experiencing homeless in this nation as well. | ||
| Veterans like Yolanda Gordon of South Carolina. | ||
| Yolanda served our nation proudly in the Army. | ||
| When she transitioned back to civilian life, there was no daycare in Yolanda's rural House home care community. | ||
| Nothing that was equipped to meet her child's special needs so that she could only work part-time while caring for that child. | ||
| SNAP helped Yolanda keep her child safe, healthy, and fed. | ||
| Yolanda served our nation selflessly, and then she returned to serve the needs of her child. | ||
| And now Republicans in the Senate version take away all of the hard-fought negotiated exclusions for our nation's veterans to have those work requirements. | ||
| Now they want to take the dignity and respect away from Yolanda and veterans like her across this country. | ||
| You know, higher costs are already squeezing American families in Minnesota and across the country. | ||
| Too many Americans are just one paycheck away from disaster. | ||
| Instead of taking food away from tens of millions of Americans, we should protect and strengthen basic needs programs like SNAP so that food assistance is always there when we need it. | ||
| You know, we just need four patriots in the Republican Party. | ||
| Four patriots in the Republican Party. | ||
| Do we have four patriots left in this Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives? | ||
| We have four Republicans who represent my home state of Minnesota. | ||
| Our delegation is evenly divided, four Democrats, four Republicans. | ||
| I challenge my Republicans from the state of Minnesota to be the patriots we are looking for in our nation. | ||
| The families I represent in Minnesota, the elderly neighbors living on fixed incomes, the children whose parent is working two low-wage jobs, cannot afford this terrible bill. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no. | ||
| And with that, I would like to introduce the closer, Chairman Aguilar, to close. | ||
| Thank you, Angie. | ||
| Donald Trump promised the American people that he would cut costs on day one. | ||
| Republicans in Congress swore up and down that their policies would fight inflation and make life easier for everyday Americans. | ||
| More lies. | ||
| But we've all seen under this president and this Republican majority the prices continue to rise and the American dream slipping further from reach. | ||
| Today marks the culmination of Donald Trump's betrayal of working people across this country. | ||
| Because of this bill, your health care is going to go up. | ||
| Your electric bill is going to be more expensive. | ||
| The clothes and groceries that you buy are already rising due to his reckless tariffs. | ||
| The only people who make out in this bill are people who can already afford to pay a little bit more at the checkout line. | ||
| But that's not the reality for most people in this country. | ||
| This bill isn't for the American people. | ||
| It's a reward to the mega-rich campaign donors that bankroll Republican campaigns. | ||
| Why would Gabe Evans in Colorado vote for this bill? | ||
| 29,000 people will lose access to health care in his district. | ||
| 30,000 households will lose access to food nutrition programs. | ||
| And almost 1,000 energy jobs will be lost. | ||
| No one asked 17 million people to lose their health insurance. | ||
| No one asked for hospitals to close or nursing homes to be shuttered because billionaires want more tax breaks. | ||
| Where I'm from, that's not big or beautiful. | ||
| That's small and ugly. | ||
| No one asked for food assistance to be taken away from children to give handouts to the same corporations gouging the American people. | ||
| House Democrats believe that this bill fundamentally is un-American. | ||
| We're going to fight to make sure billionaires and wealthy corporations pay their fair share so that we can build an economy that works for everyone. | ||
| We're going to fight to make America less expensive, and we're going to fight to give working-class people more breathing room and opportunities to get ahead. | ||
| I want to thank my House colleagues for standing with us in this time against this bill. | ||
| I want to thank the community members who have joined us as well. | ||
| And members and members of the faith-based community, we're not here in a partisan exercise. | ||
| We're here because the American people don't deserve this suffering. | ||
| Now, we did take a little bit of liberties when we say hell no. | ||
| We didn't ask them, members of the clergy, but we stand in unison against this dangerous bill. | ||
| And today, however long it takes, we will continue to vote against this bill. | ||
| We will do it together, and we will do it with the American people in mind. | ||
| Thank you so much. | ||
| Republicans stand ready to deliver H.R. 1 directly to the President's desk for his signature. | ||
| Late last year, the American people rallied en masse behind the Republican vision for a renewed nation. | ||
| A nation no longer blighted by the cataclysmic failures of the previous administration. | ||
| A nation primed and ready to enter the golden age. | ||
| One of the many strong reinforced byproducts of our Republican vision is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | ||
| It is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation that any party has ever passed, and for good reason. | ||
| The provisions interwoven in this legislation are monumental. | ||
| They are what the American people voted for in November. | ||
| Historic tax relief for working families, massive investments to secure our nation's borders, capturing generational savings, slashing waste, fraud, and abuse in government programs so that they may run more efficiently for those who truly need them. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I could opine at length about the wins that Republicans have secured in this bill. | ||
| Wins that we've been highlighting to the American people for months. | ||
| Meanwhile, our Democrat colleagues have resorted to fear-mongering and wailing from their bully pulpits in the hopes of deceiving the American people. | ||
| For months, we've heard Democrats claim that the sky was falling, that all hope is lost because H.R. 1 will bring about the end times, and a litany of other outlandish and absurd claims. | ||
| They are so desperate to smear H.R. 1 and deny the American people the policies that the American people overwhelmingly voted for in November. | ||
| But let's again focus on what this bill accomplishes. | ||
| It yields the single greatest cut in wasteful government spending in congressional history by slashing far more than a trillion dollars of bloat. | ||
| It preserves the greatest battle-tested set of tax cuts for working families that our nation has ever seen or our economy has ever realized. | ||
| It doubles down on the border priorities of the most successful enforcement efforts by a president in our nation's history. | ||
| It realigns our economy in defense of American workers, American energy, American businesses, and American job creators to unleash the engines of our economy, raise the tide of our economic standards, and bring a new definition of American greatness to the world. | ||
| Perhaps the reason why Democrats are so desperate to smear this legislation is because they are caught in their own self-inflicted malaise of denial. | ||
| Perhaps they still can't accept that Americans chose Republicans to lead the nation instead of them. | ||
| That said, Mr. Speaker, Republicans are not distracted by that fear-mongering and doomsaying of those who want H.R. 1 to fail. | ||
| The facts are on our side, and we've been cutting through the noise by bringing those facts to the American people for months. | ||
| So that the record is clear. | ||
| A vote against this legislation is a vote to greenlight the largest tax increase in American history being levied against everyday men and women. | ||
| Decimate decimation of millions of jobs across America. | ||
| Kneecap the capabilities and readiness of the nation's military. | ||
| This is not fear-mongering like what our colleagues across the aisle have been engaging in. | ||
| These are just facts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, the pathway forward is crystal clear. | ||
| The House must pass this rule and pass the Senate amendment to H.R. 1 so that more wins can be delivered to the American people. | ||
| The American people deserve to keep winning, and to deny them that opportunity is a flagrant disservice. | ||
| This legislation is the embodiment of the America First agenda, and we would all do well to remember that. | ||
| Failure at this critical juncture is not an option. | ||
| This clock is ticking. | ||
| The President and the American people are waiting. | ||
| Our reserve. | ||
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To balance our time, gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I want to thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. | ||
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| Mr. Speaker, this process is an abomination. | ||
| Legislative malpractice. | ||
| Final text of this bill came out less than 24 hours ago. | ||
| We met in committee an hour after it was posted. | ||
| And now we're here considering a rule that only allows for one hour of debate. | ||
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This bill is within the jurisdiction of 12 different committees. | |
| One hour is ridiculous. | ||
| And every minute we're finding out new things that were snuck into the bill. | ||
| A tax cut for whalers, and now we're learning about a gambling tax. | ||
| Republican leadership and the White House are jamming this bill down our throats. | ||
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And for what? | |
| We are not on a deadline, no looming crisis. | ||
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We're here because Donald Trump wants a 4th of July party to celebrate this garbage bill. | |
| He wants fireworks and flags and cameras, not for this country, but for himself. | ||
| So he says, close your ears, close your eyes, and vote for this bill. | ||
| Honestly, sounds more like a cult than a Congress to me. | ||
| Some Republicans promised their voters no cuts to Medicaid, no new debt. | ||
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Now they're flipping faster than pancakes at a campaign breakfast. | |
| The House passed it hoping the Senate would kill it. | ||
| The Senate passed it hoping the House would grow a spine. | ||
| Everyone is playing a game of legislative chicken, voting for a bad bill and thinking the other chamber will be the one to fix it. | ||
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This is nuts. | |
| And Trump says, have fun and vote yay. | ||
| Have fun gutting Medicaid? | ||
| Vote yay on taking away food from poor families? | ||
| Are you serious? | ||
| This bill is catastrophic. | ||
| It is not policy. | ||
| It is punishment. | ||
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Let's talk facts. | |
| It slashes Medicaid, cuts Medicare, dismantles the ACA. | ||
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It shutters rural hospitals, closes nursing homes, wipes out health centers. | |
| It takes food off kitchen tables, throws clean energy workers out of jobs, spikes utility bills. | ||
| And why? | ||
| So billionaires or oil companies can cash in. | ||
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Big oil gets handouts. | |
| Billionaires get tax breaks. | ||
| Working families get scraps if that. | ||
| Jeff Bezos just had a $50 million wedding in Venice, and they want to give him another tax break. | ||
| Meanwhile, families making under $50,000 a year, well, they get less than a buck a day in tax cuts. | ||
| You can't even buy a cup of coffee with that. | ||
| And the cost, over $3 trillion added to the debt and a $5 trillion debt ceiling raise. | ||
| Brought to you by the very people who won't shut up about so-called fiscal responsibility. | ||
| This isn't tax reform to relieve the middle and working class. | ||
| It is a robbery that will result in the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich our country has ever seen. | ||
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So let's not lie to the American people. | |
| This is about taking from the most vulnerable to pay off the already powerful. | ||
| It is about pleasing one man who's holding this Congress hostage with primary threats and social media tantrums. | ||
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This bill is cruel. | |
| It is cowardly. | ||
| It is a betrayal of everything this country is supposed to stand for. | ||
| I reserve my time. | ||
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Gentlemen reserves the balance of his time. | |
| Gentlemen, gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I'm proud to yield three minutes to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Langworthy. | ||
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| Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Madam Chairwoman. | ||
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I rise today in strong support of the rule to consider HR1 the one big beautiful bill because the stakes for the American people could not be higher. | |
| We are rapidly approaching a fiscal cliff. | ||
| If we do nothing, the Trump tax cuts, the most pro-growth tax reforms in generations, will expire. | ||
| That means higher taxes on nearly every American. | ||
| That means a gutted child tax credit. | ||
| That means small businesses losing the tools they need to survive and to thrive. | ||
| That means less take-home pay for working families already that have been crushed by the Biden-era inflation. | ||
| This isn't some hypothetical scenario. | ||
| This is the Democrats' game plan. | ||
| They want to raise taxes. | ||
| They want to punish success. | ||
| They want more people dependent on government and fewer people building independent lives. | ||
| And Republicans will not let that happen. | ||
| With HR1, we're stepping to lock in the Trump tax cuts permanently and to provide targeted new relief to the workers and to the families who keep this country running. | ||
| Seniors, tipped workers, and those putting in overtime to get ahead. | ||
| But Mr. Speaker, this bill also takes a critical step to protect and to strengthen Medicaid, a vital program for millions of Americans. | ||
| And let me be very clear about something. | ||
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This isn't anything radical. | |
| We're restoring the same common sense work requirements that President Bill Clinton signed into law into the 90s, one of the most popular things he did. | ||
| And back then, a Democratic president worked with a Republican Congress to say that if you're able-bodied an adult without dependents and you're receiving government assistance, you should be expected to work, train, or volunteer and participate in the economy. | ||
| And ladies and gentlemen, it worked. | ||
| Poverty dropped, employment rose, and millions of Americans moved from welfare to work and independence. | ||
| But Democrats today have abandoned that model. | ||
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They want permanent government dependency. | |
| They'll oppose any form of accountability. | ||
| And they'll vilify anyone who dares to suggest that opportunity should come with responsibility. | ||
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Well, Republicans are standing up for what works and what's right. | |
| And we're saying Medicaid must remain a lifeline for the truly vulnerable, children, seniors, the people with disabilities, and low-income parents. | ||
| But for able-bodied adults without kids, yes, you should try to work, just like in the 90s, just like under President Bill Clinton. | ||
| This is an extreme. | ||
| It's not partisan. | ||
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It's proven policy that respects both taxpayers and lifts people up. | |
| Mr. Speaker, this bill delivers economic relief, fiscal sanity, and basic fairness. | ||
| And it secures the future of our economy and our safety net. | ||
| Let's choose the path that's been tested and proven to work. | ||
| Let's approve this rule. | ||
| Let's pass one big, beautiful bill, and let's get this country back on track. | ||
| I yield back, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman yields back the balance of his time. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I want to alert all members to something about this rule. | ||
| It has a mistake in it. | ||
| Republicans have rushed this process from the very beginning to meet Trump's artificial July 4th deadline, and this rule is no exception. | ||
| We found an error in the rule at 2 a.m. this morning after the Rules Committee reported the rule. | ||
| This is going to sound a little in the wheeze, but they forgot to do something called considering the previous question as ordered on their big, ugly bill. | ||
| Now, let me put that in English. | ||
| What that means is they won't have an escape hatch once they start debate on this bill. | ||
| So if they started and they realize they don't have the votes, they still have to take the embarrassing vote. | ||
| There are also other consequences, but this Speaker's timeout authority is the one Republican leadership is most afraid of. | ||
| Now, I expect they'll try to fix this with an amendment, but I have a question for members. | ||
| If this Republican leadership cannot get a one-paragraph rule right, can we really trust them to get a 870-page bill right? | ||
| Not only are we going to find things that were snuck into this bill, we're going to find massive mistakes that have unintended consequences for people and industries across this country. | ||
| This whole process has been lousy, and this rule is no exception, and I reserve. | ||
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Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Scott. | ||
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The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I appreciate the opportunity to address the American citizens for just a couple of minutes. | ||
| I know many of you are concerned about some of the language in the bill, and I think maybe the reason you're concerned is because the people that are telling you what's in the bill never bothered to read the bill. | ||
| So I thought I would just read to you the part, if you've read this, then you're lying to the general public. | ||
| Exceptions, and this is on the SNAP, exceptions. | ||
| Paragraph two shall not apply to an individual if the individual is under 18 or over 65 years of age, medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment, a parent or other member of a household with responsibility for a dependent child under 14 years of age. | ||
| So when the Democrats are telling you that we're kicking disabled people off of SNAP or we're kicking disabled people off of Medicaid, it is an absolute lie. | ||
| Page 16, page 17 of the legislation, it will take about 60 seconds to read it. | ||
| That's exactly what it says. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| And I yield the remainder of my time to the gentlelady from North Carolina. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, there's a lot of low energy on that side, but I now want to yield to one minute to the gentleman from New York, the distinguished ranking member of the House Committee on House Administration, Mr. Morelli. | ||
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| Thank you to my good friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts, the ranking member of the Rules Committee for yielding. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, as we reach the apparent conclusion of this absurd exercise, it's worth asking, what's the purpose of this bill? | ||
| This bill that will strip away health insurance from nearly 17 million people, devastating communities like mine in Rochester, New York. | ||
| This bill that will recklessly eliminate food assistance for nearly 3 million Americans, including nearly a million senior citizens. | ||
| This bill that explodes the deficit by $3.3 trillion. | ||
| But for what? | ||
| Well, Mr. Speaker, sometimes the simplest explanation is closest to the truth. | ||
| We all saw the gaggle of billionaires sitting behind Donald Trump on Inauguration Day earlier this year. | ||
| The driving force behind this entire legislative effort has been to grant handouts to those same billionaires and special interests, all at the expense of hardworking families. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will stop and think again before voting for the worst piece of legislation in generations. | ||
| But I know one thing for certain: House Democrats will never stop fighting for American families. | ||
| With that, I yield back. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. McDowell. | ||
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Gentlemen, Jack and Ash for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, Madam Chair. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, today we take another big step towards delivering a course correction for our country. | ||
| The American people sent us here with a mandate to fight back and deliver on a promise. | ||
| That is what the One Big Beautiful Bill is. | ||
| Americans should first know what my colleagues in opposition to this legislation are voting for and what they are voting against. | ||
| Not passing this bill means a $1,700 increase in taxes for the average American family of four. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, that might not be a big deal to the elites in Manhattan or San Francisco, but it does mean a lot to the people of my district in North Carolina. | ||
| Not passing this bill means our Border Patrol officers and our Coast Guard won't have what they need to secure the border and stop the flow of deadly fentanyl. | ||
| It doesn't stop there, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Opposing this bill also means protecting waste over purpose, fraud over fairness, and foreign interests over American strength. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I want to make sure voters in my district know what passing the one big beautiful bill will mean for them. | ||
| It means you get to keep more of your hard-earned money. | ||
| It means that small businesses can spend more money on your employees instead of sending it to Washington. | ||
| This bill will make our communities safer by making a historic investment in our border security. | ||
| No more dangerous, illegal aliens parading around with no consequences. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, this legislation is one of the most consequential items we will vote on. | ||
| It is President Trump's agenda, and it is what we all told the people back home we would do. | ||
| Now, the House must get it done, and I urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this rule. | ||
| Let's choose our country over comfort and get the big, beautiful bill to the president's desk. | ||
| With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back. | ||
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Coming years back, bounce from his time, gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, the gentleman's from North Carolina. | ||
| I know a senator from North Carolina who disagrees with everything he just said, including a lot of hospitals in North Carolina that disagree with what he just said. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Maryland, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on the judiciary, Mr. Raskins. | ||
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| I thank the Gentlemen, Mr. Speaker, I found the preamble to this big, ugly bill. | ||
| We, the billionaires in our king, in order to deform and sicken our union, establish injustice, ensure domestic servility, weaken our people's defenses, undermine the general welfare, and reserve to ourselves and our posterity staggering debt servitude for eternity, do hereby instruct the Republicans in Congress to strip 17 million people of their health care, increase co-pays, deductibles, | ||
| and premiums for everyone else, cut 42 million people off of nutritional assistance, increase the national debt by $4 trillion, trash renewable energy systems, increase our electric bills for the carbon kings, all to weaken and destroy the Constitution of the people of these United States of America. | ||
| Please include this preamble in the legislative record. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
| Gentleman yields back. | ||
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| I reserve, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentlewoman Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from California, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Mr. Garcia. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Now, my Democratic colleagues and I believe in a country where we take care of our fellow Americans and the wealthiest pay their fair share. | ||
| But Republicans are fighting for the biggest ripoff in American history and the biggest attack on our social safety net in decades. | ||
| If this bill passes, 16 million people are going to lose their health insurance. | ||
| They will take away basic food assistance from millions of veterans, seniors, and kids. | ||
| Because of this bill, the poorest 10% of Americans are going to lose $1,600 per person on average, while the richer only get richer. | ||
| It's a transfer from the poor and the middle class to the wealthiest. | ||
| And it does all of this while increasing debt over $3 trillion. | ||
| What happened to fiscal responsibility? | ||
| That means that our grandkids will fund a tax cut for Elon Musk. | ||
| Now, while I'm proud that we are defeating a number of extremely concerning provisions in this House bill, this is our last chance to stand up for our values. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no on this big BS bill. | ||
| The American people are watching, and I yield back. | ||
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Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Haradopoulos. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognized for two minutes. | |
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Promises made, promises kept. | ||
| Voters wanted change for one simple reason. | ||
| It was too expensive to live in America the last four years. | ||
| Gas prices, rent prices, food prices up radically. | ||
| So this bill is designed to help those very people hurt the last four years. | ||
| People who earned tips, who earned overtime, people who earned Social Security get the big tax cut. | ||
| And let's be clear here so the American public hears it loud and clear. | ||
| The current tax rate on the wealthiest Americans is 37 percent. | ||
| Under this bill, it remains at 37 percent. | ||
| And at the same time, we're protecting the most vulnerable. | ||
| Please read the bill. | ||
| You'll see that seniors in nursing homes unaffected. | ||
| You will see that persons who are disabled, unaffected. | ||
| Pregnant women on Medicaid, unaffected. | ||
| And low-income kids because their parents aren't making much, unaffected. | ||
| Isn't it nice to see that Washington actually keeps its promises from the campaign trail? | ||
| This is a welcome change because Donald Trump said we're going to bring America back by putting more money back in their pockets instead of sending it up here to Washington, D.C. | ||
| And he promised to secure border. | ||
| 99% reduction in the number of people coming across the border illegally. | ||
| That is action. | ||
| And what are we putting in this bill? | ||
| The money needed to make sure it stays that way. | ||
| I'm proud to support this bill because I went to Washington for one reason. | ||
| Make promises, keep promises, and prove that the Republicans can lead and are willing to make sure that the great American comeback continues. | ||
| And with that, I yield back. | ||
| Common yields back to the balance of his time. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Yeah, Mr. Speaker, I read the bill too, and I want to know why Jeff Bezos and multi-millionaires and billionaires are getting tax cuts. | ||
| Last night, I offered an amendment to let Trump's tax cuts expire only for people earning more than a billion dollars a year. | ||
| And every single Republican voted against it. | ||
| I mean, what's that all about? | ||
| Follow the money. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Mississippi, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Mr. Thompson. | ||
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| Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for the time. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, Republicans are openly bragging about how the bill kicks children and the elderly off Medicaid, nutritional assistance, and more, all to pay another tax break for wealthy Republican donors. | ||
| But my Republican colleagues are not talking about the trillions and trillions of dollars their political giveaway is going to cost. | ||
| In fact, Mr. Speaker, Vice President Vance has said historic levels of Homeland Security funding in the bill sweetens the deal for the devil. | ||
| This bill means billions of American tax dollars to build a wall Trump promised Mexico would pay for. | ||
| Billions of dollars for mask ICE agents to terrorize immigrant families who've been contributing to our country for decades, including law-abiding Marines and even American kids. | ||
| And billions of dollars for DHS to continue obstructing Congress and denying due process to legal immigrants. | ||
| My Republican colleagues may be fooled by one big ugly bill, but the American people are not. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and the underlying bill. | ||
| And I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two and a half minutes to the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Alford. | ||
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| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Thank you, Madam Chair, for your work on this. | ||
| I raise today in support of the rule and in strong support of H.R. 1, President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | ||
| Today, Mr. Speaker, we face a watershed moment for the American people. | ||
| This Republican majority was given a clear mandate by the American people, the America First Agenda. | ||
| This bill is our opportunity to deliver on that agenda. | ||
| H.R. 1 stops the largest tax increase in U.S. history while providing the largest tax cut for working and middle-class families ever. | ||
| With no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and tax breaks for seniors. | ||
| H.R. 1 protects the 87,000 Missouri farms and countless family-owned small businesses from double taxation by expanding the death tax exemption. | ||
| The One Big Beautiful Bill reverses four years, four long years of Biden's open border policies with a generational investment in border security, including funding to complete phase two of the border wall. | ||
| The one big beautiful bill modernizes our armed forces for 21st century threats by properly preparing our military and funding the golden dome. | ||
| HR1 ends the progressive less war on America energy by unleashing domestic oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy production, lowering energy costs, ensuring reliable and stable energy sources, and renewing not just energy independence, but making us energy dominant once again. | ||
| Finally, HR1 restores fiscal sanity by cutting almost $2 trillion in federal spending, rescinding billions in green news scam funding, and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse from numerous federal programs. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, this is a time for choosing. | ||
| We can choose to side with the illegal aliens, unelected road bureaucrats, and fear-mongering from the America left, or we can choose to side with the American people and deliver on the mandate that they gave us back in November. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to put America first, support the rule, and pass the one big, beautiful bill. | ||
| And I yield back. | ||
| Gentleman yields back. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, cult much. | ||
| You know, I mean, that gentleman's poster says it all. | ||
| It's not about American families. | ||
| It's about one big party for Trump. | ||
| It's about swelling up his ego. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from California, Speaker Ms. Pelosi. | ||
| Thank you very much, Mr. King. | ||
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| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| One minute. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Thank you for your leadership, Mr. McGovern. | |
| The gentleman just ended by saying to vote for this big, beautiful bill. | ||
| This big, beautiful bill? | ||
| Well, if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then you, GOP, you have a very blurred vision of what America is about. | ||
| Is it beautiful to cut off food from seniors and children? | ||
| Is it beautiful to cut off 17 million people from health care? | ||
| Is it beautiful to do this to give tax cuts to billionaires in our country? | ||
| Is it beautiful to take money from education and the rest? | ||
| The list goes on and on. | ||
| Dr. King, nearly 60 years ago, said, of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. | ||
| We come to this floor with the moral force of Dr. King's words in our heart. | ||
| Let us not, with this bill, turn the American dream he talked about in a nightmare for America's seniors, the disabled, our children, our children, our children. | ||
| Let us vote no on this shameful bill and throw a punch for the children. | ||
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Gentlemen, time has expired. | |
| Gentleman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentlemen, Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from California, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, Ms. Waters. | ||
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Thank you very much. | |
| This big, ugly bill straps health care from 17 million Americans, shutters hospitals, and will starve 12 million people by taking away their food stamps. | ||
| These cuts add up to $1.3 trillion, the exact costs of the tax cut Republicans are handing out to the richest 1% of Americans. | ||
| But that's not all. | ||
| The entire bill will add a whooping $3.3 trillion to our nation's $35 trillion debt. | ||
| So much for Republicans being the party of fiscal responsibility. | ||
| They're also gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that returned $21 billion to families cheated by mega banks. | ||
| They're cutting housing funds during an affordability crisis and weakening oversight of Wall Street. | ||
| Maybe they've forgotten that the people elected them, not Trump, are the billionaire class. | ||
| And Mr. Speaker and members, it'll be a cold day in hell before we let Republicans get away with this. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| I reserve, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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| If I can inquire the gentlelady, if she doesn't have many speakers, maybe she can lend us some time because we have a ton. | ||
| Nice try, Mr. McGovern. | ||
| In Congress, we can measure how much people really believe in their position by whether they're willing to come and join their leaders on the House floor. | ||
| Well, I count four members on the Republican side, and we've got over 75 over here. | ||
| But if I were them, I wouldn't want to be associated with this bill either. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I'm going to urge we defeat the previous question. | ||
| And if we do, I'll offer an amendment to the rule to consider amendment number 156, offered by Leader Jeffries, which strikes all provisions that would cause millions of Americans to lose health care and food assistance. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with any extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. | ||
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Without objection. | |
| And Mr. Speaker, to discuss our proposal, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Casio-Cortez. | ||
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Gentleman was recognized for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, and I thank the chairman. | ||
| You know, President Trump had issued some statements throughout this process saying and urging, insisting that this bill does not cut Medicaid. | ||
| He's also said some things. | ||
| You know, he says he doesn't think I'm too much of a smart person. | ||
| And I'll tell you one thing. | ||
| It doesn't take a smart person to know if you're being lied to. | ||
| President Trump, you're either being lied to or you are lying to the American people. | ||
| Because this bill represents in the text of this bill the largest and greatest loss of health care in American history. | ||
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17 million Americans will lose their health care on this bill, not undocumented people, not quote unquote the disgusting term illegal, but 17 million Americans will have their health care cut from this bill. | |
| On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam of that text, a little bit of the fine print there. | ||
| The cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the United States while taking away their SNAP, while taking away their Medicaid, while kicking them off of the ACA and their health care extensions. | ||
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So if you're at home and you're living off tips, you do the math. | |
| Is that worth it to you? | ||
| Losing all your health care, not able to feed your babies, not being able to put a diaper on their bottom in exchange for what? | ||
| This bill is a deal with the devil. | ||
| It explodes our national debt. | ||
| It militarizes our entire economy and it strips away health care and basic dignity of the American people for what? | ||
| To give Elon Musk a tax break and billionaires the greedy taking of our nation. | ||
| We cannot stand for it and we will not support it. | ||
| You should be ashamed. | ||
| Members are reminded not to engage in personalities toward the president. | ||
| And members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. | ||
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Nels. | ||
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| Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss an important provision in the big, beautiful bill. | ||
| I was proud to introduce the Endowment Tax Fairness Act, which would tax the endowment profits of private elite universities at 21%, raising an estimated, listen to me, $70 to $100 billion over 10 years. | ||
| The Senate gutted this provision and reduced it to under $1 billion annually to protect elite universities that take hundreds of millions of dollars annually in federal tax dollars. | ||
| We were given instructions to generate revenue to pay for President Trump's wonderful priorities. | ||
| Folks, we're not taxing the endowment itself. | ||
| Harvard has $53 billion. | ||
| We're not taxing that. | ||
| We're just going to tax the net earnings on their investment. | ||
| The nature 212. | ||
| The previous question is ordered. | ||
| The question is on adoption of the amendment offered by the gentlelady from North Carolina, Ms. Fox. | ||
| Those in favor say aye. | ||
| Those opposed, no. | ||
| Open the chair, the ayes haven't. | ||
| The amendment, gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I asked for a recorded vote. | ||
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A recorded vote is requested. | |
| Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. | ||
| Sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. | ||
| Members will record their votes by electronic device. | ||
| This is a five-minute vote. | ||
| And work today in the House on the debate rule for the Big Beautiful bill. | ||
| Some important language was left out of the debate rules for the tax and spending cuts legislation. | ||
| Affixed to that being voted on now to enable Speaker Johnson, if needed, to be able to delay or reschedule voting and preventing Democrats from using certain tactics to stall. | ||
| The Senate spent the weekend working on and passing its own version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | ||
| The House now taking up those changes, starting first with agreeing on the rule for debate. | ||
| President Trump's deadline to receive the legislation is this Friday, the 4th of July. | ||
| A number of House Republicans are strongly opposed because of the measure's impact on the deficit, as the Hill reports. | ||
| So they too may be standing in the way of the measure moving forward. | ||
| After this, a vote expected on the debate rule itself. | ||
| While members' vote will show more of the floor debate on the rule. | ||
| Trump lied and people died. | ||
| Vote no. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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Chair would remind members once again not to engage in personalities toward the president. | |
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentleman reserves. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island, Mr. Magazino. | ||
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| When we say that the Republican Party has turned into a cult, this is what we mean. | ||
| Our Republican colleagues are pushing a bill that would throw their constituents under the bus, a bill that flies in the face of everything they claim to stand for, all because Donald Trump wants a bill-signing photo up by the 4th of July. | ||
| Our Republican colleagues know that this bill will cost 17 million Americans their health insurance. | ||
| They know that nursing homes in their own districts will have to close down. | ||
| They know that under this bill, $5 trillion of debt are being added that will be paid for by my children and your children and their children for generations to come so that today's billionaires can get a tax break. | ||
| They know that this bill is unpopular and many of their vulnerable members will lose re-election over it. | ||
| But the cult leader has decided he wants his photo up on July 4th, and our Kool-Aid-drinking colleagues are going along with it. | ||
| They know this is wrong. | ||
| They still have a chance to do right by their constituents and their convictions. | ||
| Vote no on this bill. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. Wilson. | ||
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Gentlemen's recognized for two minutes. | |
| Thank you very much, Chairwoman Virginia Fox of North Carolina. | ||
| And indeed, Republicans were elected last November with promises made, promises kept. | ||
| And despite the extraordinarily ignorant lies on the other side, the American people know that the bill that we'll be voting on today reduces taxes, creating jobs. | ||
| It's the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime. | ||
| It provides for securing the border. | ||
| It provides for energy independence. | ||
| It provides for the ability of having peace through strength. | ||
| All of this is in the bill. | ||
| And then compassion. | ||
| It's not compassion if you support programs that are ultimately going to fail. | ||
| But Republicans want people who need assistance to receive the assistance. | ||
| We already know Margaret Thatcher has identified what they're proposing, and that is socialism will work until you run out spending other people's money. | ||
| They are putting the poor people of America at risk. | ||
| We're the ones of compassion. | ||
| Additionally, with the promises made, promises kept by Donald Trump. | ||
| I've lived it. | ||
| I led the delegation to move the delegation, the embassy, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. | ||
| He did that. | ||
| People said you shouldn't do it, the State Department, because it leads to dislocation. | ||
| No. | ||
| It led to the embassy being in Jerusalem and it led to the Abraham Accords. | ||
| We know last week the President was advised do not bomb Iran. | ||
| It will lead to World War III. | ||
| No. | ||
| It has led to a ceasefire and the ability of having an Abraham Accords extended to other countries, including Syria. | ||
| And I'm really grateful that Lindsey Graham was such an advisor. | ||
| The President acted despite the naysayers that we have all around us. | ||
| I just appreciate Donald Trump. | ||
| Promises made, promises kept. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman yields back. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Kennedy. | ||
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Gentlemen's recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Ranking Member McGovern. | ||
| I'm an occupational therapist. | ||
| I helped people live the fullest life they could, given the cards they were dealt. | ||
| I worked at a school for children with disabilities in a nursing home, helping seniors maintain their independence. | ||
| I know exactly what it means to cut a trillion dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act, which is exactly what this big, ugly bill does. | ||
| Taking away health care for 17 million Americans won't make us any healthier. | ||
| Stealing food away from the neediest children, seniors, and veterans won't make us any stronger. | ||
| Giving billionaires a tax break won't make us any richer. | ||
| Children will go hungry. | ||
| Seniors will lose their health care. | ||
| Students will lose their financial aid. | ||
| Hospitals will close. | ||
| Americans will die. | ||
| I urge my Republican colleagues to stand up, grow a spine, stop bowing down to your King Donald Trump, represent your constituents like you were elected to do, and vote no on this horrible, big, ugly bill. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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For the third time, the chair would remind members not to engage in personalities toward the president, or they will be called out of order. | |
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, the House is not in order. | ||
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It's not in order. | |
| It must be in order. | ||
| house will be in order. | ||
| Yeah. | ||
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentlewoman Reserve. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, if there are no other Republican members willing to speak for this bill, we can send some members over to you just to state the facts as to what's in this bill. | ||
| Let's do the public a service. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Orshewski. | ||
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Gentlemen's recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| I rise today to remind my colleagues that this bill is more than words on paper. | ||
| The policies we're debating today have real impacts on real people. | ||
| People like four-year-old Amir Rich, who visited my office earlier this month. | ||
| Amir was born at just two pounds and spent 452 days in the hospital. | ||
| Today, although he still depends on feeding tubes and oxygen tanks, he is thriving. | ||
| He's walking and able to speak. | ||
| He lit up my office with energy. | ||
| And that's thanks to the care he received under Medicaid. | ||
| Christina was forced to leave her 16-year career in corrections to become his full-time caregiver, placing a significant financial strain on their family. | ||
| In the face of rising costs for American families, Medicaid has become a vital lifeline, helping to cover the kind of care Amir needs. | ||
| The bill before us guts these lifelines like Medicaid and CHIP. | ||
| These programs cover nearly half of all American children's. | ||
| For families like Christina and Amir, today's vote is a matter of life and death. | ||
| I encourage my colleagues to look at Amir, look at him, and oppose this reckless bill. | ||
| Protect the vital support systems that serve millions of Americans. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I yield. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield one minute to the gentleman from Utah, Mr. Kennedy. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognize for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| It's a pleasure to be here and speak in favor of the rule for the Big Beautiful bill. | ||
| As a provider of health care myself, as a doctor, and as a recipient of Medicaid services, my first three children were born on Medicaid. | ||
| In addition to the fact that as a child I was receiving food assistance not only from free school lunch programs but church programs, recognizing the vital need associated with Medicaid as well as with these food programs, we need to right-size these programs. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, if we don't take a different trajectory, these programs will collapse under the economic failures of prior administrations. | ||
| The reality behind this is these bills, this bill that we're discussing today, is insisting on work requirements associated with the recipient of Medicaid. | ||
| If you're an able-bodied working adult, you should be able to go out and find a job. | ||
| If you can't find a job, you need to go to a training program and try to find training so you can get a job and ultimately get off Medicaid. | ||
| One of the components about Medicaid, we all know it was formed in favor of pregnant women, disabled people, as well as the elderly. | ||
| And what the Republicans are trying to do is right-size the Medicaid program so that it survives for the long-term the vital needs of the people of the future. | ||
| With that, Mr. Speaker, thank you for the time and I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| If you can't find a job, just enroll in a training program. | ||
| Well, it's hard to do when Republicans are cutting and gutting the training programs that exist in this country. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Johnson. | ||
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Gentlewoman's recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Chairman. | ||
| You know, I've been listening to this debate and I am struck by the appalling ability of the members of the other side who are so afraid of this president. | ||
| They are willing to lie to the American people because they fear the tweet of a president more than they fear the wrath of the voters at the ballot box. | ||
| This will come to roost because 17 million people are going to lose their health care. | ||
| And in Texas, we're one of the largest creators of clean energy jobs. | ||
| Texas is the energy state. | ||
| I'm proud to be an energy state. | ||
| We have vast amounts of oil and gas jobs, but we also are the largest creator of clean energy jobs. | ||
| And we will lose millions of employment in our state because Republicans of this delegation are going to vote for this bill. | ||
| And in response to Representative Nelson, I'm a proud graduate of the University of Texas. | ||
| I think Texas AM and our elite University of Texas deserves to have the funding in our universities. | ||
| With this bill, we must vote it down. | ||
| And I condemn the Republicans in the state of Texas who are going to harm our state with their support of this bill. | ||
| And with that, I yield back. | ||
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Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentlemen Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Wow, okay. | ||
| I yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Castro. | ||
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Gentlemen Trankinash for one minute. | |
| Three years ago today, I was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. | ||
| That day, my youngest child, my daughter, turned two months old. | ||
| There's a drug that I have to take every month, every 28 days. | ||
| And the first time I saw the bill for that, the list price on that drug was $24,000 per injection. | ||
| For people that don't have insurance or Medicaid or aren't covered, they're not getting that shot. | ||
| They're not going to survive, some of them. | ||
| This is a choice for some of you between your career and saving people's lives. | ||
| There are so many folks who have reached out over the last several months panicking about their disabled children, about their senior citizen parents who are in nursing homes, people struggling with cancer, Alzheimer's, dementia, sickle cell, diabetes, all of these illnesses. | ||
| You have the power today to make sure that they can live with dignity and stay alive. | ||
| Or you can choose your career. | ||
| That is your choice. | ||
| We choose to keep people alive. | ||
| We choose to have health care in this country. | ||
| We refuse to cut health care for 17 million people and 1.6 million people in Texas because it's wrong and it's immoral and we can take a different course. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Washington, Mr. Baumgartner. | ||
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Gentlemen Trankinash for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I rise in strong support of the Big Beautiful bill. | ||
| At its heart, the Big Beautiful Bill is a measure that will make America both wealthier and safer. | ||
| And I'm inspired in thinking about the Big Beautiful Bill of not only this president, but two of my favorite former presidents. | ||
| The first would be President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who realized, who realized the negative impacts of high-tech tax rates. | ||
| Indeed, roughly 60 years ago, President Kennedy warned the largest single barrier, the largest single barrier to full employment of our manpower and resources and to a higher rate of economic growth is the unrealistic, heavy drag of federal income taxes on private purchasing power, initiative, and incentive. | ||
| And indeed, I have little doubt that President Kennedy would be a big fan of the Big Beautiful bill. | ||
| Similarly, President Reagan realized peace through strength was how America could defeat the communist Soviet Union. | ||
| And he realized how missile defense was key to facing up from the challenge of the communists. | ||
| Today, the Big Beautiful bill puts much-needed funding into missile defense through the Golden Dome system. | ||
| And I encourage every American that cares about making our country wealthier and safer to support the Big Beautiful bill. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Michigan, Ms. Stevens. | ||
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Gentlelady from Michigan is recognized for one minute. | |
| Mr. Speaker, this bill makes me sick to my stomach. | ||
| I have met with over 200 manufacturers in my district, and the one thing I hear over and over again is the cost of everything is going up. | ||
| And now this administration is yet again trying to raise prices on working Michiganders. | ||
| This bill in Michigan will kick 750,000 people off of their Medicaid. | ||
| It will eliminate critical investments in Michigan manufacturing. | ||
| It means for Michiganders the costs will continue to go up and up and up. | ||
| And as someone who served as the chief of staff on the U.S. auto rescue in the Obame administration, I know what it means to see Michiganders struggling. | ||
| I know what it means when Michiganders have to choose between paying their bills and paying for life-saving health care, all while billionaires get a tax cut. | ||
| This bill, Mr. Speaker, makes me sick to my stomach, and I urge everyone to vote no. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina, Reserves. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I feel the excitement on the other side of the aisle. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio, Ms. Sykes. | ||
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Gentlelady from Ohio is recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I rise today to oppose this terrible bill that is a bad deal for Ohio and the residents of Ohio's 13th congressional district and the people of the United States of America. | ||
| When I was first elected, I told the people of Ohio's 13th congressional district that it may be my name on the ballot, but when I win, we are all going to Washington together. | ||
| I made that promise because as a representative of my district, it is my responsibility to make sure my constituents' needs are being addressed here in Washington. | ||
| The people in Ohio's 13th congressional district need lower costs. | ||
| The people in Ohio's 13th congressional district need access to care. | ||
| The people in Ohio's 13th district need opportunity, opportunity to work, to buy a house, to live their American dream. | ||
| But this bill does none of that. | ||
| Instead, it kicks 17 million people off of their health care and makes life more expensive. | ||
| People don't have extra money to pay for billionaires' yachts and two-month-long vacations. | ||
| This bill takes money away from hardworking Americans and gives it to the rich. | ||
| It takes food away from children, making their bellies hungry. | ||
| And in my district, Mr. Speaker, 30,000 jobs are in jeopardy. | ||
| So I don't want to hear another word from Republicans about people not wanting to work when they are sending them to the unemployment line. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, this is a bad bill. | ||
| Do not, do not allow the people in my district to be unemployed, hungry, and without the ability to live their American. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, my Democrat colleagues continue to rail against common sense community engagement requirements which require able-bodied adults without an exemption to spend 20 hours per week working, volunteering, enrolling in school, or participating in a work development program. | ||
| Let's be perfectly clear. | ||
| These work requirements apply only to able-bodied adults without young dependents who don't have a disqualifying condition. | ||
| Individuals that are exempt from these requirements include pregnant women, individuals under the age of 19 or over the age of 64, foster youth, and former foster youth under the age of 26, members of tribes, individuals who are considered medically frail, and individuals who are already in compliance with the work requirements under temporary assistance for needy families, TANF, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP. | ||
| The list goes on, but our priority remains the same: to root out waste fraud and abuse and to strengthen and sustain Medicaid for those for whom the program was intended to serve. | ||
| The expectant mothers, children with disabilities, the poor, and the elderly. | ||
| I reserve, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina reserves her time. | |
| Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, Democratic Leader Jeffries has an amendment to strike the devastating cuts to health care and SNAP. | ||
| And I yield to the gentlewoman from New York, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Ms. Clark, for a purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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The gentleman of New York is recognized for one minute. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | ||
| Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Does the gentlewoman from North Carolina yield for the purpose? | |
| All time yielded is for the purpose of debate, and I do not yield for that request. | ||
| Gentlelady of North Carolina does not yield, therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. Carter, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from Louisiana is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order, the amendment at the desk that protects against any Medicaid cuts and any cuts to SNAP. | ||
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North Carolina. | |
| Mr. Speaker, all-time yield is for the purpose of debate. | ||
| I do not yield for that request. | ||
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Chair understands that the gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | |
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, Ms. McBath, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Once again, the chair understands that the gentlelady from North Carolina will not yield for the purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota, Ms. Omar, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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The gentlelady from Minnesota is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| North Carolina has expressed a desire not to entertain the unanimous consent request for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| To the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen from Pennsylvania is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order that the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicare and SNAP. | ||
| Given that the gentlelady from North Carolina will not accept the general the request for the unanimous consent agenda, the purpose therefore cannot be entertained at this time. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Meeks, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Once again, the chair understands the gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Speaker I yield to the gentleman from Nevada, Mr. Horsford, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen from Nevada is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey, Ms. Watson Coleman, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from New Jersey is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | ||
| The chair understands the gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio, Ms. Beatty, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from Ohio is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Once again, the chair understands the gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, Ms. Fouchy, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Chair understands the gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Alabama, Ms. Sewell, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen from Alabama is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | ||
| Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Waters, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from California is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, you sure you don't want to check with the gentlelady of North Carolina just in case she changed her mind? | ||
| Chair is pretty confident. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina, Ms. Adams, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina, Ms. Fox, has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from Maryland is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida, Ms. Sherfiles McCormick, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen from Florida is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Jackson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Crockett, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio, Ms. Sykes, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut, Ms. Hayes, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio, Ms. Brown, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Virginia, Ms. McClellan, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Ms. Simon, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon, Ms. Bynum, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Ivey, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey, Ms. McGuyber, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island, Mr. Amo, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from California, Ms. Kemliger Dove, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Bell, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Torres, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. Fields, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I request unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Georgia, Ms. Williams, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama, Mr. Figures, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, thank you. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make it an order. | ||
| The amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid or SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Davis, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rules to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington, Ms. Strickland, for the purpose of unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Greene, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Bishop, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order of the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Frost, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois, Ms. Kelly, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts, any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Conway, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. Carson, for the purpose of unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Garcia, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from Oregon, Ms. Bonamici, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon, Ms. Salinas, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Johnson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Washington for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois, Ms. Brzinski, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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The gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Hawaii, Mr. Kudo, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady of North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York, Ms. Meng, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Michigan, Ms. Dingell, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady of North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania, Ms. Houlihan, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| You can breathe in and take your time up to the right line. | ||
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Gentlelady is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Fletcher, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from Texas is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady of North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Tonko, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I am proud to yield to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts, Ms. Presley, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry. | ||
| Gentleman state is inquiry. | ||
| Does one Republican member have the power to block an amendment to protect Medicaid and SNAP? | ||
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Yes. | |
| The manager of the pending resolution would have to yield for any such amendment. | ||
| Well, that kind of seems like a silly rule. | ||
| But anyway, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York, Ms. Gillen, for the purpose of unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota, Ms. Morrison, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Ms. Brownlee, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Once again, the gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request may not be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Torres, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendments at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio, Ms. Captain, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Liu, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Can I correct the record? | ||
| I'm from Ohio. | ||
| No, no, yield your question. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Chu, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Ms. Velasquez, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady is recognized. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Oregon, Ms. Dexter, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Johnson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from Georgia is recognized. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| A gentleman from Massachusetts from New York, Mr. Kennedy, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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A gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Lansman, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, Ms. Elfrith, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Delaware, Ms. McBride, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. DeLuzio, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment of the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Oszewski, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. McGarvey, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Vermont, Ms. Ballant, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Soto, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to amend the rule to make it in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from Oregon, Ms. Hoyle, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Cisneros, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Norcross, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. Thompson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen from Mississippi is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Menendez, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Takano, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Ruiz, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida, Ms. Castor, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose. | |
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Desonier, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Matsui, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Hampshire, Mr. Pappas, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Nevada, Ms. Titus, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from Nevada is recognized. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Supermanion, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Ms. Sherrill, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Mannion, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Lynch, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid or the supplemental nutrition assistance program. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. Clyde, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you for yielding, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I request that we allow a vote to let the 10-2030 formally be applied to the low-income areas affected by this bill. | ||
| Was that UC? | ||
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Speaking unanimous consent? | |
| Yes, sir. | ||
| Does the gentleman, gentlelady from North Carolina yield for that purpose? | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| No, I do not yield. | ||
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To the gentleman from South Carolina, the gentlelady from North Carolina will not yield for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Okay, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts in Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Once again, the gentlelady has been clear. | ||
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She is not entertaining the unanimous consent request. | |
| She will not yield to that point, and therefore it cannot be entertained at this time. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| I thank. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Carberhall, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts, any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielding for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas, Ms. Escobar, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielding for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Washington, Ms. Delbenny, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| The gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Washington, Ms. Jayapal, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr. Cohen, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rules to make an order the spirit of Jesus as it's spoken in Matthew. | |
| He was sick and I healed him. | ||
| He was hungry and I fed him. | ||
| Medicare and health care and SNAP payments, nutrition payments should not be taken away from fellow passengers on this earth. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielding for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the one from New York. | ||
| If the gentleman would suspend, further, the chair would advise members that although a unanimous consent request to consider a measure is covered by the Speaker's guidelines for recognition, embellishments constitute debate and as such can become an imposition on the time of the member who has yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, Ms. Ross, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Whitesides, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Hampshire, Ms. Goodlander, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Thompson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Schneider, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island, Mr. Magaziner, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Kassar, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona, Mr. Stanton, for the purposes of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid or SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentlewoman from California, Ms. Pelosi, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from California is recognized. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, over 100 Democratic members just asked to allow an amendment to protect Medicaid and SNAP just to give us a vote. | ||
| That's all we ask. | ||
| And I will say we are here standing up for the American people no matter where they live. | ||
| And this is what it looks like to fight for the American people to make sure that this administration and this Republican Congress doesn't rip away their health care and their food benefits. | ||
| That is disgusting. | ||
| In the gentlewoman from North Carolina's district alone, 142,000 of her constituents would lose some or all of their SNAP benefits. | ||
| And five rural hospitals are at risk of closure. | ||
| We're here to help people, not to screw them over. | ||
| I reserve my time. | ||
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Gentleman's time is reserved. | |
| General Lee from North Carolina. | ||
| General Lee from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Wow, that gambit was riveting. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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The gentlelady reserves her time. | |
| We'll advise both sides of the time remaining. | ||
| Yes, what you're doing. | ||
| The gentleman from Massachusetts has seven minutes remaining. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has seven and three-quarters minutes remaining in the debate. | |
| The gentlelady has how many minutes? | ||
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Seven and three-quarters for the majority. | |
| Seven for the minority. | ||
| Well reserved. | ||
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Gentleman, reserves. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Give one minute to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Fine. | ||
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Gentleman from Florida is recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| As I sat here and listened to that panoply of speeches or motions over the last few seconds, I was reminded of the fact that when we say there should be no cuts to Medicaid, we are saying there should be no cuts to illegal immigrants that are getting Medicaid. | ||
| Now, we live in a world where we spend more money than we bring in, and it is not fair to actual Americans to be forced to take on additional debt to give benefits to people who are not in this country legally. | ||
| And I would note that neither that the Democrats have not proposed a solution that would allow us to continue to give benefits to people who shouldn't be here anyway and pay for them without our children going into future debt. | ||
| We must keep that in mind. | ||
| We are here to fight for Americans, and that is what this bill does. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I don't know if the gentleman's ever read the Medicaid statute, but undocumented immigrants are not entitled to receive Medicaid benefits, and they don't. | ||
| And our solution to make sure that our children are not saddled with debt is to not give billionaires and millionaires and corporations big tax cuts. | ||
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Jeff Bezos doesn't need a tax cut. | |
| And why don't you come down here and explain to people why it's so important that you protect his tax cuts? | ||
| We tried to go after the billionaire tax cuts in the Rules Committee last night, and every single Republican voted no. | ||
| So that's how we're going to do it. | ||
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We're going to invest in people who need help. | |
| We're going to make sure people have health care. | ||
| We're going to make sure people have food assistance. | ||
| We're not going to screw them over. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from California, Mr. Sonye. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. | ||
| This bill would cause household resources for the poorest Americans to decrease while the obscenely rich will get richer. | ||
| I offered two amendments at rules, one to prevent people with disabilities from being kicked off Medicaid and one to help low-income students afford an education that they earned. | ||
| Unfortunately, Republicans refuse to consider them as they yet again work through the dead of night to rip off hardworking Americans and give tax breaks to the richest Americans who don't need them. | ||
| And even Fox News reports that it is projected to increase the federal deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. | ||
| This bill is nothing more than a vanity project for the president, and it betrays the American people. | ||
| I strongly oppose this reckless legislation and urge my colleagues to do the right thing. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from Texas, Mr. Babbin. | ||
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Gentleman from Texas is recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I rise today in very strong support of H.R. 1, President Trump's one big, beautiful bill. | ||
| Here we are, despite months of my Democrat colleagues' best efforts to delay, to fear-monger, and mislead the public about this bill, and we're ready to deliver for the American people. | ||
| But here's the thing about fear-mongering. | ||
| You can only say the sky is falling so many times before folks start waking up and looking and seeing for themselves exactly what's going on. | ||
| The one big, beautiful bill secures our border. | ||
| It prevents the single largest tax increase in American history. | ||
| It refocuses safety on that programs for those who truly need them, not the ones shamming. | ||
| And then it reinvigorates our armed forces, where we saw a diminution for four long years under the Biden administration. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, it is high time that we deliver this to the President's desk for his signature. | ||
| This is promises made and promises kept. | ||
| And I'm very proud to support this bill and yield back. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| The big, ugly bill is going to throw 16 million people off of health care and give people like Jeff Bezos, millionaires and billionaires, a tax cut. | ||
| If that's what you're about, I hate to tell you, that's all what the American people voted for. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Riley. | ||
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Gentleman from New York is recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Where I come from, we make things. | ||
| Generations woke up before the crack of dawn, went off to the factory, punched a clock, worked their hands to the bone, came home and counted nickels to make sure they could keep a roof over the kids' heads, keep food on the kids' tables. | ||
| We've kept our heads down, we've kept our sleeves rolled up, we've kept our shoulder to the wheel, and all we've asked for is a fair shot and for this place to stop screwing us over. | ||
| But you can't help yourselves. | ||
| You got us into terrible trade deals that made Wall Street rich and shipped all of our jobs overseas. | ||
| You bail out the banks while neglecting rural America. | ||
| You've rigged the economy so the corporate PACs that are funding your campaigns make huge profits, jacking up costs on folks who can't afford it. | ||
| And now this, this bill will kill good blue-collar manufacturing jobs that we need to rebuild the economy in this country. | ||
| It closes rural hospitals. | ||
| It defunds health care, all to give trillions of dollars in tax cuts to your cronies. | ||
| Don't tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you're doing is shitting on the middle class. | ||
| Good job. | ||
| Chair would remind both sides of two things. | ||
| Please direct your remarks to the chair. | ||
| That is a House rule. | ||
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And to avoid vulgar speak, families in the gentleman will not be recognized. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for reminding us of the language we should be using in this chamber and our adjournment. | ||
| Notwithstanding that this amendment vote is pending, is it appropriate under the rules of procedure, Jefferson's manual, to keep a vote open while simultaneously declaring to members that they're free to leave? | ||
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What the chair would say to the gentleman from Colorado is that under Clause 9 of Rule 20, the minimum, underlined minimum time for voting is five minutes on this vote. | |
| This vote remains open. | ||
| So the minimum time is five minutes, and there's not a maximum time, nor, to this chair's knowledge, is there a requirement that during the vote that the members remain on the floor. | ||
| As the gentleman from Colorado would surely know, it is customary for members to vote in the middle of a vote series, leave the floor, and then come back for additional votes later. | ||
| So I hope that clears up any misunderstanding the gentleman from Colorado would have. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, it does, and I appreciate the Speaker's response. | ||
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Is it customary for a vote to go over one hour? | |
| It is not unprecedented, though the chair is not a historian. | ||
| And so you would have to talk to people that are engaged in the history of the proceedings of the House of Representatives to be able to ascertain that answer. | ||
| Sorry. | ||
| My final parliamentary procedure request, would it be permissible, Mr. Speaker, or would the Speaker entertain a motion to adjourn given that Republicans don't intend to consummate to completely gentlemen rose for a parliamentary inquiry? | ||
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That answer has been given, and that would be the limitation to the gentleman's ability on the floor. | |
| And here in the House holding open this vote on a fix to the debate rules for more than an hour now. | ||
| A lot of the action on the House floor has been frozen as Republican holdouts, members of the Freedom Caucus. | ||
| discuss their issues with the tax and spending cuts measure that President Trump expects on his desk by Friday, the 4th of July. | ||
| This amendment aims to fix language that would have made it difficult for Speaker Johnson to delay or reschedule the vote. | ||
| The House has not yet been able to approve the rules for debate. | ||
| The underlying measure is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | ||
| It would permanently extend tax cuts that were enacted in 2017. | ||
| It appropriates $153 billion for defense spending, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and nearly $90 billion for border security. | ||
| However, the legislation raises the debt limit by $5 trillion and makes cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. | ||
| The vote on the bill was tied in the Senate after they worked over the weekend on their version. | ||
| Vice President JD Vance had to come to the Senate to cast the tie-breaking vote over there. | ||
| If the measure is approved by the House here in its current form, it would go to the White House for President Trump's signature, but still facing that opposition from members of the Freedom Caucus. | ||
| The members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a press conference earlier and will show their remarks while this vote is being held open. | ||
| Must be invested back into the program. | ||
| Since my colleagues seem to think that there's so much waste, fraud, and abuse, and we all firmly stand against waste, fraud, and abuse, if you find it, put it back into Medicaid since you say that you want to strengthen the program. | ||
| This money should help children, mothers, seniors, and people with disabilities, not pay for billionaire tax scams. | ||
| But as you might imagine, Republicans shut it down. | ||
| Why? | ||
| Because they never, ever cared about Medicaid. | ||
| They never cared about strengthening the system. | ||
| They never cared about making it better for generations to come. | ||
| They only saw it as a honeypot to find money to give tax breaks to the riches of the rich. | ||
| This was the low-hanging fruit in their estimation. | ||
| And poor people once again took it on the chin. | ||
| My Republican colleagues say they want to protect the vulnerable populations and face and fight waste, fraud, and abuse. | ||
| But this bill rips health care away from the very people Medicaid was intended to serve. | ||
| It will shutter nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and blow up state budgets. | ||
| In my home state of Louisiana, a Republican-led House and Senate passed unanimous resolutions saying this bill will kill Louisiana. | ||
| This is the home of our speaker. | ||
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That's right. | |
| Our majority leader. | ||
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This is a legislature that the speaker served in along with me, along with majority leaders, leader Scalise. | |
| We all came out of this very body in Louisiana. | ||
| This body had the wisdom to say, no, this is bad. | ||
| This is bad for all Louisianians and bad for all Americans. | ||
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Wake up. | |
| Push back. | ||
| Find that intestinal fortitude to do the right thing. | ||
| Donald Trump's big, ugly bill is a betrayal of working people, leaving millions hungry, uninsured, and worst of all, all to fund massive tax breaks for the richest rich. | ||
| We stand here today unified. | ||
| We invite others to join us, just four more, to come and be brave enough to say that my oath of office is to the people and to the Constitution, not to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and not to anyone president. | ||
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We stand firm. | |
| Next, I will bring up Representative Gwen Moore. | ||
| So Gwen. | ||
| Thank you so much, Madam Chair and Troy Carter and all of my colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus, the conscience of Congress. | ||
| The Republicans have jammed their bill, renamed the Act, because the parliamentarian decided that one big beautiful bill did not meet the guidelines. | ||
| It didn't pass the bird bath, the bird rule. | ||
| Even the parliamentarian realizes that this nomenclature is inappropriate for this big, ugly bill. | ||
| I'm a member of the Ways and Means Committee, so I want to talk to you about the math and the budget gimmicks that they have used to sell this to their caucus and to buoy the lies that they have been telling the public. | ||
| First of all, this bill came back from the United States Senate with $4 trillion worth of debt equaling zero. | ||
| I don't know how I'm explaining that to my great-grandchildren when I try to teach them math. | ||
| I don't know how I'm going to do it. | ||
| But they've somehow been able to convince their caucus so far that $4 trillion worth of debt is equal to zero so that they can meet the budgetary requirements of this budget resolution. | ||
| I tell you, while they're killing Sesame Street and Big Bird, because all of us and our children who were taught through Sesame Street know better than this, that this math just don't work. | ||
| This bill will add trillions of dollars to the deficit. | ||
| And as a matter of fact, over the past, I would say since the beginning of this century, the debt has primarily occurred because of unpaid for tax cuts. | ||
| Not because we have spent money on taking care of our people, but because of unpaid for tax cuts. | ||
| So, while many of the committee members that you see here on the Energy and Commerce Committee that dealt with Medicaid, you know, on the, and also energy credits, you saw people on the Education Committee deal with their merck. | ||
| Our committee, the Ways and Means Committee, was told to, instead of cutting, they have asked us to add $4.5 trillion to the debt. | ||
| And boy, I'm telling you, Republicans met their mark and turned the American people into their mark. | ||
| Instead of using the trifecta, the House, the presidency, and the Senate to lift up not only low-income workers, but middle-class Americans, Republicans chose to prop up the wealthy. | ||
| And despite the lies that they have told you, The distribution tables prove it. | ||
| That the majority of these dollars go to the most wealthy. | ||
| I'll reiterate some of the numbers, but I'll just tell you 60%, 66, two-thirds of the benefit of the tax cuts will go to the top 20%. | ||
| How many of y'all in the top 20%? | ||
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All right, we're not going to wait for you to raise your hands because we are not going to get any. | |
| None of these people are in the top 20%. | ||
| And as Mr. Carter pointed out, that the top 110th percent, not 1%, 110th percent gets a $309,000 tax break while people making under $50,000 get drumroll $247. | ||
| And I'm telling you, Republicans have panicked. | ||
| They've thrown in stuff like no tax on tips. | ||
| Of course, you'll still be paying FICA. | ||
| You will be paying tax on those tips. | ||
| They're saying that they will not tax seniors on Social Security. | ||
| That's a lie. | ||
| You're going to get taxed on Social Security if you earn more than a certain amount. | ||
| All they're doing is putting a little temporary supplement in to fool you. | ||
| And, you know, the swamp math just doesn't work. | ||
| And the biggest thing that they've done, the biggest lie, you know, that, you know, the low-income people are going to realize $11,000 increase in their taxes and 72,000, I don't know where they get these numbers from. | ||
| They get it because the White House and the Republicans in Congress have agreed that we're going to have never before seen growth from these tax cuts. | ||
| Well, I'm old enough to know that in the last 45 years of trickle-down theories that we ain't seen one drop of trickle. | ||
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And this bill is no different. | |
| Tax cuts do not pay for themselves. | ||
| Every credible economist will tell you that. | ||
| They, Republican economists, will tell you that they don't. | ||
| And how do we pay for this? | ||
| You'll hear in more detail from other members. | ||
| How in the world do we pay for it? | ||
| We pay for it number one, by fuzzy math. | ||
| Number two, by demonizing recipients of Medicaid, really calling them waste, fraud, and abuse, where people on Medicaid are, a 64-year-old woman is going to be required to work in order to get Medicaid or SNAP. | ||
| And if she's not been determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration, she'll automatically be deemed to be able-bodied. | ||
| Okay, I'm coming. | ||
| Who's going to pay for this cost when we gut SNAP Medicaid in ACA? | ||
| The veterans, foster youth, seniors, children who are going to lose school lunch, 17 million Americans who lose health care. | ||
| And, you know, this bill is just morally irresponsible. | ||
| And I really thank my colleagues for the opportunity to share. | ||
| Thank you, swear. | ||
| And I would now like to yield to the person in our caucus. | ||
| She is a PhD, actually, Dr. Robin Kelly, who is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust. | ||
| All right, Benny See. | ||
| Thank you very much, boys. | ||
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Let's give it up for going, y'all. | |
| Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for being here today. | ||
| Thank you to Chairwoman Clark for organizing this press conference as the CBC speaks up and out against this bill. | ||
| As my colleagues have already said, this bill is cruel and evil. | ||
| It was ugly when it first passed the House, and then the Senate Republicans made it worse. | ||
| The big ugly bill will cost people their lives. | ||
| That's the bottom line. | ||
| As you've heard, 17 million Americans will be stripped of their health care. | ||
| When people lose health care, yes, people die. | ||
| That's not hyperbole, that's fact. | ||
| And we know who will be most impacted, black people. | ||
| 13.3 million black people rely on Medicaid. | ||
| That includes 5.7 million children. | ||
| And if that isn't bad enough, the consequences of this bill go beyond the individual person. | ||
| It will impact hospitals, which in turn affect everyone, even if you aren't covered by Medicaid. | ||
| Emergency rooms will be flooded, or more flooded, I should say. | ||
| Wait times will increase. | ||
| Life-saving care will be delayed. | ||
| Hospitals and health care centers will be overwhelmed. | ||
| This Republican bill will lead to $1.3 billion in uncompensated care costs for hospitals across my home state of Illinois, threatening nine at-risk rural hospitals across the state. | ||
| Over 330 hospitals across the country can close. | ||
| It is never a good time for a hospital to close. | ||
| But right now, our country is in the middle of a black maternal mortality crisis. | ||
| Medicaid covers 65% of the births to black women. | ||
| Where will black women go if they don't have health insurance and there are no hospitals? | ||
| For many black women, the answer would be a local health clinic like Planned Parenthood that provides cancer screening, birth control, STI testing, and more. | ||
| But Republicans have long sought to end Planned Parenthood and they're using this bill to defund it. | ||
| Nearly half of black women have received care at one of their clinics. | ||
| When I was in college, I was one of those black women. | ||
| I had moved from New York City to Peoria, Illinois, and I didn't know where else to go for a simple annual checkup. | ||
| I knew that Planned Parenthood was reliable, affordable, and accessible. | ||
| Sorry if that's too much information. | ||
| Our country is also in the midst of another public health crisis, gun violence. | ||
| Guns have been the leading cause of death for all children and teens since 2020. | ||
| But guns have been the leading cause of death for black children since 2006. | ||
| Instead of protecting children, President Trump shut down the Office of Gun Violence Prevention on day one. | ||
| They are ending grants for community violence intervention. | ||
| Republicans are protecting guns, not children. | ||
| The big ugly bill eliminates restrictions on gun silencers and short-barreled rifles. | ||
| Gun silencers are not something out of a movie. | ||
| They create real harm to communities. | ||
| It should be common sense to regulate such dangerous weapons. | ||
| But Republicans have made it clear they do not care about black people or black lives. | ||
| Republicans are stealing our health care. | ||
| They are closing our hospitals and health clinics. | ||
| They are exacerbating gun violence and maternal mortality. | ||
| Simply put, this bill is deadly. | ||
| I'm still voting no. | ||
| Hell no. | ||
| And with that, I'd like to introduce my colleague from Connecticut, Johanna Hayes. | ||
| Teacher of this lady of the year. | ||
| Every year. | ||
| Thank you, and thank you for being here. | ||
| I find it hard to believe when I read articles that say that there's a huge percentage of the American public who doesn't even know what's in this bill because everybody should be paying attention to the profound impact of what is about to happen. | ||
| For me, the things that I am focused on are the cuts to nutrition and education, programs that our children rely on, all in order to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest individuals who don't even need it. | ||
| This Republican-led reconciliation bill proposes direct attacks on our youngest generation. | ||
| The bill is the largest cut ever in history to the SNAP program. | ||
| Nearly 27% of black families are recipients of SNAP. | ||
| For those families who are already disproportionately affected by food insecurity, these cuts will further deepen those hardships. | ||
| When kids lose SNAP benefits, they often lose access to free and reduced lunch at school. | ||
| There's something called community eligibility provisions where schools get reimbursed for their students who receive SNAP benefits. | ||
| So when they lose food at home, they're also losing food at school. | ||
| This is going to hurt our most vulnerable students and the ones who need it most. | ||
| Beyond nutrition, this bill targets education. | ||
| Oh, wait, before I even move to education, there's a provision in this bill that is so incredibly cruel. | ||
| One of my colleagues referred to this as trickle-down cruelty yesterday. | ||
| So for families who have children, the age of a minor child went from 18 to 9 in the House version and 14 in the Senate version. | ||
| So on a child's 14th birthday, instead of their mother or their father serving them a birthday cake, which by the way, my colleagues don't want them to be able to buy with SNAP, they need to be out looking for a job. | ||
| They need to be out finding alternative employment to add to the one, two, sometimes three jobs they already have because they're about to lose their SNAP benefits. | ||
| It's beyond cruel. | ||
| This bill also targets education. | ||
| I am a teacher. | ||
| That is what brought me to Congress. | ||
| And the proposed cuts to the Department of Education would have prevented someone like me from pursuing a higher education and going to school. | ||
| About 60% of black students rely on Pell Grants. | ||
| This bill makes it harder for students to access Pell Grants, makes student loans more restrictive. | ||
| It even eliminates parent-plus loans and graduate plus loans. | ||
| This is particularly concerning for black students and families who historically rely on these loans to put their kids through college. | ||
| Yes, we all believe in career and technical education. | ||
| We all believe that we need a skilled labor force. | ||
| But we also know that in our poorest communities, we have students, black students, who are extremely bright, and they want to go to college. | ||
| They want to pursue degrees and go back and help their communities. | ||
| The changes in this bill would limit access to higher education and professional careers, like nurses, engineers, doctors, dentists, and even teachers, perpetuating cycles of economic disadvantage in our most vulnerable communities. | ||
| We do not need to make this choice. | ||
| We can afford to feed children in the United States of America, and even more, we can afford to educate children in the United States of America. | ||
| These policies are intended to take food out of the mouths of children, to strip away their educational opportunities, and reward billionaires. | ||
| Hungry kids don't learn. | ||
| It's that simple. | ||
| The two go hand in hand. | ||
| You can't be a good teacher without worrying about what's in a kid's belly. | ||
| You can't only focus on their brain without focusing on their belly. | ||
| Imagine a child hungry and unable to learn. | ||
| Now imagine that same child with a brilliant mind who just needs a shot, who just needs the adults in power to move the obstacles that could make their dreams a reality. | ||
| Republicans are not just cutting budgets, they're cutting futures. | ||
| They're cutting off the right of every child in this nation to dream big. | ||
| They're cutting off the rights of black children to achieve their highest aspirations. | ||
| This bill is an act of malice. | ||
| I reject this irresponsible legislation. | ||
| I will vote no because I will never use my voice, my vote, or my privilege right now of serving in Congress to hurt children. | ||
| We have a moral responsibility to ensure that every child has access to nutritious food and a high-quality education. | ||
| And if you think this doesn't affect you, wait five minutes. | ||
| Your neighbors, your friends, your communities, your families will be decimated by the effects of this reckless, irresponsible piece of legislation. | ||
| In this country, no child, no senior, no veteran, no person who works every day should go to bed hungry. | ||
| And in this Congress, we have the ability to make sure that that does not happen. | ||
| So stick around. | ||
| I don't know how long this is going to take. | ||
| I don't know if we're going to be here for the 4th of July, for Labor Day, for Thanksgiving, but I'll stay as long as it takes because I will not put a card in that machine and vote to take food out of the mouths of hungry children. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Ms. Kamlagertawa. | ||
| Hello, everybody. | ||
| My name is Sidney Kamlager-Dove. | ||
| I'm the Congresswoman for the 37th Congressional District. | ||
| I am standing here with my colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus. | ||
| We are the Congressional Black Receipts Caucus because we are bringing receipts about what is in this bill. | ||
| Let me tell you something. | ||
| There is no Republican Party bus coming up here to the Capitol because they know that they are being charged with selling snake oil that's coming out of the White House. | ||
| We have a president that is more committed to selling fragrances than he is to telling the truth. | ||
| And they are negotiating with this person about bending the knee to him rather than bending the knee to the constituents. | ||
| And in our district, in every single district across this country, 85% of voters in every single district want Medicaid, want SNAP, want these programs that they are cutting. | ||
| And these Republicans should be listening to their constituents. | ||
| Earlier today, every single member of the Congressional Black Caucus stood up to ask for unanimous consent to strip away the amendments to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| And Virginia Fox didn't even have the decency or the integrity to stand up with each request and deny it. | ||
| She sat there like a tumor. | ||
| But over 100 members, over 100 members led by the Congressional Black Caucus got up and raised the issue because Medicaid and SNAP are too important, not just to our communities, not just to our constituents, but to this country. | ||
| This administration wants to separate us by race so they can divide us by class. | ||
| But let me tell you something. | ||
| If you cut Medicaid, you're going to close hospitals. | ||
| You're going to close urgent cares. | ||
| You're going to close community clinics. | ||
| And folks, even if they get sick, when they get sick, they are going to show up to those places. | ||
| And if they are open, it's going to cost everyone who doesn't have Medicaid more. | ||
| And if they do close, they are going to find their way to an emergency room near you and drive up your costs. | ||
| So why don't we recognize that we're all connected? | ||
| I'm going to tell you something. | ||
| This administration is lying when they tell you they have a provision that says no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security. | ||
| Let me tell you something. | ||
| It's not about zero taxes. | ||
| It's a minor deduction. | ||
| And I've been up for many long hours. | ||
| So I'm a little fuzzy. | ||
| But what I can tell you is his math is equally fuzzy. | ||
| And it is so fuzzy and complicated that working folks who rely on tips, who rely on overtime, might only end up taking an additional $10 home. | ||
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How is $10 going to help you? | |
| It's not, especially when the richest of the rich are getting tax breaks of up to $300,000. | ||
| I had an amendment that say, if you really care about the working people, then make this tax cut permanent rather than temporary, only for the time that you're in office, Donald Trump. | ||
| But Republicans don't want to support that. | ||
| Make no mistake, this bill is going to make America more sick, more broke, and more hungry. | ||
| While the top 1%, 0.1%, walks away with over $300,000 in tax breaks every year. | ||
| And the average American will take home less than $250. | ||
| And $250 doesn't mean shit to somebody on a tight budget trying to decide how much of the utility bill can they pay, if they can pay all of the rent and buy all of the food and get the diapers and the incidentals and the emergencies that crop up. | ||
| And Donald Trump doesn't know what it means to hope for an extra $250. | ||
| It doesn't go very far when you have a family of four that you have to feed. | ||
| I'm going to say it again. | ||
| Over 85% of voters in every single district want Medicaid, want SNAP. | ||
| And now the new provisions in the Senate version that we have to vote on will also cut into Medicare. | ||
| I'm going to say it. | ||
| I'm going to say this. | ||
| Elections have consequences. | ||
| And we are dealing with the consequences of what happened in 2024. | ||
| But mean it when I tell you that the black caucus is turning into the receipt caucus because we want everyone to know what is in this bill. | ||
| We want everyone to know how they will be impacted. | ||
| We want everyone to know how more broke, how more hungry, how more sick they are going to become. | ||
| And we need to be holding these receipts up to and through 2026 and holding these Republicans accountable. | ||
| Why aren't they here with balloons and megaphones touting how beautiful this thing is? | ||
| Because they know it stinks just like the cologne that they are selling in the White House. | ||
| I'm going to bring it back to Chair Clark to tell us. | ||
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Well, let me again just thank all of my colleagues, their expertise, their understanding of what's in the big ugly is what we want to share with the American people. | |
| At this point, I want to open the floor to any of our reporters who have any questions. | ||
| Yes, and just state your name and your outlet. | ||
| Michael Johnson, Month Upon the Health. | ||
| Thank you, Chair Clark, for doing this. | ||
| The Senate added a $50 billion hospital fund for rural states and districts to mitigate some of the concerns that senators had about the cuts to Medicaid to their rural constituents. | ||
| Obviously, there are a lot of health disparities that you all deal with in some of your suburban and urban districts and states. | ||
| Can you just speak about how, are you concerned that those constituents will be left behind if the House is successful in passing this bill that includes this $50 billion? | ||
| This is a very dangerous bill. | ||
| They're going to try to sweeten the pot with all kinds of gimmicks. | ||
| At the end of the day, rural, suburban, urban, all of our health care institutions are at peril under this bill. | ||
| But they wouldn't have to do it. | ||
| Oh, okay, hold on. | ||
| $50 billion. | ||
| $50 million to address. | ||
| $50 billion. | ||
| $50 billion is still woefully short. | ||
| When you talk about rural hospitals throughout the country, I will give you my home state as a test case. | ||
| When I was in the state senate, we expanded Medicaid. | ||
| We instantly started opening rural hospitals. | ||
| People started getting on the poll, on the rules. | ||
| The same will be true in reverse. | ||
| That $50 billion will not even scratch the surface throughout our entire country. | ||
| It is nothing more than window dressing and used to allure and to entice those voters who, those members of the Senate who had the courage for a moment to stand up, they've been throwing a little piece of red meat to sell out the rest of the country. | ||
| It will not do the job. | ||
| People will still die. | ||
| Hospitals will still close. | ||
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Any more questions? | |
| Yeah. | ||
| Yes. | ||
| Can you talk? | ||
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I saw the CPC did the condom line with the condom line. | |
| We did a conscience line. | ||
| I hear you. | ||
| So are you going to do any, is there anything else you can do to delay this? | ||
| Was that pretty much it under the rules of the House? | ||
| Can you talk about that? | ||
| First of all, we will continue to protest what is taking place under the Trump administration. | ||
| We will do everything within our power within the procedures of the floor to make sure that the American people are educated, informed, and understand where this harm is coming from. | ||
| Our colleagues on the other side of the lot, the other side of the aisle, as Congresswoman Kamlaga Duff has said, have been lying through their teeth to make sure that they can benefit the billionaire class in America. | ||
| At the end of the day, the vast majority of Americans will be devastated if this bill were to pass. | ||
| But also, can I tell you that? | ||
| Hold on, one moment. | ||
| Joanna Hayes. | ||
| They're their own problem, we good, we've all voted. | ||
| We're here. | ||
| We're doing what we have to do. | ||
| We got a procedural amendment, an easy vote. | ||
| This isn't even the hard vote. | ||
| That's been open for 103 minutes because they can't get their members to vote to add an amendment about debate. | ||
| So the question, I guess, needs to be directed at them. | ||
| They can't even, if this bill is as beautiful as you say it is, if you have a mandate and an assignment, then turn it in. | ||
| We're here. | ||
| All these members have come back. | ||
| Every Democrat is on record having voted. | ||
| Tally, Democrats, 212. | ||
| We're here. | ||
| I don't understand how in between votes, they lose 20, 30 members and then have to rally them back. | ||
| So we understand the assignment, and we're here doing what we have to do. | ||
| They're their own problem right now. | ||
| Let me try. | ||
| I'm going to say this. | ||
| We have to manage people's expectations. | ||
| There are only certain tools in the toolbox, but one of the tools we do have is telling the truth. | ||
| And the truth is, every single person will be impacted if this bill is passed. | ||
| And we know that he is twisting people's arms, but we also know that Medicaid, that health care fuels economies. | ||
| And when you're cutting health care, when you're cutting Medicaid, you're also cutting jobs. | ||
| That's why folks are up in arms. | ||
| They're trying to figure out how to square the circle. | ||
| And the circle does not square with this mask. | ||
| The circle does not square. | ||
| So we're here. | ||
| We're going to vote. | ||
| They're running. | ||
| They're in their offices. | ||
| They're drinking whiskey. | ||
| They're at the White House. | ||
| They are trying to figure out how to switch the narrative so that they can pivot away from the truth. | ||
| But the truth is, every single person will be impacted. | ||
| You will either have your health care cut or you will have your costs go up. | ||
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Thank you all very much. | |
| Thank you for enduring the heat and getting our message out today. | ||
| We appreciate it. | ||
| Enjoy the rest of the day. | ||
| And here in the House, holding open this vote on a fix to the debate rules for almost two hours now. | ||
| A lot of the action on the House floor has frozen as Republican holdouts, members of the Freedom Caucus, discuss their issues with the tax and spending cuts measure that President Trump expects on his desk by Friday, the 4th of July. | ||
| This amendment aims to fix language that would have made it difficult for Speaker Johnson to delay or reschedule the vote. | ||
| The House has not yet been able to approve the rules for debate. | ||
| The underlying measure is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | ||
| It would permanently extend tax cuts that were enacted in 2017. | ||
| It appropriates $153 billion for defense, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and nearly $90 billion for border security. | ||
| However, the legislation raises the debt limit by $5 trillion and makes cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. | ||
| The vote on the bill was tied in the Senate after they worked over the weekend on their version. | ||
| Vice President JD Vance had to come to the Senate to cast the tiebreaking vote over there. | ||
| If the measure is approved by the full House in its current form, it would go to the White House for President Trump's signature. | ||
| But it's still facing opposition from members of the Freedom Caucus who have been huddling with Speaker Johnson in his office. | ||
| While members continue to vote, we'll show you a news conference from earlier with House Democratic leaders. | ||
| Good morning. | ||
| We are here today, united as House Democrats, to make clear to the American people that every single House Democrat will stand up for your health care, stand up for your Medicaid, stand up for your Medicare, stand up for the Affordable Care Act, stand up for nutritional assistance for our children, our seniors, and our veterans. | ||
| Stand up for our hospitals. | ||
| Stand up for our nursing homes. | ||
| Stand up for our community-based health centers and stand up against massive tax breaks for GOP billionaire donors. | ||
| And that is why every single House Democrat will vote hell no against this one big, ugly bill. | ||
| And all we need are four House Republicans to join us in defense of their constituents who will suffer mightily from this bill. | ||
| Children will be hurt. | ||
| Families will be hurt. | ||
| People with disabilities will be hurt. | ||
| Women will be hurt by what is an all-out assault on the health care of the American people. | ||
| An unprecedented assault, ripping health care away from more than 17 million Americans. | ||
| Premiums, co-pays, and deductibles for other people on private insurance will go up all across the country. | ||
| Hospitals will close. | ||
| Nursing homes will shut down. | ||
| Community-based clinics won't have the ability to operate. | ||
| And as a result, people are going to die connected to this one big, ugly bill. | ||
| Tens of thousands of unnecessary American deaths per year. | ||
| Shame on Republicans for even bringing this bill to the House floor. | ||
| So all we need are four Republicans to join us in support of their constituents to have John McCain level courage and stand up in defense of the health care of the American people. | ||
| What type of party would bring a bill to the House floor that rips away Medicaid from those in need? | ||
| What kind of party would bring a bill to the House floor that literally robs food from the mouths of children, veterans, and seniors? | ||
| And all of this is being done to provide massive tax breaks to their billionaire donors. | ||
| It's unconscionable. | ||
| It's unacceptable. | ||
| It's un-American. | ||
| And House Democrats are committing to you that we're going to do everything in our power to stop it. | ||
| And all we need are four Republicans, just four, to show John McCain-level courage. | ||
| Just four. | ||
| There are 220 of them. | ||
| All we need are four. | ||
| And so all we have to do as a Congress is act in a manner consistent with the better angels of this country. | ||
| Stand up for everyday Americans, not the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. | ||
| That's what Republicans are doing in bringing this one big, ugly bill. to the House floor. | ||
| Why would anyone vote for this dangerous and extreme bill? | ||
| Why would Rob Bresnahan vote for this bill? | ||
| More than 30,000 people would lose access to their health care in his community in Pennsylvania. | ||
| Almost 60,000 households could lose access to food assistance in his community at risk of going hungry. | ||
| Why would Rob Bresnahan vote for this bill? | ||
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Why would Scott Perry vote for this bill? | |
| Almost 25,000 people in his community will lose access to health care. | ||
| In his community in Pennsylvania, almost 40,000 households would lose access to nutritional assistance. | ||
| They're at risk of going hungry. | ||
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Why would Scott Perry vote for this bill? | |
| You see, the difference between them and us, they work for the special interests, for the rich and the shameless, for the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. | ||
| House Democrats work for the people. | ||
| And that's why we will continue to do everything in our power to stop this bill in its tracks. | ||
| Every single one of us will stand up for the health care of the American people, for the nutritional assistance of the American people, for efforts that actually should be designed to improve their quality of life, not hurt it, to lower the high cost of living, not raise it, to bring people together, not tear us apart. | ||
| John Lewis, who we all had the opportunity to serve with and continue to draw inspiration from, would always remind us that even in the face of what appears to be insurmountable odds, that we have a moral responsibility, and that certainly is the case right now, to show up and stand up and speak up for what we know is right. | ||
| With every single fiber in our body, that's what we are going to do. | ||
| Show up today, show up tomorrow, show up this week, show up next week, show up this year, show up next year, show up until we end this national nightmare in the United States of America and continue our march toward a more perfect union. | ||
| now my honor to yield to our distinguished whip catherine clark thank you mr leader and good morning This week we will celebrate our nation's independence. | ||
| We will celebrate our freedom, the fact that we are not ruled by a king, but that the power belongs to the people. | ||
| We will celebrate the fundamental promise of the American dream that if we work hard, we can provide for our families. | ||
| We can have a life of dignity, a fair shot. | ||
| So it's especially shocking that the Republicans are rushing to sign this cruel bill by the 4th of July. | ||
| The largest cut to health care in our history. | ||
| The largest transfer of wealth from working families to the billionaire class. | ||
| A bill that makes Americans sicker and poorer. | ||
| A bill that takes food from the hungry. | ||
| There is no freedom in this bill. | ||
| Unimaginably, this bill is worse than when it left the House. | ||
| It cuts Medicaid by $1 trillion. | ||
| It kicks 17 million Americans off of their health care. | ||
| It threatens hundreds of hospitals with closure, along with a quarter of all nursing homes. | ||
| It hikes the cost of electricity. | ||
| It hands a 3% pay cut to hardworking people of this country and hands their children $5 trillion in debt. | ||
| Does that sound like freedom to you? | ||
| Or does that sound like a government of, by, and for the rich? | ||
| So who would vote for this bill? | ||
| Why would David Valladeau vote for this bill? | ||
| Over 65,000 people in his district will lose access to health care if this passes. | ||
| 60,000 households will lose access to their food assistance. | ||
| And over 3,600 energy jobs will be lost just in California 22. | ||
| But why would Young Kim in California 40 vote for this bill either? | ||
| Over 31,000 people in her communities will lose their health care, and 15,000 households could lose access to food assistance. | ||
| Why indeed? | ||
| But we've been told exactly where we stand. | ||
| The vice president said these cuts are immaterial. | ||
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Mitch McConnell says people will get over it. | |
| Joni Ertz reminded us we're all going to die anyway. | ||
| So at a time when most households are struggling to afford the basics, Republicans have a clear message for American families. | ||
| You don't matter. | ||
| The people that power America are nurses, our first responders, our small business owners, our veterans. | ||
| Under this bill, the Republican Party views you as expendable and that opportunity is reserved for the elite. | ||
| Freedom isn't something abstract. | ||
| It's something you do. | ||
| It's something you empower people to do. | ||
| You cannot shackle opportunity for the American people. | ||
| You cannot restrain their ability to be free and then drape yourself in the American flag on Independence Day. | ||
| So this 4th of July, House Democrats are going to stand in unity with millions of people across this country. | ||
| We are going to do what Americans have done for 250 proud years. | ||
| We are going to defend our freedom. | ||
| We will defeat its enemies. | ||
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And we will put the power with the people. | |
| And now it is my great pleasure to welcome Ranking Member of Energy and Commerce, Frank Pallone. | ||
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Thank you, Catherine. | |
| I just want everyone to understand why we as Democrats are so mad about this bill, because it's cruel. | ||
| Some people have called it beautiful. | ||
| Some have called it ugly. | ||
| I call it cruel. | ||
| It is the cruelest bill that I've ever seen since my tenure in the House of Representatives. | ||
| Now, why is that the case? | ||
| Because so many people will lose their health insurance. | ||
| And because of the lack of affordability, that's going to increase costs in so many ways for the average American. | ||
| Look, the bottom line is every time this bill moves forward, in energy and commerce, 13.5 million people lose Medicaid. | ||
| And then it goes to the House floor, 15 million people. | ||
| Now, the CBO says the Senate bill, 17 million Americans lose their health insurance. | ||
| And what happens when they lose their health insurance? | ||
| The hospitals have uncompensated care. | ||
| The nursing homes have uncompensated care. | ||
| And they have to push those costs on to everyone else. | ||
| And so premiums go up, co-pays go up, and people cannot afford their health insurance. | ||
| The same thing is true with the ACA. | ||
| You know, we as Democrats started years ago trying to make sure that so many Americans that didn't have health insurance did. | ||
| That was what Obamacare was all about. | ||
| And then we enhanced the tax credits and the subsidies. | ||
| So we got up to something like 95% of Americans had health insurance because of what we did. | ||
| But this is reversing that completely. | ||
| It is reversing that completely. | ||
| Because the average person now, without enhanced Medicare, without the ACA-enhanced subsidies, which they did not include in this bill, they could easily go from paying $100 a month for their ACA coverage, $1,200 a year, to something like $5,200 because they lose that $4,000 subsidy. | ||
| So I just want to say one more thing. | ||
| I know the Republicans are saying constantly that nobody's going to lose their health insurance if they work. | ||
| That is a complete lie. | ||
| That is a complete lie. | ||
| If you look at this bill, whether you're disabled, whether you're caring for an elderly, whether you're caring for your children, you are not going to qualify for the exemptions and you are going to lose your health insurance. | ||
| And the same thing is true with regard to affordability for the energy provisions. | ||
| We worked very hard to move towards clean energy because we knew it would be cheaper and they're getting rid of it. | ||
| We worked very hard to have environmental protections in place because we're worried about people's health and safety and they get rid of all the major environmental protections. | ||
| That is what the Republicans are about. | ||
| Cruelty. | ||
| This is unacceptable. | ||
| No one should vote for it. | ||
| It's the cruelest bill that I've ever seen. | ||
| And now I'd like to introduce the chairman of our ranking member of our Ways and Means Committee to talk to you about the tax issues, Richie Neal from Massachusetts. | ||
| Thanks, Frank. | ||
| So this is the worst tax bill that I've seen in all my years in Congress, and that says something. | ||
| So let's look at the numbers. | ||
| After the rejection of expertise, Joint Committee on Taxation has scored it. | ||
| The Congressional Budget Office has scored it. | ||
| And now the attack turns to the Federal Reserve Board. | ||
| Do you know what that's about? | ||
| That's about the idea that they are going to borrow, by raising the debt ceiling, an additional $5 trillion to pay for a tax cut, as they did in 2017 when they borrowed $2.3 trillion. | ||
| The reality here is this. | ||
| If you made a million bucks last year, you're getting about $81,000. | ||
| If you made under $50,000, you're getting $0.68 a day. | ||
| A day. | ||
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The attack on the Federal Reserve Board is clear. | |
| They want to raise the debt ceiling to borrow money, but they want the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates so they can say that this is about deficit reduction with lower borrowing costs. | ||
| Rural hospitals that we all have, they're going to close. | ||
| They're up against it. | ||
| Many of the hospitals I have, 68% in some cases, 75% in others, dependent on Medicare and Medicaid, the disproportionate share hospitals. | ||
| This is where middle-class people get health care as well as the working poor. | ||
| Understand that this idea that they have today, they haven't thought through because they're all in subservience to getting it signed on July 4th. | ||
| They have no idea what they did in the Senate. | ||
| They have no idea what they're about to do here in the day because they haven't seen the particulars of this bill. | ||
| When you look at this, as earlier noted, 17 million people lose health care to provide a tax cut to the billionaire class. | ||
| Stand with all of us today and reject not only the health care policy here, but the economic policy as well. | ||
| He might be the ranking member on the budget committee, but we know him as a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Brendan Boyle. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Well, this is it. | ||
| Today is the day. | ||
| If Republicans and Donald Trump succeed today, it will produce the largest loss of health care in American history. | ||
| 17 million Americans will lose their health care. | ||
| The biggest cut to Medicaid in American history. | ||
| Millions taken off the Affordable Care Act. | ||
| And that's not all. | ||
| We have discovered half a trillion dollars worth of cuts to Medicare as well. | ||
| Again, all told, the largest loss of health care in American history. | ||
| And for the rest of us who maybe aren't on Medicaid, not on Medicare, not on the ACA, the quality of our care will go down while the costs go up. | ||
| So everyone will pay. | ||
| And why? | ||
| Why are they doing this? | ||
| To provide billions in tax cuts to billionaires. | ||
| That is not just bad economics. | ||
| It is immoral. | ||
| That alone will be bad enough. | ||
| But you heard others speaking before me about some of the other cuts that are in this bill. | ||
| Cuts to energy, cuts as they relate to construction. | ||
| More than 1 million jobs will be lost as a result of this bill, so it's also a job killer. | ||
| And again, why? | ||
| So the top 110, 100th, 1,000th of 1% can get more money. | ||
| Congratulations, Jeff Bezos. | ||
| This crowd's about to give you a great big wedding gift you don't need. | ||
| And it's going to be paid for by taking away health care from millions of Americans and making costs for the rest of us even more expensive. | ||
| So we asked the official scorekeepers, the Congressional Budget Office: okay, all told, with all the provisions in this bill, how do people do? | ||
| And what the Congressional Budget Office found was this: if you're in the bottom third of households, that's everybody who makes under $55,000 a year, you will be poorer as a result of this bill. | ||
| If you're middle class, you get nothing. | ||
| And if you're in the top 1%, you get the biggest benefit of all. | ||
| So, under the Republicans bill, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class is left behind. | ||
| We say hell no! | ||
| It is now my honor to introduce a great ranking member from Minnesota, Angie Craig. | ||
| Thank you so much. | ||
| This legislation is nothing short than a betrayal of the American people, plain and simple. | ||
| The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, helps Americans meet their basic needs by making food just a little bit more affordable for families. | ||
| It's a program that provides $6 a day in help to those who need just a little bit of assistance. | ||
| The majority of people who need this food assistance in this country are children, seniors, and people with disabilities. | ||
| Cutting $200 billion from the SNAP program not only takes away food from our nation's children, but it also decreases revenue for our nation's family farmers. | ||
| All of this is to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest among us. | ||
| It is a betrayal that will have long-term consequences on the health of this nation. | ||
| And why would Republicans vote for this national betrayal? | ||
| Why would Marionette Miller-Meeks of Iowa's first congressional district vote for this bill? | ||
| 25,000 people would lose access to their health care in Iowa 1. | ||
| Almost 29,000 households would lose access to their food assistance in Iowa 1. | ||
| 1,300 energy jobs could be lost, and at least one rural hospital. | ||
| This is a betrayal of the American people. | ||
| It's a betrayal of the middle class, and it's a betrayal to the most vulnerable people in our nation. | ||
| The Senate's version of this bill, which House Republicans are now all too eager to pass, goes a step further by targeting our nation's veterans, our nation's former foster youth, and people experiencing homelessness in this nation as well. | ||
| Veterans like Yolanda Gordon of South Carolina. | ||
| Yolanda served our nation proudly in the Army. | ||
| When she transitioned back to civilian life, there was no daycare in Yolanda's rural home care community. | ||
| Nothing that was equipped to meet her child's special needs so that she could only work part-time while caring for that child. | ||
| SNAP helped Yolanda keep her child safe, healthy, and fed. | ||
| Yolanda served our nation selflessly, and then she returned to serve the needs of her child. | ||
| And now, Republicans in the Senate version take away all of the hard-fought negotiated exclusions for our nation's veterans to have those work requirements. | ||
| Now they want to take the dignity and respect away from Yolanda and veterans like her across this country. | ||
| You know, higher costs are already squeezing American families in Minnesota and across the country. | ||
| Too many Americans are just one paycheck away from disaster. | ||
| Instead of taking food away from tens of millions of Americans, we should protect and strengthen basic needs programs like SNAP so that food assistance is always there when we need it. | ||
| You know, we just need four patriots in the Republican Party. | ||
| Four patriots in the Republican Party. | ||
| Do we have four patriots left in this Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives? | ||
| We have four Republicans who represent my home state of Minnesota. | ||
| Our delegation is evenly divided, four Democrats, four Republicans. | ||
| I challenge my Republicans from the state of Minnesota to be the patriots we are looking for in our nation. | ||
| The families I represent in Minnesota, the elderly neighbors living on fixed incomes, the children whose parent is working two low-wage jobs, cannot afford this terrible bill. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no. | ||
| And with that, I would like to introduce the closer, Chairman Aguilar, to close. | ||
| Thank you, Angie. | ||
| Donald Trump promised the American people that he would cut costs on day one. | ||
| Republicans in Congress swore up and down that their policies would fight inflation and make life easier for everyday Americans. | ||
| More lies. | ||
| But we've all seen under this president and this Republican majority, the prices continue to rise and the American dream slipping further from reach. | ||
| Today marks the culmination of Donald Trump's betrayal of working people across this country. | ||
| Because of this bill, your health care is going to go up. | ||
| Your electric bill is going to be more expensive. | ||
| The clothes and groceries that you buy are already rising due to his reckless tariffs. | ||
| The only people who make out in this bill are people who can already afford to pay a little bit more at the checkout line. | ||
| But that's not the reality for most people in this country. | ||
| This bill isn't for the American people. | ||
| It's a reward to the mega-rich campaign donors that bankroll Republican campaigns. | ||
| Why would Gabe Evans in Colorado vote for this bill? | ||
| 29,000 people will lose access to health care in his district. | ||
| 30,000 households will lose access to food nutrition programs. | ||
| And almost 1,000 energy jobs will be lost. | ||
| No one asked 17 million people to lose their health insurance. | ||
| No one asked for hospitals to close or nursing homes to be shuttered because billionaires want more tax breaks. | ||
| Where I'm from, that's not big or beautiful. | ||
| That's small and ugly. | ||
| No one asked for food assistance to be taken away from children to give handouts to the same corporations gouging the American people. | ||
| House Democrats believe that this bill fundamentally is un-American. | ||
| We're going to fight to make sure billionaires and wealthy corporations pay their fair share so that we can build an economy that works for everyone. | ||
| We're going to fight to make America less expensive, and we're going to fight to give working-class people more breathing room and opportunities to get ahead. | ||
| I want to thank my House colleagues for standing with us in this time against this bill. | ||
| I want to thank the community members who have joined us as well. | ||
| And members and members of the faith-based community, we're not here in a partisan exercise. | ||
| We're here because the American people don't deserve this suffering. | ||
| Now, we did take a little bit of liberties when we say hell no. | ||
| We didn't ask them, members of the clergy, but we stand in unison against this dangerous bill. | ||
| And today, however long it takes, we will continue to vote against this bill. | ||
| We will do it together, and we will do it with the American people in mind. | ||
| Thank you so much. | ||
| And here in the House, a vote now on a fix to the debate rules. | ||
| This vote has been held open for over two hours now. | ||
| Currently, six Republicans have not voted. | ||
| Representatives Boebert, Clyde, Harris, Ogles, Perry, and Roy. | ||
| Majority Leader Scalise says it's because they're waiting for some Republicans to return to Washington to cast their ballots. | ||
| However, it is also not clear if Republicans have the votes to pass the debate rules and begin work. | ||
| A lot of the action on the House floor has frozen as Republican holdouts, members of the Freedom Caucus, have been meeting with Speaker Johnson to discuss their concerns with the tax and spending cuts measure. | ||
| Some have also traveled to the White House for meetings. | ||
| President Trump has said repeatedly that he expects Congress to send him the bill by Friday, the 4th of July. | ||
| This vote is on an amendment that would fix language that would have made it difficult for Speaker Johnson to delay or reschedule the final passage vote. | ||
| The underlying measure is the Republican Tax and Spending Cuts Bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill. | ||
| It would permanently extend tax cuts that were enacted in 2017. | ||
| It appropriates $153 billion for defense, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and nearly $90 billion for border security. | ||
| The legislation also raises the statutory debt limit by $5 trillion and makes cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. | ||
| The vote on the bill was tied in the Senate after they worked over the weekend on their version. | ||
| Vice President JD Vance had to come to the Senate to cast the tiebreaking vote over there. | ||
| If the measure is approved by the full House in its current form, it would go to the White House for President Trump's signature. | ||
| And now we'll show you debate from earlier. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Republicans stand ready to deliver H.R. 1 directly to the President's desk for his signature. | ||
| Late last year, the American people rallied en masse behind the Republican vision for a renewed nation. | ||
| A nation no longer blighted by the cataclysmic failures of the previous administration. | ||
| A nation primed and ready to enter the golden age. | ||
| One of the many strong reinforced byproducts of our Republican vision is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | ||
| It is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation that any party has ever passed, and for good reason. | ||
| The provisions interwoven in this legislation are monumental. | ||
| They are what the American people voted for in November. | ||
| Historic tax relief for working families. | ||
| Massive investments to secure our nation's borders, capturing generational savings, slashing waste, fraud, and abuse in government programs so that they may run more efficiently for those who truly need them. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I could opine at length about the wins that Republicans have secured in this bill, wins that we've been highlighting to the American people for months. | ||
| Meanwhile, our Democrat colleagues have resorted to fear-mongering and wailing from their bully pulpits in the hopes of deceiving the American people. | ||
| For months, we've heard Democrats claim that the sky was falling, that all hope is lost because H.R. 1 will bring about the end times, and a litany of other outlandish and absurd claims. | ||
| They are so desperate to smear H.R. 1 and deny the American people the policies that the American people overwhelmingly voted for in November. | ||
| But let's again focus on what this bill accomplishes. | ||
| It yields the single greatest cut in wasteful government spending in congressional history by slashing far more than a trillion dollars of bloat. | ||
| It preserves the greatest battle-tested set of tax cuts for working families that our nation has ever seen or our economy has ever realized. | ||
| It doubles down on the border priorities of the most successful enforcement efforts by a president in our nation's history. | ||
| It realigns our economy in defense of American workers, American energy, American businesses, and American job creators to unleash the engines of our economy, raise the tide of our economic standards, and bring a new definition of American greatness to the world. | ||
| Perhaps the reason why Democrats are so desperate to smear this legislation is because they are caught in their own self-inflicted malaise of denial. | ||
| Perhaps they still can't accept that Americans chose Republicans to lead the nation instead of them. | ||
| That said, Mr. Speaker, Republicans are not distracted by that fear-mongering and doom saying of those who want H.R. 1 to fail. | ||
| The facts are on our side, and we've been cutting through the noise by bringing those facts to the American people for months. | ||
| So that the record is clear, a vote against this legislation is a vote to greenlight the largest tax increase in American history being levied against everyday men and women. | ||
| Decimate decimation of millions of jobs across America. | ||
| Kneecap the capabilities and readiness of the nation's military. | ||
| This is not fear-mongering like what our colleagues across the aisle have been engaging in. | ||
| These are just facts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, the pathway forward is crystal clear. | ||
| The House must pass this rule and pass the Senate amendment to H.R. 1 so that more wins can be delivered to the American people. | ||
| The American people deserve to keep winning, and to deny them that opportunity is a flagrant disservice. | ||
| This legislation is the embodiment of the America First agenda, and we would all do well to remember that. | ||
| Failure at this critical juncture is not an option. | ||
| This clock is ticking. | ||
| The President and the American people are waiting. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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To balance our time, gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I want to thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. | ||
| And I yield myself such time as I may consume. | ||
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Gentlemen's recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, this process, an abomination, legislative malpractice. | ||
| Final text of this bill came out less than 24 hours ago. | ||
| We met in committee an hour after it was posted. | ||
| And now we're here considering a rule that only allows for one hour of debate. | ||
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This bill is within the jurisdiction of 12 different committees. | |
| One hour is ridiculous. | ||
| And every minute we're finding out new things that were snuck into the bill, a tax cut for whalers, and now we're learning about a gambling tax. | ||
| Republican leadership in the White House are jamming this bill down our throats. | ||
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And for what? | |
| We are not on a deadline, no looming crisis. | ||
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We're here because Donald Trump wants a 4th of July party to celebrate this garbage bill. | |
| He wants fireworks and flags and cameras, not for this country, but for himself. | ||
| So he says, close your ears, close your eyes, and vote for this bill. | ||
| Honestly, sounds more like a cult than a Congress to me. | ||
| Some Republicans promised their voters no cuts to Medicaid, no new debt. | ||
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Now they're flipping faster than pancakes at a campaign breakfast. | |
| The House passed it hoping the Senate would kill it. | ||
| The Senate passed it hoping the House would grow a spine. | ||
| Everyone is playing a game of legislative chicken, voting for a bad bill and thinking the other chamber will be the one to fix it. | ||
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This is nuts. | |
| And Trump says, have fun and vote yay. | ||
| Have fun gutting Medicaid? | ||
| Vote yay on taking away food from poor families? | ||
| Are you serious? | ||
| This bill is catastrophic. | ||
| It is not policy. | ||
| It is punishment. | ||
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Let's talk facts. | |
| It slashes Medicaid, cuts Medicare, dismantles the ACA. | ||
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It shutters rural hospitals, closes nursing homes, wipes out health centers. | |
| It takes food off kitchen tables, throws clean energy workers out of jobs, spikes utility bills. | ||
| And why? | ||
| So billionaires and oil companies can cash in. | ||
| Big oil gets handouts. | ||
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Billionaires get tax breaks. | |
| Working families get scraps if that. | ||
| Jeff Bezos just had a $50 million wedding in Venice, and they want to give him another tax break. | ||
| Meanwhile, families making under $50,000 a year, well, they get less than a buck a day in tax cuts. | ||
| You can't even buy a cup of coffee with that. | ||
| And the cost, over $3 trillion added to the debt, and a $5 trillion debt ceiling raise brought to you by the very people who won't shut up about so-called fiscal responsibility. | ||
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This isn't tax reform to relieve the middle and working class. | |
| It is a robbery that will result in the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich our country has ever seen. | ||
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So let's not lie to the American people. | |
| This is about taking from the most vulnerable to pay off the already powerful. | ||
| It is about pleasing one man who's holding this Congress hostage with primary threats and social media tantrums. | ||
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This bill is cruel. | |
| It is cowardly. | ||
| It is a betrayal of everything this country is supposed to stand for. | ||
| I reserve my time. | ||
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Gentlemen reserves balance of his time. | |
| Gentlemen, gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I'm proud to yield three minutes to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Langworthy. | ||
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Gentlemen is recognized for three minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Madam Chairwoman. | ||
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I rise today in strong support of the rule to consider HR1 the one big beautiful bill because the stakes for the American people could not be higher. | |
| We are rapidly approaching a fiscal cliff. | ||
| If we do nothing, the Trump tax cuts, the most pro-growth tax reforms in generations, will expire. | ||
| That means higher taxes on nearly every American. | ||
| That means a gutted child tax credit. | ||
| That means small businesses losing the tools they need to survive and to thrive. | ||
| That means less take-home pay for working families already that have been crushed by the Biden-era inflation. | ||
| This isn't some hypothetical scenario. | ||
| This is the Democrats' game plan. | ||
| They want to raise taxes. | ||
| They want to punish success. | ||
| They want more people dependent on government and fewer people building independent lives. | ||
| And Republicans will not let that happen. | ||
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With HR1, we're stepping to lock in the Trump tax cuts permanently and to provide targeted new relief to the workers and to the families who keep this country running. | |
| Seniors, tipped workers, and those putting in overtime to get ahead. | ||
| But Mr. Speaker, this bill also takes a critical step to protect and to strengthen Medicaid, a vital program for millions of Americans. | ||
| And let me be very clear about something. | ||
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This isn't anything radical. | |
| We're restoring the same common sense work requirements that President Bill Clinton signed into law into the 90s. | ||
| One of the most popular things he did. | ||
| And back then, a Democratic president worked with a Republican Congress to say that if you're able-bodied an adult without dependents and you're receiving government assistance, you should be expected to work, train, or volunteer and participate in the economy. | ||
| And ladies and gentlemen, it worked. | ||
| Poverty dropped, employment rose, and millions of Americans moved from welfare to work and independence. | ||
| But Democrats today have abandoned that model. | ||
| They want permanent government dependency. | ||
| They'll oppose any form of accountability. | ||
| And they'll vilify anyone who dares to suggest that opportunity should come with responsibility. | ||
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Well, Republicans are standing up for what works and what's right. | |
| And we're saying Medicaid must remain a lifeline for the truly vulnerable, children, seniors, the people with disabilities, and low-income parents. | ||
| But for able-bodied adults without kids, yes, you should try to work, just like in the 90s, just like under President Bill Clinton. | ||
| This isn't extreme. | ||
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It's not partisan. | |
| It's proven policy that respects both taxpayers and lifts people up. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, this bill delivers economic relief, fiscal sanity, and basic fairness. | ||
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And it secures the future of our economy and our safety net. | |
| Let's choose the path that's been tested and proven to work. | ||
| Let's approve this rule. | ||
| Let's pass one big, beautiful bill, and let's get this country back on track. | ||
| I yield back, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman yields back to the balance of his time. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I want to alert all members to something about this rule. | ||
| It has a mistake in it. | ||
| Republicans have rushed this process from the very beginning to meet Trump's artificial July 4th deadline, and this rule is no exception. | ||
| We found an error in the rule at 2 a.m. this morning after the rules committee reported the rule. | ||
| This is going to sound a little in the wheeze, but they forgot to do something called considering the previous question as ordered on their big ugly bill. | ||
| Now, let me put that in English. | ||
| What that means is they won't have an escape hatch once they start debate on this bill. | ||
| So if they start it and they realize they don't have the votes, they still have to take the embarrassing vote. | ||
| There are also other consequences, but this Speaker's timeout authority is the one Republican leadership is most afraid of. | ||
| Now, I expect they'll try to fix this with an amendment, but I have a question for members. | ||
| If this Republican leadership cannot get a one-paragraph rule right, can we really trust them to get a 870-page bill right? | ||
| Not only are we going to find things that were snuck into this bill, we're going to find massive mistakes that have unintended consequences for people and industries across this country. | ||
| This whole process has been lousy, and this rule is no exception, and I reserve. | ||
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Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Scott. | ||
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Gentlemen from Georgia is recognized for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I appreciate the opportunity to address the American citizens for just a couple of minutes. | ||
| I know many of you are concerned about some of the language in the bill, and I think maybe the reason you're concerned is because the people that are telling you what's in the bill never bothered to read the bill. | ||
| So I thought I would just read to you the part, if you've read this, then you're lying to the general public. | ||
| Exceptions, and this is on the SNAP, exceptions. | ||
| Paragraph two shall not apply to an individual if the individual is under 18 or over 65 years of age, medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment, a parent or other member of a household with responsibility for a dependent child under 14 years of age. | ||
| So when the Democrats are telling you that we're kicking disabled people off of SNAP or we're kicking disabled people off of Medicaid, it is an absolute lie. | ||
| Page 16, page 17 of the legislation, it will take about 60 seconds to read it. | ||
| That's exactly what it says. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| And I yield the remainder of my time to the gentlelady from North Carolina. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, there's a lot of low energy on that side, but I now want to yield to one minute to the gentleman from New York, the distinguished ranking member of the House Committee on House Administration, Mr. Morelli. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you to my good friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts, the ranking member of the Rules Committee for yielding. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, as we reach the apparent conclusion of this absurd exercise, it's worth asking, what's the purpose of this bill? | ||
| This bill that will strip away health insurance from nearly 17 million people, devastating communities like mine in Rochester, New York. | ||
| This bill that will recklessly eliminate food assistance for nearly 3 million Americans, including nearly a million senior citizens. | ||
| This bill that explodes the deficit by $3.3 trillion. | ||
| But for what? | ||
| Well, Mr. Speaker, sometimes the simplest explanation is closest to the truth. | ||
| We all saw the gaggle of billionaires sitting behind Donald Trump on Inauguration Day earlier this year. | ||
| The driving force behind this entire legislative effort has been to grant handouts to those same billionaires and special interests, all at the expense of hardworking families. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will stop and think again before voting for the worst piece of legislation in generations. | ||
| But I know one thing for certain, House Democrats will never stop fighting for American families. | ||
| With that, I yield back. | ||
| Gentleman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. McDowell. | ||
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Gentlemen's recognized for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, Madam Chair. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, today we take another big step towards delivering a course correction for our country. | ||
| The American people sent us here with a mandate to fight back and deliver on a promise. | ||
| That is what the one big beautiful bill is. | ||
| Americans should first know what my colleagues in opposition to this legislation are voting for and what they are voting against. | ||
| Not passing this bill means a $1,700 increase in taxes for the average American family of four. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, that might not be a big deal to the elites in Manhattan or San Francisco, but it does mean a lot to the people of my district in North Carolina. | ||
| Not passing this bill means our Border Patrol officers and our Coast Guard won't have what they need to secure the border and stop the flow of deadly fentanyl. | ||
| It doesn't stop there, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Opposing this bill also means protecting waste over purpose, fraud over fairness, and foreign interests over American strength. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I want to make sure voters in my district know what passing the one big beautiful bill will mean for them. | ||
| It means you get to keep more of your hard-earned money. | ||
| It means that small businesses can spend more money on your employees instead of sending it to Washington. | ||
| This bill will make our communities safer by making a historic investment in our border security. | ||
| No more dangerous, illegal aliens parading around with no consequences. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, this legislation is one of the most consequential items we will vote on. | ||
| It is President Trump's agenda, and it is what we all told the people back home we would do. | ||
| Now, the House must get it done, and I urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this rule. | ||
| Let's choose our country over comfort and get the big, beautiful bill to the president's desk. | ||
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With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back. | |
| Tell me yes back, bounce first time. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from North Carolina, I know a senator from North Carolina who disagrees with everything he just said, including a lot of hospitals in North Carolina that disagree with what he just said. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Maryland, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on the judiciary, Mr. Raskin. | ||
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Recognize for one minute. | |
| I thank the gentleman. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I found the preamble to this big, ugly bill. | ||
| We the billionaires in our king, in order to deform and sicken our union, establish injustice, ensure domestic servility, weaken our people's defenses, undermine the general welfare, and reserve to ourselves and our posterity staggering debt servitude for eternity, do hereby instruct the Republicans in Congress to strip 17 million people of their health care, increase co-pays, deductibles, | ||
| and premiums for everyone else, cut 42 million people off of nutritional assistance, increase the national debt by $4 trillion, trash renewable energy systems, increase our electric bills for the carbon kings, all to weaken and destroy the Constitution of the people of these United States of America. | ||
| Please include this preamble in the legislative record. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
| Tell me yields back. | ||
| Gentleman from North Carolina. | ||
| I reserve, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from California, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Mr. Garcia. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Now, my Democratic colleagues and I believe in a country where we take care of our fellow Americans and the wealthiest pay their fair share. | ||
| But Republicans are fighting for the biggest ripoff in American history and the biggest attack on our social safety net in decades. | ||
| If this bill passes, 16 million people are going to lose their health insurance. | ||
| They will take away basic food assistance from millions of veterans, seniors, and kids. | ||
| Because of this bill, the poorest 10% of Americans are going to lose $1,600 per person on average, while the richer only get richer. | ||
| It's a transfer from the poor and the middle class to the wealthiest. | ||
| And it does all of this while increasing debt over $3 trillion. | ||
| What happened to fiscal responsibility? | ||
| That means that our grandkids will fund a tax cut for Elon Musk. | ||
| Now, while I'm proud that we are defeating a number of extremely concerning provisions in this House bill, this is our last chance to stand up for our values. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no on this big BS bill. | ||
| The American people are watching, and I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Haradopoulos. | ||
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Gentlemen Jack and Ash for two minutes. | |
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Promises made, promises kept. | ||
| Voters wanted change for one simple reason. | ||
| It was too expensive to live in America the last four years. | ||
| Gas prices, rent prices, food prices up radically. | ||
| So this bill is designed to help those very people hurt the last four years. | ||
| People who earned tips, who earned overtime, people who earned Social Security get the big tax cut. | ||
| And let's be clear here so the American public hears it loud and clear. | ||
| The current tax rate on the wealthiest Americans is 37 percent. | ||
| Under this bill, it remains at 37 percent. | ||
| And at the same time, we're protecting the most vulnerable. | ||
| Please read the bill. | ||
| You'll see that seniors in nursing homes, unaffected. | ||
| You will see that persons who are disabled, unaffected. | ||
| Pregnant women on Medicaid, unaffected. | ||
| And low-income kids, because their parents aren't making much, unaffected. | ||
| Isn't it nice to see that Washington actually keeps its promises from the campaign trail? | ||
| This is a welcome change because Donald Trump said we're going to bring America back by putting more money back in their pockets instead of sending it up here to Washington, D.C. | ||
| And he promised a secure border. | ||
| 99% reduction in the number of people coming across the border illegally. | ||
| That is action. | ||
| And what are we putting in this bill? | ||
| The money needed to make sure it stays that way. | ||
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I'm proud to support this bill because I went to Washington for one reason. | |
| Make promises, keep promises, and prove that the Republicans can lead and are willing to make sure that the great American comeback continues. | ||
| And with that, I yield back. | ||
| Coming yields back to the balance of his time, gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Yeah, Mr. Speaker, I read the bill too, and I want to know why Jeff Bezos and multi-millionaires and billionaires are getting tax cuts. | ||
| Last night, I offered an amendment to let Trump's tax cuts expire only for people earning more than a billion dollars a year. | ||
| And every single Republican voted against it. | ||
| I mean, what's that all about? | ||
| Follow the money. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Mississippi, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Mr. Thompson. | ||
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Gentlemen Drakenash for one minute. | |
| Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for the time. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, Republicans are openly bragging about how the bill kicks children and the elderly off Medicaid, nutritional assistance, and more, all to pay another tax break for wealthy Republican donors. | ||
| But my Republican colleagues are not talking about the trillions and trillions of dollars their political giveaway is going to cost. | ||
| In fact, Mr. Speaker, Vice President Vance has said historic levels of Homeland Security funding in the bill sweetens the deal for the devil. | ||
| This bill means billions of American tax dollars to build a wall Trump promised Mexico would pay for. | ||
| Billions of dollars for mask ICE agents to terrorize immigrant families who've been contributing to our country for decades, including law-abiding Marines and even American kids, and billions of dollars for DHS to continue obstructing Congress and denying due process to legal immigrants. | ||
| My Republican colleagues may be fooled by one big ugly bill, but the American people are not. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and the underlying bill, and I yield back. | ||
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Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two and a half minutes to the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Alford. | ||
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Gentlemen's recognized for three and one-half minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Thank you, Madam Chair, for your work on this. | ||
| I raised today in support of the rule and in strong support of HR1, President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | ||
| Today, Mr. Speaker, we face a watershed moment for the American people. | ||
| This Republican majority was given a clear mandate by the American people, the America First Agenda. | ||
| This bill is our opportunity to deliver on that agenda. | ||
| H.R.1 stops the largest tax increase in U.S. history while providing the largest tax cut for working and middle-class families ever. | ||
| With no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and tax breaks for seniors, HR1 protects the 87,000 Missouri farms and countless family-owned small businesses from double taxation by expanding the death tax exemption. | ||
| The One Big Beautiful Bill reverses four years, four long years of Biden's open border policies with a generational investment in border security, including funding to complete Phase II of the border wall. | ||
| The One Big Beautiful Bill modernizes our armed forces for 21st century threats by properly preparing our military and funding the Golden Dome. | ||
| HR1 ends the progressive Left's War on America energy by unleashing domestic oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy production, lowering energy costs, ensuring reliable and stable energy sources, and renewing not just energy independence, but making us energy dominant once again. | ||
| Finally, HR1 restores fiscal sanity by cutting almost $2 trillion in federal spending, rescinding billions in green news scam funding, and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse from numerous federal programs. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, this is a time for choosing. | ||
| We can choose to side with the illegal aliens, unelected road bureaucrats, and fear-mongering from the America left, or we can choose to side with the American people and deliver on the mandate that they gave us back in November. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to put America first, support the rule, and pass the one big, beautiful bill. | ||
| And I yield back. | ||
| Gentleman yields back. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, cultmutch. | ||
| You know, I mean, that gentleman's poster says it all. | ||
| It's not about American families. | ||
| It's about one big party for Trump. | ||
| It's about swelling up his ego. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from California, Speaker Ms. Pelosi. | ||
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Thank you very much, Mr. Gentlewoman's recognized for how much? | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| One minute. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Thank you for your leadership, Mr. McGovern. | |
| The gentleman just ended by saying to vote for this big, beautiful bill. | ||
| This big, beautiful bill? | ||
| Well, if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then you, GOP, you have a very blurred vision of what America is about. | ||
| Is it beautiful to cut off food from seniors and children? | ||
| Is it beautiful to cut off 17 million people from health care? | ||
| Is it beautiful to do this to give tax cuts to billionaires in our country? | ||
| Is it beautiful to take money from education and the rest? | ||
| The list goes on and on. | ||
| Dr. King, nearly 60 years ago, said, of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. | ||
| We come to this floor with the moral force of Dr. King's words in our heart. | ||
| Let us not, with this bill, turn the American dream he talked about in a nightmare for America's seniors, the disabled, our children, our children, our children. | ||
| Let us vote no on this shameful bill and throw a punch for the children. | ||
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Gentlemen, time has expired. | |
| Gentleman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentleman Reserve, gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from California, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, Ms. Waters. | ||
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Thank you very much. | |
| This big, ugly bill straps health care from 17 million Americans, shutters, hospitals, and will starve 12 million people by taking away their food stamps. |