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| $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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Gentleman Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, if I can inquire the general lady, 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 will 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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Gentlemen, I can ask 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? | ||
| bill is a deal. | ||
| And that was a portion of today's floor debate on the Republican tax and spending cuts bill. | ||
| While this vote is ongoing, we'll take you now to remarks from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, live coverage on C-SPAN. | ||
| It's being cut, the health of people is also in danger because nutrition is health. | ||
| So when nutrition assistance programs are being cut at a record level, more so than ever before in our nation's history, as Medicaid is being cut deeper and more so than ever before in our nation's history, | ||
| we must stand here before this occurs and speak out in support of our constituents across the country that depend on these vital programs to survive. | ||
| And all of this is being perpetrated to give the biggest tax cut to the rich, to the super rich. | ||
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So this bill is big, of course. | |
| It gives the biggest cut in Medicaid in a nation's history, in health care. | ||
| It gives the biggest cut to nutritional programs in our history. | ||
| And it gives the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class and middle class to the super rich in the history of our nation. | ||
| Está preda apresa es para ser una mado, una mado importante para nuestra comunidad. | ||
| Mientra esperamo, lo que es un especia de crimengaí en el capitolio donde cedar recortes si unprecedente al programa de medica program al programa de los compones y alimentos para darl un exceptiono impuesto si unprecedente a los super ricos. | ||
| Acostilla de la clase trabajadora y la clase media. | ||
| Por eso estamos aquí para denunciar eso en el día de el anniversario de la Declaración de Independencia que fue institúida julio dodo del milsa te sientos de tentise. | ||
| We are celebrating today the Declaration of Independence, which was drafted on July 2nd, 1776. | ||
| But this is far from a declaration of independence. | ||
| This will shackle us, our ability to be healthy, our ability to gain nutritional assistance, and our ability to get a recourse here in the U.S. Capitol. | ||
| Today we have members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to give their view on this ugly bill, and we start with Dr. Raul Ruiz. | ||
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Thank you, Chairman Espayat. | |
| This big, ugly bill was made uglier by the Senate. | ||
| It is an abomination to the nation. | ||
| It is an insult, an injury to working families. | ||
| As the chairman said, it is the largest cuts to Medicaid in our nation's history, despite promises by Donald Trump otherwise. | ||
| This is the largest cut to food support programs that will take food away from hungry children, veterans, and seniors in our nation's history. | ||
| This is the largest tax cut in the billions for billionaires. | ||
| This is the largest transfer of wealth, the largest robbery of wealth from working families to billionaires. | ||
| This is the largest increase in the national debt by a bill in our nation's history. | ||
| This is a horrible bill. | ||
| This bill will create the largest amount of people uninsured in our nation's history. | ||
| Not only will people be uninsured, they will have to pay more out of pocket. | ||
| Those 17 million will become uncompensated care at your local hospitals. | ||
| Hospitals will incur the cost. | ||
| They will transfer it on to people by increasing premiums, and everybody will pay for that. | ||
| In addition to this, the $150 billion reduction in payments to hospitals, the $240 billion cuts through the provider tax that states rely on to help hospitals, and due to the increase in uncompensated care, there's going to be 20% of our rural hospitals are going to close. | ||
| Now, think about it. | ||
| Whether you have Medicare, private insurance, or Medicaid, if you have an emergency, which hospital are you going to go to if they're closed? | ||
| As an emergency medicine doctor, I know that you have about a 10 to 15-minute window if you're having a heart attack or a stroke to get the care to help prevent long-term damage and to save your life. | ||
| If you don't have a hospital in your neighborhood, you're going to be at risk for permanent disability or even death. | ||
| And that's why this bill is so dangerous. | ||
| Como medico de emergencia yopo decir que váber más de esiciete millions de personas que que no vana tenese uron medico por este por esta propuesa de la incluso 2ente porciento de los hospitales rurales vana cierar. | ||
| Whando no tienen ense uron medico y tien en emergencia van aír y no vana pueder pagar en tos los hospitales vana pagar esos costos. | ||
| That decir que muchos no vana tener los hospitales en su comunidar, como médico de emergencia yo podo decir que las people tienen un diez quien seminutos por sien caso tien en unfarto del corazón or del cerebro y si no receive en el tratamiento a de cuado en es tiempo pueden moririr o puentener disabilidades permanentes. | ||
| Entonces esta propuesa de la espeli groso. | ||
| Vaúnentar costos para todos y va aponer en dí ríasgo millions de vidas en este país. | ||
| Gracias. | ||
| As they say in our community, listen to your doctor. | ||
| And now we're going to hear from Representative Jim Costa from California's 21st District. | ||
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Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. | |
| The legislation that is being considered today is big, but it's not beautiful. | ||
| It has a direct impact on the hardworking Hispanic communities that I represent in the San Joaquin Valley and for almost all of my district for that matter. | ||
| If this measure were to pass, 1.8 million people in the San Joaquin Valley that rely on Medicaid, their health care, their safety net, would be endangered. | ||
| In my congressional district, that adds up to over 49,900 constituents that would lose their Medicaid coverage. | ||
| 35,000 people will lose SNAP benefits. | ||
| These are not just elderly, our people with disabilities. | ||
| Many of these are the working poor that labor in the fields, labor in trying to ensure that they put food on their families' dinner table every night, but do not make sufficient money to do so. | ||
| And therefore, the supplemental food that is provided from the SNAP program is absolutely essential. | ||
| Over 7,200 people in my congressional district would lose their Affordable Health Care Act. | ||
| And when we talk about the safety net that is being impacted, that benefits less than 30% of Americans' population. | ||
| Over 40%, and I would stipulate probably over half of my constituents would be impacted. | ||
| The health care impacts on the safety net that Dr. Ruiz talked about are similar in my area. | ||
| 61% of the people at Community Medical Center, the second largest hospital in California with over 1,200 beds, 61% rely on Medicaid for their reimbursement. | ||
| And not to mention that, we have rural hospitals, again, as was noted by my friend, the good doctor, that are significantly in danger of being closed, closed. | ||
| And in the rural areas of America, certainly in the San Joaquin Valley, you already have complicated challenges of having to drive 30 minutes or an hour to get access to health care. | ||
| And that's also being threatened at this point in time. | ||
| So let me close by saying this. | ||
| Two things have already impacted the people in the San Joaquin Valley. | ||
| Mass deportation and the tariff issues, because I represent one of the largest agricultural regions in the country. | ||
| Mass deportations have resulted in less than half of the workforce not going to their jobs every day because they are in fear of being deported. | ||
| Let me explain that. | ||
| This is not like working in a factory where you shut down for a week and then you come back and you start working again. | ||
| When those pizzas are ripe, they need to be picked. | ||
| When those cherries are ready to be consumed, they need to be put in the grocery store. | ||
| And if you wait a week or two weeks, that beautiful product that Americans enjoy at home at their table is no longer available, period. | ||
| And so you combine the one-two punch of mass deportations, tariffs that eroded our markets abroad, and this big, ugly bill. | ||
| And it is a triple punch impacting the people that I represent. | ||
| And that's the reason that we've got to do everything we can to keep this measure from passing and go back to the drawing board. | ||
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Yes, now we're going to listen to Representative Juan Bargas from California's 52nd District. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I want to thank all my colleagues for being here. | ||
| This big, ugly bill would be devastating for my district. | ||
| I represent San Diego, the border area. | ||
| And we've been hit hard because of the immigration raids, ICE. | ||
| In fact, recently we had four men, armed men with machine guns, waiting to arrest a young lady with three children as she left the hotel where she works. | ||
| She thought she was under attack. | ||
| These men attacked her. | ||
| She went to the ground. | ||
| She was crying and screaming. | ||
| Why? | ||
| Because she had three children at home that didn't know if she was going to come home or not. | ||
| She wanted to make sure that she could come home for those kids. | ||
| And what does this do? | ||
| It gives them hundreds of millions and literally $150 billion to do this some more. | ||
| And to what? | ||
| To create also alligator Alcatraz, the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. | ||
| This is only to humiliate people. | ||
| It's not really a prison. | ||
| It's to humiliate people. | ||
| And that's what they're doing. | ||
| It's outrageous, and we have to stop it. | ||
| I know that my colleagues have already spoken about the devastating cuts to Medicaid, but I want to emphasize when you're on the border, you have a lot of special needs. | ||
| You have a lot of people in San Diego who have adopted children. | ||
| They've adopted children from throughout the world. | ||
| And what happens is that they count on Medicaid, they count on some services to be able to adopt these children. | ||
| And what happens now, they're saying they're going to take this money, these opportunities for them to raise their children away. | ||
| That's what this big, ugly bill does. | ||
| And why? | ||
| Simply to give billionaires more money. | ||
| We have billionaires in San Diego. | ||
| They're all against it. | ||
| We don't have a whole bunch, but every billionaire in San Diego is against this bill. | ||
| One of them said, you know what? | ||
| This would give me $25 million more next year that I don't need. | ||
| Why are you guys passing this bill? | ||
| I said, well, we're not. | ||
| We're fighting like hell against it. | ||
| And hopefully we'll stop it today. | ||
| Tenemos que pelliad encuntad este cochino bill because yo represento San Diego in San Diego. | ||
| This cortes a la yuda medica sería remente un corte que las temería miles de personas thereí. | ||
| Especiallymente y mucha gente no sabesto. | ||
| Las people queadada adoptado a niños que tien ayuda médica, muchos eso mana perder está yuda. | ||
| Y no ma eso tamien lo que estamos viendo en San Diego. | ||
| The arrests of AICE. | ||
| These people yield not criminals, notcecinos. | ||
| They are señoras that work in there in the hotel. | ||
| Como una que salio ace poco el da y es ayudo de trabajo que registar la casa con ustedes niños y a y cuatro de ahí de ACE la taca tenía metra ayados para que una señora que trabaj en lo hotel. | ||
| Y esto la derían como siento y 5uenta biónos idols más para ser eso. | ||
| Por es estamos encontra established. | ||
| Y glacias, por estar aquí a todos mis compaños vamos apelliar encuntad este cochino bill. | ||
| Glacias. | ||
| Cochino bill. | ||
| And let's call now on our very own Congressman Joaquín Castro. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| Thank you, Chairman. | ||
| This bill is shameful, and it's going to be devastating to so many American communities and especially the Latino communities in so many ways at every age of life. | ||
| And my colleagues have spoken well to that. | ||
| And we've spoken over the last few weeks about how devastating the Medicaid cuts would be to long-term nursing home stays, the cuts to Pell Grants, all of these very bad things. | ||
| But I also want to speak to something that Juan addressed, which is the fact that this is the biggest wealth transfer in American history. | ||
| They're taking the money not just to give it to billionaires, but to give it to ICE for more raids. | ||
| The way that ICE is conducting itself, it is terrorizing communities right now. | ||
| Why do I say that? | ||
| Because you have people who are carrying guns with no badges, oftentimes not in uniform, not identifying themselves, and snatching people off the street. | ||
| We've heard mothers wailing as they're pulled away violently because their kids are in school and their kids are going to wonder what happened to them when nobody shows up to pick them up from school. | ||
| And this bill is going to make it worse. | ||
| It's going to make it worse because it adds billions and billions of dollars, not just for more ICE agents to go into the streets in more cities and more communities and do exactly that, but they also have made denaturalization a priority. | ||
| They are going to go to the Latino community, start investigating people, and try to prove that they don't deserve their citizenship. | ||
| That's what this bill does. | ||
| It will dedicate billions of dollars for them to go into Latino communities and try to strip people of their citizenship. | ||
| So it's not a matter of whether somebody is a criminal or not. | ||
| We've seen now that it was a lie that they were only going to target violent criminals. | ||
| They targeted the other day a man that had been in this country for 60 years who ended up dying in ICE custody. | ||
| They're not just going to go after criminals. | ||
| They're going to go after everyday people living across American Latino communities. | ||
| So this bill is not only bad and devastating and shameful, but it's also dangerous for our community. | ||
| Thank you, Joaquin. | ||
| And to further speak on this Cochino bill, we're going to listen now to Darren Soto from Florida's 9th District. | ||
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President Trump's mass deportation is separating families, raising costs, and wrecking our economy. | |
| The one big, ugly bill would allow him to double down on his disastrous policies. | ||
| Thousands of Florida families are being torn apart right now. | ||
| Nearly 500,000 humanitarian parolees just lost their legal status. | ||
| Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans, and another 400,000 TPS holders, predominantly from Venezuela and Haiti, also had their legal status destroyed. | ||
| They were contributing to our economy, and Trump took that all away. | ||
| We've had local families, someone just mentioned a guy who was in the country 60 years from Cuba in Florida, who just died in ICE custody. | ||
| The Juarez Miranda family, who was just deported after 24 years in our agricultural area. | ||
| And now thousands of local citizens in Florida and across our nation are seeing their family members deported. | ||
| Trump's mass deportation is raising costs from farms and ranches to restaurants and landscapers, home builders to hotels and theme parks. | ||
| Major employers and small businesses are losing thousands of employees. | ||
| Now the cost to grow food, manufacture goods, and go on vacation or go out to eat is going to go up as a result. | ||
| Add in Trump's tariffs and it makes the costs even worse. | ||
| Americans are seeing those costs rise in their bank statements every month and their credit card bills every month. | ||
| And Trump's mass deportation is wrecking our economy. | ||
| We saw a terrible jobs report today. | ||
| 33,000 jobs lost this month. | ||
| When you take away workers, raise tariffs, and cause general chaos, businesses pull back on investment and consumers pull back on spending, which is why we saw a negative 5% growth in the first quarter. | ||
| And I think we're going to see it be official. | ||
| I fully expect this next quarter will be negative, and then we will have a recession, or what I like to call a Trump session. | ||
| If this isn't all bad enough, the one big ugly bill will double down on Trump's failed immigration policies. | ||
| $150 billion more for ICE? | ||
| Really? | ||
| More money for alligator, Alcatraz? | ||
| They will kick their mass deportation to high gear. | ||
| They can't seem to deport America's farm workers, cooks, landscapers, cleaning ladies, and construction workers fast enough. | ||
| And it's driving our nation's economy to ruin. | ||
| La deportación de Presidente Trumpes a separando familias, crecindo gastos y detrondo nuetro economía. | ||
| Y su great proyecta de la Feo va tener fueros double de su policías de disastres. | ||
| Miles de familes separado. | ||
| Cación millón personas, Cubanos, Venezolanos, Haitians, and Nicaraguans qui enera here legalmente, contepe es or parole humanitario. | ||
| Trump termino su status legal. | ||
| Y ahora, nosotros vemos ciudanos qui en tienes miembros de sus familia qui taran. | ||
| En este esta crecindo gastos por comida por casas por allos otros cosas, nosotos campramos, caladía, este está afectando emprazaros pequeños y employadores grandes. | ||
| Y also nosotros tenemos esteres que en está haciendo este situación más peyor. | ||
| Y también nosotros tenemos un economía que en está per diendo trabajos, purdiendo crecemiento, yo creo nosotros vamos a tener un recession. | ||
| Porque quien? | ||
| Porque Trump está tratando para terminal Nuetro economía con este deportación. | ||
| Deport y siento 5 dolors más por ICE, por Alligator Alcatraz, porque para destroyer Nuetro economía más este no tiene essence y nosotros necistamos. | ||
| Vota no y nuestro Calcos Espanas está unidos en este oposición. | ||
| Gracias. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| And now we're going to hear from California's Congressman Salú Carvajal. | ||
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Thank you, Adriano. | |
| Let's call this misleading bill what it is. | ||
| It's a big, ugly betrayal of the American people bill. | ||
| That's what this is. | ||
| And as a Marine, I'm not going to be as polite as my colleagues. | ||
| This is a bunch of fucking bullshit. | ||
| Like we say in Spanish, es una mierdan. | ||
| Families across the country have been struggling with the high cost of essentials like groceries, rent, child care, and health care. | ||
| This administration should be working in a bipartisan way to resolve these issues. | ||
| At least that's what the President Trump promised. | ||
| But the American people have seen completely the opposite. | ||
| Republicans at the direction of President Trump have decided to cut social programs for the most vulnerable people in our country in order to give billionaires like Elon Musk another tax break they don't need. | ||
| In their budget bill, Republicans are trying to pass unprecedented funding cuts to health care and food assistance programs. | ||
| In my home district, California Central Coast, these cuts mean over 40,000 people will lose their health care, up to 200,000. | ||
| And 119,000 people that rely on SNAP for food assistance are at risk of going hungry. | ||
| This is outrageous and cruel. | ||
| Instead of protecting and strengthening your health care coverage and feeding hungry families, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are working to approve these indiscriminate cuts that will cause needless suffering. | ||
| All for what? | ||
| To give the richest 1% of Americans the largest tax break in history. | ||
| Not to mention, it adds over $4 trillion to our national debt. | ||
| So if I haven't made myself clear, I fundamentally oppose the Republican budget bill. | ||
| Los Republicanos, siguando las ordenes de este presidente Trump, and asidido recortar los programas sociales que apoyan a las personas más vulnerables de este countís. | ||
| Todo paradada horricos a los maricos otra redución de impuestos. | ||
| Esto es cruel y in humano. | ||
| Y además, esto aamenta lauda nacional entrest a cuatro billiones de dolares. | ||
| Así que haci que si no aquedado claro, mel pongo a este proyecto de lay que es in justo. | ||
| Thank you, Saluk. | ||
| Thank you, Saluk. | ||
| And now we're going to listen from the border, Representative Vicente Gonzalez. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. | |
| Vicente Gonzalez from the great state of Texas. | ||
| We are here in unity, opposing one of the most atrocious bills in modern American history. | ||
| A bill that is impacting senior citizens with over $500 billion of health care cuts to the elderly, the most vulnerable population in America, $400 billion in Medicaid. | ||
| Over a quarter of households in my district in southern Texas are impacted by this. | ||
| This bill leaves 100,000 people at least without health care. | ||
| It cuts $300 billion in SNAP. | ||
| That means school lunches and school breakfasts and meals on wheels for seniors. | ||
| These are sometimes the only meals this population gets all day long. | ||
| But it also empowers this administration with billions of dollars to continue these unlawful, inhumane, un-American raids. | ||
| Raids that are focused on our people, that are devastating the American economy. | ||
| I spoke with my farmers just last week, a big group that supported President Trump. | ||
| They were all in opposition to this bill. | ||
| I spoke with construction companies that are a standstill because they cannot finish their projects because they don't have labor to do so. | ||
| I spoke with other industries, the hotel industry, the restaurant industry. | ||
| Everybody is devastated by the raids that are happening across this country in such an inhumane, hyper-aggressive manner. | ||
| These are working people. | ||
| There's visuals and footage on TV of them chasing down people with weed eaters in their hands, mowing lawns, doing the dirtiest and hardest work in this country. | ||
| That is the population that ICE has gone after. | ||
| And I tell you, Stephen King, Stephen Miller, today it's us. | ||
| Tomorrow it's you. | ||
| It won't be long before the focus is off us. | ||
| And it's against you and your people. | ||
| So it's time for Americans, regardless of what part of the country you are from or what race or nationality, to speak up against the atrocities that are happening in America. | ||
| Y la digo a la gente enlispana que este es el robo más grande que sabisto en American costando 4 tríónes de dollar al pueblo trabajador. | ||
| Perdiendo Medicare para la gente mayor, periendo Medicaid para la gente vecesitada trabajadora, snap que muchas veces la unica comida que receio uniño una persona de traceridad. | ||
| Y la adigo Steven Miller, hoy están perciendo la communidad Latina, pero cuandueste a fo que termine vacer tú comunidad y va cer tú la escer vana persegir. | ||
| Yes, hora que se despierte todo el counte que Latinos y no Latinos y hablen encontra elas actions que a tumado estádminicación. | ||
| Gracias. | ||
| Gracias Vicente. | ||
| Y ahora vamos a cuchal de la congresista los rivas de California. | ||
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Muchas gracias, Chair Espayat, for gathering us here today. | |
| We are back in Washington to stop Republicans' big ugly bill that will implement the largest cuts to health care in our country's history. | ||
| Over 17 million Americans will be impacted by this big ugly bill, including 2.3 million Californians. | ||
| Republicans' cuts to SNAP are cruel and means that kids, seniors, and people with disabilities will go hungry. | ||
| Also, in this big, ugly bill is a blank check for Trump to implement his cruel immigration enforcement agenda that has terrorized our communities and left families living in fear. | ||
| You know, I represent part of the city of Los Angeles, and I have witnessed firsthand the fears that the community has because of these ICE raids that are happening in our city. | ||
| This bill means more money for ICE to continue operating without any oversight, accountability, or transparency. | ||
| It's going to result in more fear, more chaos, more harm on our most vulnerable. | ||
| You know, this includes people. | ||
| You know, I've listened to so many stories from people that have been impacted. | ||
| Andrea Velez, a 32-year-old citizen from downtown Los Angeles who was wrongfully detained by ICE. | ||
| Narciso Baranse, a Marine Corps veteran from California who was beaten by mass veteran agents. | ||
| And Ambrosio Losano, an ice cream vendor from California who was placed in an unmarked vehicle and driven to an unknown location despite not having a criminal record. | ||
| These are all hardworking people who are trying to live out their American dream, only to be detained and sent to facilities across the country. | ||
| We have shown up to ICE facilities across the country and have been stonewalled trying to get answers from them. | ||
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It's evident that ICE lacks the competence and humanity to care for our most vulnerable and should not be giving a blank check to implement Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. | |
| And that's why I join all our House Democrats to vote no on this bill. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Thank you, Luz. | ||
| And now we're going to listen to Congresswoman Emily Randolph from Washington 60s. | ||
| Gracia, Mr. Chair, for bringing us together and thank you for being here and telling the stories of what's happening in this building today and in our communities across the country. | ||
| I'm a freshman and I came to Congress to fight for my neighbors, to make life easier for folks who are just trying to build strong futures. | ||
| I came from a legislature where I didn't always agree with my Republican colleagues, but where we were able to work together on services for disabled Washingtonians and on expanding Medicaid. | ||
| I passed a Medicaid expansion unanimously through the Washington state legislature, but here in this building, our Republican colleagues are lying to you when they say that people aren't going to lose their Medicaid coverage. | ||
| Millions of Americans, 17 million Americans stand to lose Medicaid coverage under this bill. | ||
| In my district, it's over 170,000. | ||
| But I'm not just worried about the folks in Washington's 6th District. | ||
| I'm also worried about the people who live in central and eastern Washington, who are represented by Dan Newhouse and Mike Baumgartner, who live just like my constituents, far away from health care facilities already, who struggle to access health care because their independent providers and small clinics are shuttering their doors. | ||
| Just a few years ago in Washington state, we had to bail out a rural hospital because otherwise people would have to drive hours and hours to access their health care. | ||
| This bill threatens to tear health care away not only from Medicaid patients, but for folks in rural communities who depend on the hospitals keeping their doors open. | ||
| From elderly Americans who depend on Medicaid funding and Medicaid-funded facilities to access health care at the end of their life. | ||
| This bill is bad for the people of this country. | ||
| It's dangerous, and we don't have to pass it. | ||
| I'm calling on my Republican colleagues to be brave right now, to stand up for what's right, and to really dedicate themselves to ensuring that all Americans have the tools that they need to thrive. | ||
| Thank you so much, Emily. | ||
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And now we're going to hear from New Jersey's Congresswoman Nellie Poe. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Chairman. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Good afternoon, everyone. | ||
| And first, let me just say that I stand here proudly alongside my colleagues from the CHC to speak about this big, bad, ugly bill. | ||
| We all know you've heard many of my colleagues talk about what are some of the massive impacts that it will have. | ||
| Well, let me just share a little bit more, some of which you've already heard, but it is just unbelievable that we are still trying to convince the House Republicans on what an incredibly terrible bill this is and for them to have the courage to do the right thing, to do the right thing for their constituents, to do the right thing for all Americans. | ||
| The massive cuts to Medicaid in this bill will unleash catastrophic effects, impacts across America and my district. | ||
| You know, I heard from a mother in my district who worried, who's worried that her disabled son won't have Medicaid access when he ages out of her insurance, which will be soon. | ||
| Another mother, another woman in our district shared that she's worried that Medicaid cuts will mean seniors will lose the health care, nutrition support, social engagement at their local adult care centers, and that help them live independent and meaningful lives. | ||
| A father told me that he fears that his adult daughter with a disability will end up homeless if she loses her Medicaid. | ||
| Without these supports, people will likely have to leave their homes for much costlier institutional settings. | ||
| Instead of helping the least advantage and the least advantage in our community get by, this bill will take away their health care from 17 million Americans and will make them go hungry. | ||
| Instead of lowering costs, it will lead to thousands losing their jobs as nursing homes and hospitals will indeed close. | ||
| Instead of asking billionaires to contribute their fair share, it gives them the tax breaks that they absolutely do not need, and it is just unfathomable. | ||
| Instead of strengthening the economy, it will balloon the national deficit and cost New Jersey billions of dollars. | ||
| This is indeed a cruel bill, a bill that is really going to devastate every single American, except for those who are absolutely the wealthiest of our members in our society. | ||
| They will be just fine. | ||
| They don't have to worry about whether or not they put food on the table, whether or not they have a roof over their head. | ||
| They do not have to worry whether or not they can afford to go to the doctor and pay their medical bills. | ||
| These are the concerns that we have. | ||
| These are the things that we're trying to get Americans to understand. | ||
| And this is why we will continue to fight to try to get our House Republicans to understand that they are part of a big lie. | ||
| Donald Trump is lying when he tells you that he was not going to do this, that he was not going to touch Medicaid. | ||
| The House Republicans are lying when they tell you that that is not going to impact Americans. | ||
| Believe me, we will hear it down the road, the effects that this bill will have. | ||
| We must stop them from being able to pass it. | ||
| I urge all of my colleagues to vote no on this bill. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Chairman. | ||
| Thank you, Congresswoman Poe. | ||
| As we are here in the 11th hour, appealing to just four Republicans. | ||
| Just four Republicans we need to side with the people of the United States of America. | ||
| We have with us a great representative from New Jersey, Representative Rob Menendez. | ||
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Thank you, Chairman. | |
| Thanks. | ||
| Thanks to all my CHC colleagues for being here today. | ||
| I think when you hear 17 million people are going to lose health care, you see that it's not just in places like New York and New Jersey, but it's in Florida and Texas, across the country, in blue and red districts, and why this bill should be problematic for all members of Congress, not just Democrats. | ||
| And as the chairman said, we only need four Republicans to acknowledge the harm that this is going to cause and vote in favor and in honor of their constituents by voting no against this bill. | ||
| And for the American people, they hear Democrats and Republicans tell two different stories. | ||
| But think about on immigration when President Trump said that he was only going to deport criminals, right? | ||
| Well, we've seen every day in our community is that he's casting a wide net that has included citizens here who have been detained, apprehended, people here who are on visa status, people's families being torn apart who have no criminal record. | ||
| So we know that the president can't be trusted. | ||
| We know that he's already lied on his signature issue that he ran on and has enacted during his time in office. | ||
| So, when it comes to a bill this big, it's clear that the president and Republicans can't be trusted. | ||
| It's why every vote, every markup, every debate has happened in the middle of the night. | ||
| It's why House Republicans have been told not to have town halls. | ||
| Because if they talk to their constituents, if they talk to the American people, they would know that this bill is deeply unpopular. | ||
| So, my point to the American people is: just look at the track record of this administration, and you will know that these people cannot be trusted, especially on something as monumental and important as people's health care, people's nutrition. | ||
| These folks cannot be trusted. | ||
| It's why we all will be voting no and making sure the American people understand what's at stake because there's still time left to call the representatives that may be thinking about voting for this and telling them they're making a huge mistake. | ||
| So, thank you all so much, and appreciate everything that CHC does. | ||
| Thank you, Representative Menendez. | ||
| Son cuatros republicanos. | ||
| Toda vía y tiempo para que cuatros republicanos le deg el voto para preseduar el programa de medica program el programas de compones y alimento para segural que nuaya la másba deportación que propone está y vando acabo el Presidente Trump iso administración. | ||
| Que no impacte dramática mente, negarativamente en n nuestra familias. | ||
| Preguntas, questions on topic. | ||
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So, yeah, you were saying you need four, and it's been three hours of holding a vote, and they're down from nine to four. | |
| Right now, there's four Republicans that are not really being convinced yet. | ||
| But it seems like it, like it happened in the Senate. | ||
| It's just a matter of when. | ||
| Eventually, they'll go into Bent and they're just gonna vote for yes. | ||
| Or do you think you no no dados por bencido? | ||
| We don't give up, we need four votes. | ||
| I know that in many other districts, in many other districts, there are hundreds of thousands of people that will lose their Medicaid, that will lose their food stamps, that will get severely hurt, that will be the victims of a weaponized immigration system. | ||
| So, we're hopeful and we're optimistic that four people could hold out. | ||
| Four people could hold out. | ||
| And as we saw in the Senate, it was just one vote. | ||
| In fact, it was just one vote to pass the bill out of this house. | ||
| And so, we're waiting, and we're optimistic, and we're hopeful that those four will hold out. | ||
| they will be the heroes of the American people. | ||
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¿Y en español? | |
| Son cuatro votos que no necesitamos. | ||
| Nos sentimos optimistas. | ||
| Cuatro votos pueden hacer la diferencia. | ||
| En el Senado tomó un solo voto y la vez que salió el proyecto de aquí fue por un solo voto. | ||
| Esta vez hay cuatro que hasta ahora se han rehusado de aprobar este proyecto por los daños que le va a causar a sus distritos. | ||
| Gracias. | ||
| ¿Alguien más? | ||
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Gracias. | |
| Thank you, everybody. | ||
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This floor vote on a fix to the Republican tax and spending cuts bill debate rules has now been kept open for over three hours. | |
| It's not clear if Republicans have the votes to pass the debate rules and begin work. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris is quoted as saying that his caucus isn't ready to support the bill in its current form, but that, quote, the evening is so young. | ||
| In other news, Ohio Republican Warren Davidson has moved into the yes column. | ||
| He was one of two Republican House members who voted no on the original House version of the bill. | ||
| Meanwhile, another Republican who has issues with the bill is Indiana's Victoria Sparts. | ||
| She just released a statement that reads, I'll vote for the bill since we need to make it happen for our economy, and there are some good provisions in it. | ||
| However, I will vote against the rule due to broken commitments by Speaker Johnson to his own members. | ||
| I'm on Plan C now to deal with the looming fiscal catastrophe. | ||
| Speaker Johnson, for his part, left the Capitol around 5 p.m. Eastern to pick up his wife, but said this before he left. | ||
| We're going to get there tonight. | ||
| We're working on it very, very positive, and we're very, very positive about our progress. | ||
| 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 tie-breaking 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 today. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Washington, Mr. Baumgartner. | ||
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General Jacket asked 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 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 Obama 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 allow the people in my district to be unemployed, hungry and without the ability to live their American dream. | ||
| The election is expired. | ||
| Senator Lloyd from North Carolina. | ||
| 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. | ||
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I reserve, Mr. Speaker. | |
| 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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Gentlemen 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 from North Carolina does not yield, therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Lady of 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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Gentleman 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 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 that the gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Speaker? | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| 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. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman 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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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman 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 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. | |
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| 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 gentlewoman 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, Mr. Mfume, 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 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. 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. | ||
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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 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 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 and 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. | ||
| Gentleman 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. | ||
| Gentleman 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. | ||
| Gentleman 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 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 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. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Mr. Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from California, Ms. Kamliger 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 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. | ||
| Gentlemen 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 asked 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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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. | ||
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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. Green, 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 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 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. | |
| Gentleman 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 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 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. | ||
| 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 gentlewoman from Oregon, Ms. Salinas, 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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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. | ||
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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 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. | ||
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The 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 Hawaii, Mr. Kuda, 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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Gentlemen 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 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 Pennsylvania, Ms. Houlihan, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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You can breathe in and take your time up to the land. | |
| Gentlelady 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. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman 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. | ||
| Gentlemen, state is inquiry. | ||
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Does one Republican member have the power to block an amendment to protect Medicaid and SNAP? | |
| 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 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 to 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 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 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 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. Captor, 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. | ||
| 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 California, Mr. Liu, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Can I direct the record from Ohio? | ||
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No, no, yield your exhibit. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order that an 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 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 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 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 Oregon, Ms. Dexter, 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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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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, Mr. Lansman, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Gentlemen 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. | ||
| Gentlemen 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. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Oshewski, 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 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. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Vermont, Ms. Ballant, 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. Tecano, 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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Gentlemen 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. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida, Ms. Castro, 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. | |
| 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. | ||
| Gentleman 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. | ||
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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. Clyburn, 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 formula be applied to the low-income areas affected by this bill. | ||
| Was that you see? | ||
| Speaking unanimous consent? | ||
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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 an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts in Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Once again, the gentlelady has been clear. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman 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 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 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 in 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 Mr. Further, 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. | ||
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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 Texas, Mr. Kassara, 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 has 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. | ||
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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, 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 don'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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gentlelady reserves her time we'll advise both sides of the time remaining Yes, what you do. | |
| The gentleman from Massachusetts has seven minutes remaining. | ||
| 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. | ||
| I 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. | ||
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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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. Sonia. | ||
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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 that 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 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 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. | ||
| Chair would remind both sides of two things. | ||
| Please direct your remarks to the chair. | ||
| That is a House rule. | ||
| And to avoid vulgar speak, we do have families in the gentleman, who 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 iReserve. | ||
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Gentlelady Reserves. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts with four and one-half minutes remaining. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| And I hope that when the President comes here next, you'll admonish him for the language he uses. | ||
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But I'd now like to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Delaware, Ms. McBride. | |
| She's recognized. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this big, ugly bill. | ||
| And let's be clear: this bill is Trump care. | ||
| And Trump care means 17 million more Americans uninsured and all the rest of us paying higher costs and driving further to get care. | ||
| Over the last several months, I've met with hundreds of Delawareans, parents, patients, providers, hospital leaders, teachers, nurses, people across the state of Delaware. | ||
| Everyone asking us, pleading with us to kill this bill. | ||
| Are my Republican colleagues meeting with their constituents? | ||
| Are they ignoring them? | ||
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Do they even care? | |
| Every yes vote shows very clearly that they don't. | ||
| This bill is trickle-down cruelty, and people will die because of it. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| As the President has said numerous times, there'll be no cuts to Medicaid. | ||
| The One Big Beautiful bill protects and strengthens Medicaid for those who rely on it. | ||
| Pregnant women, children, seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income families, while eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. | ||
| The One Big Beautiful bill removes illegal aliens, enforces work requirements, and protects Medicaid for the truly vulnerable. | ||
| And for our colleagues on the other side who say illegal aliens are not receiving this, we understand that 1.4 million people do not meet citizenship and immigration status requirements for Medicaid enrollment, but would be covered under current law and programs funded by the states. | ||
| And we know that because we have a CBO score. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentlelady's time is reserved. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from California, Mr. Connor. | ||
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Gentleman from California is recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Chair. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I never want to hear the Republicans lecture about fiscal responsibility again. | ||
| The last president to actually balance this budget was Bill Clinton. | ||
| And today, Bob Rubin and Larry Summers wrote an op-ed in the New York Times that every American should read. | ||
| Their budget will take the deficit up to 8% of GDP. | ||
| It is historically unprecedented in the history of our country during peacetime. | ||
| We've never had a more reckless deficit exploding bill than what they're posing. | ||
| The Democrats have a proposal to bring the deficits back down under 4%. | ||
| Bob Rubin and Larry Summers were the last ones who've done it. | ||
| Hakeem Jeffries is leading with a sensible proposal to lower deficits. | ||
| If you care about debt in this country, if you care about our grandkids being burdened with debt, if you care about a bond market devastation, then you need to recognize that this bill hurts America and you need to support the Democratic plan for deficit reduction. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Chair. | ||
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Gentlelady of North Carolina, with four and three-quarter minutes remaining. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Barr. | ||
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Gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for a half minute. | |
| With the One Big Beautiful Bill, President Trump is once again keeping his promises to the American people. | ||
| He promised he would stop the largest tax increase in American history. | ||
| He promised he would make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent. | ||
| He promised he would deliver the largest tax cut for hardworking taxpayers in American history. | ||
| And he promised to eliminate tax on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits. | ||
| President Trump is keeping his word. | ||
| He is delivering much-needed relief for the American people. | ||
| And this will produce an investment surge, driving real median incomes up by $10,000 relative to the scenario in which the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is allowed to expire. | ||
| And to my friend from California, if he cares about fiscal responsibility, stopping a $4.5 trillion tax increase stops a recession. | ||
| You cannot balance the budget without growth. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, we have like a million more speakers over here, but we're out of time. | ||
| So I'm prepared to close. | ||
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So I don't know how many more speakers the gentlelady has. | |
| Mr. Speaker, we're prepared to close also. | ||
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Looks like both sides are prepared to close. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts, you have two and one-half minutes for me. | ||
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I don't want to close, but I'm prepared to close. | |
| Mr. Speaker, this bill is a moral failure. | ||
| It rips health care away from millions. | ||
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It pushes more families into hunger. | |
| It leaves seniors stranded. | ||
| Also, billionaires can keep more of what they'll never spend. | ||
| Republicans say lose your job? | ||
| Too bad. | ||
| Hospitals shut down? | ||
| Good luck. | ||
| Can't afford groceries or insulin? | ||
| Figure it out. | ||
| But if you're a big oil, a CEO, or a trust fund baby, don't worry. | ||
| You know, we've got you covered. | ||
| This bill is about who matters and who doesn't. | ||
| And guess what? | ||
| Working people didn't make the cut. | ||
| But I want my Republican colleagues to know they don't have to do this. | ||
| They don't have to sell out their own communities. | ||
| They don't have to vote for a bill that goes against fundamental things they claim to believe in. | ||
| Crazy as it sounds, they don't have to hurt people to keep Trump happy. | ||
| Find a spine. | ||
| Find a conscience, for God's sake, because the American people are watching. | ||
| They know the difference between real leadership and bootlicking. | ||
| A vote for this bill is a vote for cruelty. | ||
| It's a vote for fiscal irresponsibility and a vote to screw over your constituents to give more to the ultra-wealthy. | ||
| This bill is a middle finger to working people. | ||
| Now, we can still stop this. | ||
| We can still do the right thing. | ||
| Vote no. | ||
| Go back to the table. | ||
| Work with us on tax relief for people who are not making millions and billions of dollars. | ||
| Don't let this be your legacy. | ||
| That so many of you are blindly going along with this just to please the guy in the White House is shameful. | ||
| You have a responsibility to care for the people in your districts. | ||
| And you're voting for a bill that's going to throw millions off of health care and rip food off kitchen tables all across the country. | ||
| It's shameful. | ||
| It is shameful. | ||
| I'm disgusted that we are here debating this trash. | ||
| And with that, I urge a no vote on the rule and a no vote on the bill. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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A vote here on a fix to the debate rules for the Republican tax and spending cuts bill. | |
| This has been kept open for nearly five hours as Republican leaders are not sure they have the votes to pass the rules and begin work. | ||
| Republican holdouts, including members of the Freedom Caucus, have been huddling with Speaker Johnson to discuss their concerns. | ||
| Some have also traveled to the White House for meetings. | ||
| We're now reading that representatives from the White House are at the Capitol to continue negotiations. | ||
| President Trump has said repeatedly that he wants Congress to send him the bill by Friday, the 4th of July. | ||
| Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris is quoted as saying that his group isn't ready to support the bill in its current form, but that, quote, the evening is so young. | ||
| Texas Republican and Freedom Caucus member Chip Roy told Fox News, I'm a no. | ||
| We need to understand exactly exactly how this stuff will get implemented because I need these subsidies to end because they are damaging Texas's grid. | ||
| In other news, Ohio Republican Warren Davidson has moved into the yes column. | ||
| He was one of two Republican House members who voted no on the original House version of the bill. | ||
| Meanwhile, another Republican who has issues with the bill is Indiana's Victoria Sparts. | ||
| She released a statement this afternoon that reads, I'll vote for the bill since we need to make it happen for our economy, and there are some good provisions in it. | ||
| However, I will vote against the rule due to broken commitments by Speaker Johnson to his own members. | ||
| I'm on Plan C now to deal with the looming fiscal catastrophe. | ||
| Again, this vote would fix language in the rule that would have made it difficult for Speaker Johnson to delay or reschedule the final passage vote. |