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adriano espaillat

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gwen moore

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ralph norman

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sydney kamlager-dove

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troy carter

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virginia foxx

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emily randall

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jim mcgovern

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nick langworthy

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robert garcia

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tammy thueringer

cspan 01:42

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Speaker	Time	Text
unidentified		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.
		The underlying measure is the Republican tax and spending cuts bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful bill, which would permanently extend tax cuts that were enacted in 2017.
		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.
		If the House adopts any amendments or changes to the Senate bill, it would have to head back to the upper chamber for Senate approval on the House changes.
		Greetings, everyone.
		I'm Congresswoman Yvette Clark, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and proud representative of New York's 9th Congressional District, located in central and southwest Brooklyn.
		I want to say thank you to First Vice Chair Carter, Congresswoman Hayes, Congresswoman Moore, and Congresswoman Kelly, as well as all of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus here present for joining me at this critical and pivotal moment for our nation.
		We all know why we're here today.
		We all know that it is to stand in opposition to Donald Trump's one big ugly bill.
		As it turns out, we're not the only ones who have problems with it.
		Only moments ago, Republicans failed to pass the vote they needed to get the big, ugly bill to the House floor.
		They failed because House Republicans are ceaselessly paralyzed by their internal chaos and addiction to dysfunction.
		It's an embarrassment, but I digress.
		So let's discuss the facts.
		If this bill passes through our chamber, then we will see Medicare, Medicaid, ripped for more than 15 million Americans.
		We will see food ripped out of the hands of children through nearly $200 billion in SNAP benefit cuts, which will impact as many as 6 million black children and teens across this nation.
		We will see the deficit balloon by $3.3 trillion.
		That's trillion with a T over the next decade.
		Hospital and health care centers in diverse and rural communities will close.
		5 million children, 51% of all black children will lose eligibility for the full child tax credit, and so many other atrocities that have been hidden within the 1,000-page mega bill will rise out of the woodwork and strike American lives.
		Make no mistake, Trump's bill is going to tear apart the social safety nets millions of Americans depend on just to live, and that pain will not discriminate.
		Black or white, Republican or Democrat, this bill is coming for you and your family.
		And it's a simple truth that contempt for working families is hardwired into the administration's DNA.
		And their budget reflects that with stunning clarity.
		But I assure you, the conscience of the Congress is clear.
		We recognize the villainous budget for what it is, just as we recognize those who support it for the villains they are.
		So do the American people.
		They've called on the House to stop this legislation in its tracks.
		And we can stop it.
		Four Republicans take a stand.
		Let me reiterate, four Republicans out of 220 are all that we need to block the big, ugly bill.
		Unfortunately, I have my doubts that anyone beyond the usual suspects, let alone four Republicans, have the moral or intestinal fortitude necessary to do so.
		We have seen this story play out too many times before.
		And so I am certain we'll find out shortly just how many congressional Republicans would rather steal health care and food aid from millions of Americans, blow up the federal deficit beyond repair, betray every principle they need to stand for those, stand for than oppose Donald Trump's will and that of his billionaire donors.
		We will find out how many of them would choose to hurt their communities instead of hurting the president's feelings.
		We'll find out who among them are public servants and who are Donald Trump's servants.
		Well, they may be scared of him, but we are certainly not.
		We are going to the floor and we are going to fight this bill and if it passes, we're going to tell the American people exactly who hurt them.
		It's been a long, long list.
		And with that, it's my honor and privilege to ask the first vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Troy Carter of Louisiana, to bring his comments at this time.
		Thank you.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Madam Chair.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		Thank you to all of my courageous colleagues for standing at a time when America needs us most.
unidentified		I want to thank you all, press, for joining us.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		Thank our illustrious chairwoman for convening us today for this important conversation about Republicans' harmful one big, ugly bill.
		The bottom line is that this legislation will hurt Americans across the country, Republicans and Democrats, but our colleagues don't seem to realize they're not strong enough, bold enough, or bad enough to stand up against Donald Trump, even when it means their own people will suffer.
		How pitiful is that?
		I'm deeply concerned about the devastating impacts this bill will have specifically on Medicaid.
		Medicaid is more than a program.
		It's a lifeline for millions of Americans, children, mothers, and people with disabilities, seniors, and many of whom are black in our community and rely on the essential health coverage that Medicaid provides.
		Yes, this bill threatens to slash Medicaid funding in historic ways, causing irreparable harm.
		Let me be clear.
		This bill is a billionaire's boondoggle.
		The top 0.1% will gain on an average of $309,000 in 2027.
		That's $847 every single day.
unidentified		Did I mention that SNAP benefits are only $6 a day?
unidentified		They get a break of $847 a day.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		Millionaires will see their pockets lined with an average of $96,400 per year.
		Meanwhile, families earning less than $50,000 get a laughable $247 annually, less than $1 a day.
		This tax cut is for billionaires.
unidentified		Health care cuts for families.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		Billionaires get tax cuts, poor people just get cut.
		What's wrong with that picture?
		The Congressional Budget Office estimates some 17 million Americans will lose their health care because of this ugly bill.
		Medicaid snap and ACA marketplace cuts total $1.3 trillion, the exact amount to enrich those making over $500,000 a year.
		This could have funded and expanded child tax credits, universal family leave, and kept millions insured.
		But the Republicans in this White House chose to lean toward the riches of the rich and to have a reverse Robin Hood, to steal from the poor and give to the rich.
		Yesterday, I introduced a simple amendment to this bill.
		It simply said: 100% of any Medicaid savings must be invested back into the program.
		Since my colleagues seem to think that there's so much waste, fraud, and abuse, and we all firmly stand against waste, fraud, and abuse, if you find it, put it back into Medicaid since you say that you want to strengthen the program.
		This money should help children, mothers, seniors, and people with disabilities, not pay for billionaire tax scams.
		But as you might imagine, Republicans shot it down.
		Why?
unidentified		Hmm.
unidentified		Because they never, ever cared about Medicaid.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		They never cared about strengthening the system.
		They never cared about making it better for generations to come.
		They only saw it as a honeypot to find money to give tax breaks to the riches of the rich.
		This was the low-hanging fruit in their estimation.
		And poor people once again took it on the chin.
		My Republican colleagues say they want to protect the vulnerable populations and face and fight waste, fraud, and abuse.
		But this bill rips health care away from the very people Medicaid was intended to serve.
unidentified		It will shutter nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and blow up state budgets.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		In my home state of Louisiana, a Republican-led House and Senate passed unanimous resolutions saying this bill will kill Louisiana.
unidentified		This is the home of our Speaker.
unidentified		That's right.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		Our majority leader.
unidentified		This is a legislature that the Speaker served in along with me, along with Majority Leaders Leader Scaleese.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		We all came out of this very body in Louisiana.
		This body had the wisdom to say, no, this is bad.
		This is bad for all Louisianians and bad for all Americans.
gwen moore ▲ ● ▼		Wake up.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		Push back.
		Find that intestinal fortitude to do the right thing.
		Donald Trump's big, ugly bill is a betrayal of working people, leaving millions hungry, uninsured, and worst of all, all to fund massive tax breaks for the richest rich.
		We stand here today unified.
		We invite others to join us, just four more, to come and be brave enough to say that my oath of office is to the people and to the Constitution, not to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and not to anyone president.
unidentified		We stand firm.
		Next, I will bring up Representative Gwen Moore.
		So, Gwen.
gwen moore ▲ ● ▼		Thank you so much, Madam Chair and Troy Carter, and all of my colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus, the conscience of Congress.
		The Republicans have jammed their bill, renamed the Act, because the parliamentarian decided that one big, beautiful bill did not meet the guidelines.
		It didn't pass the bird bath, the bird rule.
		Even the parliamentarian realizes that this nomenclature is inappropriate for this big, ugly bill.
		I'm a member of the Ways and Means Committee, so I want to talk to you about the math and the budget gimmicks that they have used to sell this to their caucus and to buoy the lies that they have been telling the public.
		First of all, this bill came back from the United States Senate with $4 trillion worth of debt equaling zero.
		I don't know how I'm explaining that to my great-grandchildren when I try to teach them math.
		I don't know how I'm going to do it.
		But they've somehow been able to convince their caucus so far that $4 trillion worth of debt is equal to zero so that they can meet the budgetary requirements of this budget resolution.
		I tell you, while they're killing Sesame Street and Big Bird because all of us and our children who were taught through Sesame Street know better than this, that this math just don't work.
		This bill will add trillions of dollars to the deficit.
		As a matter of fact, over the past, I would say since the beginning of this century, the debt has primarily occurred because of unpaid for tax cuts.
		Not because we have spent money on taking care of our people, but because of unpaid for tax cuts.
		So, while many of the committee members that you see here on the Energy and Commerce Committee that dealt with Medicaid, you know, on the, and also energy credits, you saw people on the Education Committee deal with their merck.
		Our committee, the Ways and Means Committee, was told to, instead of cutting, they have asked us to add $4.5 trillion to the debt.
		And boy, I'm telling you, Republicans met their mark and turned the American people into their merck.
		Instead of using the trifecta, the House, the presidency, and the Senate to lift up not only low-income workers, but middle-class Americans, Republicans chose to prop up the wealthy.
		And despite the lies that they have told you, the distribution tables prove it.
		That the majority of these dollars go to the most wealthy.
		I'll reiterate some of the numbers, but I'll just tell you 60%, 66, two-thirds of the benefit of the tax cuts will go to the top 20%.
		How many of y'all in the top 20%?
unidentified		All right, we're not going to wait for you to raise your hands because we are not going to get any.
gwen moore ▲ ● ▼		None of these people are in the top 20%.
		And as Mr. Carter pointed out, that the top 110th percent, not 1%, 110th percent gets a $309,000 tax break while people making under $50,000 get drumroll $247.
		And I'm telling you, Republicans have panicked.
		They've thrown in stuff like no tax on tips.
		Of course, you'll still be paying FICA.
		You will be paying tax on those tips.
		They're saying that they will not tax seniors on Social Security.
		That's a lie.
		You're going to get taxed on Social Security if you earn more than a certain amount.
		All they're doing is putting a little temporary supplement in to fool you.
		And, you know, the swamp math just doesn't work.
		And the biggest thing that they've done, the biggest lie, you know, that, you know, the low-income people are going to realize $11,000 increase in their taxes and 72,000, I don't know where they get these numbers from.
		They get it because the White House and the Republicans in Congress have agreed that we're going to have never before seen growth from these tax cuts.
		Well, I'm old enough to know that in the last 45 years of trickle-down theories that we ain't seen one drop of trickle.
unidentified		And this bill is no different.
gwen moore ▲ ● ▼		Tax cuts do not pay for themselves.
		Every credible economist will tell you that.
		They, Republican economists, will tell you that they don't.
		And how do we pay for this?
		You'll hear in more detail from other members.
		How in the world do we pay for it?
		We pay for it number one by fuzzy math.
		Number two, by demonizing recipients of Medicaid, really calling them waste, fraud, and abuse, where people on Medicaid are, a 64-year-old woman is going to be required to work in order to get Medicaid or SNAP.
		And if she's not been determined to be disabled by the Social Security Administration, she'll automatically be deemed to be able-bodied.
		Okay, I'm coming.
		Who's going to pay for this cost when we gut SNAP Medicaid and ACA?
		The veterans, foster youth, seniors, children who are going to lose school lunch, 17 million Americans who lose health care.
		And, you know, this bill is just morally irresponsible.
		And I really thank my colleagues for the opportunity to share.
		Thank you, Gwen.
		And I would now like to yield to the person in our caucus.
		She is a PhD, actually, Dr. Robin Kelly, who is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust.
		All right, Benny See you.
		Thank you very much, boys.
unidentified		Let's give it up for Gwen, y'all.
		Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for being here today.
		Thank you to Chairwoman Clark for organizing this press conference as the CBC speaks up and out against this bill.
		As my colleagues have already said, this bill is cruel and evil.
		It was ugly when it first passed the House, and then the Senate Republicans made it worse.
		The big ugly bill will cost people their lives.
		That's the bottom line.
		As you've heard, 17 million Americans will be stripped of their health care.
		When people lose health care, yes, people die.
		That's not hyperbole, that's fact.
		And we know who will be most impacted, black people.
		13.3 million black people rely on Medicaid.
		That includes 5.7 million children.
		And if that isn't bad enough, the consequences of this bill go beyond the individual person.
		It will impact hospitals, which in turn affect everyone, even if you aren't covered by Medicaid.
		Emergency rooms will be flooded, or more flooded, I should say.
		Wait times will increase.
		Life-saving care will be delayed.
		Hospitals and health care centers will be overwhelmed.
		This Republican bill will lead to $1.3 billion in uncompensated care costs for hospitals across my home state of Illinois, threatening nine at-risk rural hospitals across the state.
		Over 330 hospitals across the country can close.
		It is never a good time for a hospital to close.
		But right now, our country is in the middle of a black maternal mortality crisis.
		Medicaid covers 65% of the births to black women.
		Where will black women go if they don't have health insurance and there are no hospitals?
		For many black women, the answer would be a local health clinic like Planned Parenthood that provides cancer screening, birth control, STI testing, and more.
		But Republicans have long sought to end Planned Parenthood and they're using this bill to defund it.
		Nearly half of black women have received care at one of their clinics.
		When I was in college, I was one of those black women.
		I had moved from New York City to Peoria, Illinois, and I didn't know where else to go for a simple annual checkup.
		I knew that Planned Parenthood was reliable, affordable, and accessible.
		Sorry if that's too much information.
		Our country is also in the midst of another public health crisis, gun violence.
		Guns have been the leading cause of death for all children and teens since 2020.
		But guns have been the leading cause of death for black children since 2006.
		Instead of protecting children, President Trump shut down the Office of Gun Violence Prevention on day one.
		They are ending grants for community violence intervention.
		Republicans are protecting guns, not children.
		The big ugly bill eliminates restrictions on gun silencers and short-barreled rifles.
		Gun silencers are not something out of a movie.
		They create real harm to communities.
		It should be common sense to regulate such dangerous weapons.
		But Republicans have made it clear they do not care about black people or black lives.
		Republicans are stealing our health care.
		They are closing our hospitals and health clinics.
		They are exacerbating gum violence and maternal mortality.
		Simply put, this bill is deadly.
		I'm still voting no.
		Hell no.
		And with that, I'd like to introduce my colleague from Connecticut, Johanna Hayes.
		Teachers of the year.
		Every year.
		Thank you, and thank you for being here.
		I find it hard to believe when I read articles that say that there's a huge percentage of the American public who doesn't even know what's in this bill because everybody should be paying attention to the profound impact of what is about to happen.
		For me, the things that I am focused on are the cuts to nutrition and education, programs that our children rely on, all in order to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest individuals who don't even need it.
		This Republican-led reconciliation bill proposes direct attacks on our youngest generation.
		The bill is the largest cut ever in history to the SNAP program.
		Nearly 27% of black families are recipients of SNAP.
		For those families who are already disproportionately affected by food insecurity, these cuts will further deepen those hardships.
		When kids lose SNAP benefits, they often lose access to free and reduced lunch at school.
		There's something called community eligibility provisions where schools get reimbursed for their students who receive SNAP benefits.
		So when they lose food at home, they're also losing food at school.
		This is going to hurt our most vulnerable students and the ones who need it most.
		Beyond nutrition, this bill targets education.
	Oh, wait, before I even move to education, there's a provision in this bill that is so incredibly cruel.
	One of my colleagues referred to this as trickle-down cruelty yesterday.
	So for families who have children, the age of a minor child went from 18 to 9 in the House version and 14 in the Senate version.
	So on a child's 14th birthday, instead of their mother or their father serving them a birthday cake, which by the way, my colleagues don't want them to be able to buy with SNAP, they need to be out looking for a job.
	They need to be out finding alternative employment to add to the one, two, sometimes three jobs they already have because they're about to lose their SNAP benefits.
	It's beyond cruel.
	This bill also targets education.
	I am a teacher.
	That is what brought me to Congress.
	And the proposed cuts to the Department of Education would have prevented someone like me from pursuing a higher education and going to school.
	About 60% of black students rely on Pell Grants.
	This bill makes it harder for students to access Pell Grants, makes student loans more restrictive.
	It even eliminates parent-plus loans and graduate plus loans.
	This is particularly concerning for black students and families who historically rely on these loans to put their kids through college.
	Yes, we all believe in career and technical education.
	We all believe that we need a skilled labor force.
	But we also know that in our poorest communities, we have students, black students, who are extremely bright, and they want to go to college.
	They want to pursue degrees and go back and help their communities.
	The changes in this bill would limit access to higher education and professional careers, like nurses, engineers, doctors, dentists, and even teachers, perpetuating cycles of economic disadvantage in our most vulnerable communities.
	We do not need to make this choice.
	We can afford to feed children in the United States of America, and even more, we can afford to educate children in the United States of America.
	These policies are intended to take food out of the mouths of children, to strip away their educational opportunities and reward billionaires.
	Hungry kids don't learn.
	It's that simple.
	The two go hand in hand.
	You can't be a good teacher without worrying about what's in a kid's belly.
	You can't only focus on their brain without focusing on their belly.
	Imagine a child hungry and unable to learn.
	Now imagine that same child with a brilliant mind who just needs a shot, who just needs the adults in power to move the obstacles that could make their dreams a reality.
	Republicans are not just cutting budgets, they're cutting futures.
	They're cutting off the right of every child in this nation to dream big.
	They're cutting off the rights of black children to achieve their highest aspirations.
	This bill is an act of malice.
	I reject this irresponsible legislation.
	I will vote no because I will never use my voice, my vote, or my privilege right now of serving in Congress to hurt children.
	We have a moral responsibility to ensure that every child has access to nutritious food and a high-quality education.
	And if you think this doesn't affect you, wait five minutes.
	Your neighbors, your friends, your communities, your families will be decimated by the effects of this reckless, irresponsible piece of legislation.
	In this country, no child, no senior, no veteran, no person who works every day should go to bed hungry.
	And in this Congress, we have the ability to make sure that that does not happen.
	So stick around.
	I don't know how long this is going to take.
	I don't know if we're going to be here for the 4th of July, for Labor Day, for Thanksgiving, but I'll stay as long as it takes because I will not put a card in that machine and vote to take food out of the mouths of hungry children.
	Thank you.
	Thank you.
	Ms. Kamlager-Daba.
sydney kamlager-dove ▲ ● ▼		Hello, everybody.
		My name is Sidney Kamlager-Dove.
		I'm the Congresswoman for the 37th Congressional District.
		I am standing here with my colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus.
		We are the Congressional Black Receipts Caucus because we are bringing receipts about what is in this bill.
		Let me tell you something.
		There is no Republican Party bus coming up here to the Capitol because they know that they are being charged with selling snake oil that's coming out of the White House.
		We have a president that is more committed to selling fragrances than he is to telling the truth.
		And they are negotiating with this person about bending the knee to him rather than bending the knee to the constituents.
		And in our district, in every single district across this country, 85% of voters in every single district want Medicaid, want SNAP, want these programs that they are cutting.
		And these Republicans should be listening to their constituents.
		Earlier today, every single member of the Congressional Black Caucus stood up. to ask for unanimous consent to strip away the amendments to Medicaid and SNAP.
		And Virginia Fox didn't even have the decency or the integrity to stand up with each request and deny it.
		She sat there like a tumor.
		But over 100 members, over 100 members led by the Congressional Black Caucus got up and raised the issue because Medicaid and SNAP are too important, not just to our communities, not just to our constituents, but to this country.
		This administration wants to separate us by race so they can divide us by class.
		But let me tell you something.
		If you cut Medicaid, you're going to close hospitals.
		You're going to close urgent cares.
		You're going to close community clinics.
		And folks, even if they get sick, when they get sick, they are going to show up to those places.
		And if they are open, it's going to cost everyone who doesn't have Medicaid more.
		And if they do close, they are going to find their way to an emergency room near you and drive up your costs.
		So why don't we recognize that we're all connected?
		I'm going to tell you something.
		This administration is lying when they tell you they have a provision that says no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security.
		Let me tell you something.
		It's not about zero taxes.
		It's a minor deduction.
		And I've been up for many long hours.
		So I'm a little fuzzy.
		But what I can tell you is his math is equally fuzzy.
		And it is so fuzzy and complicated that working folks who rely on tips, who rely on overtime, might only end up taking an additional $10 home.
unidentified		How is $10 going to help you?
sydney kamlager-dove ▲ ● ▼		It's not, especially when the richest of the rich are getting tax breaks of up to $300,000.
		I had an amendment that say, if you really care about the working people, then make this tax cut permanent rather than temporary, only for the time that you're in office, Donald Trump.
		But Republicans don't want to support that.
		Make no mistake, this bill is going to make America more sick, more broke, and more hungry.
		While the top 1%, 0.1%, walks away with over $300,000 in tax breaks every year.
		And the average American will take home less than $250.
		And $250 doesn't mean shit to somebody on a tight budget trying to decide how much of the utility bill can they pay, if they can pay all of the rent and buy all of the food and get the diapers and the incidentals and the emergencies that crop up.
		And Donald Trump doesn't know what it means to hope for an extra $250.
		It doesn't go very far when you have a family of four that you have to feed.
		I'm going to say it again.
		Over 85% of voters in every single district want Medicaid, want SNAP.
		And now the new provisions in the Senate version that we have to vote on will also cut into Medicare.
		I'm going to say it.
		I'm going to say this.
		Elections have consequences.
		And we are dealing with the consequences of what happened in 2024.
		But mean it when I tell you that the black caucus is turning into the receipt caucus because we want everyone to know what is in this bill.
		We want everyone to know how they will be impacted.
		We want everyone to know how more broke, how more hungry, how more sick they are going to become.
		And we need to be holding these receipts up to and through 2026 and holding these Republicans accountable.
		Why aren't they here with balloons and megaphones touting how beautiful this thing is?
		Because they know it stinks just like the cologne that they are selling in the White House.
		I'm going to bring it back to Chair Clark to come.
unidentified		Well, let me again just thank all of my colleagues, their expertise, their understanding of what's in the big ugly is what we want to share with the American people.
		At this point, I want to open the floor to any of our reporters who have any questions.
		Yes, and just state your name and your outlet.
		Michael Jones from Once Upon the Health.
		Thank you, Chair Clark, for doing this.
		The Senate added a $50 billion hospital fund for rural states and districts to mitigate some of the concerns that senators had about the cuts to Medicaid to their rural constituents.
		Obviously, there are a lot of health disparities that you all deal with in some of your suburban and urban districts and states.
		Can you just speak about how, are you concerned that those constituents will be left behind if the House is successful in passing this bill that includes this $50 billion?
		This is a very dangerous bill.
		They're going to try to sweeten the pot with all kinds of gimmicks.
		At the end of the day, rural, suburban, urban, all of our health care institutions are at peril under this bill.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		But they wouldn't need to be able to do it.
unidentified		Oh, okay, hold on.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		$50 billion.
		$50 million to address.
		$50 billion.
		$50 billion is still woefully short.
		When you talk about rural hospitals throughout the country, I will give you my home state as a test case.
		When I was in the state senate, we expanded Medicaid.
unidentified		We instantly started opening rural hospitals.
troy carter ▲ ● ▼		People started getting on the rules.
		The same will be true in reverse.
		That $50 billion will not even scratch the surface throughout our entire country.
		It is nothing more than window dressing and used to allure and to entice those voters who, those members of the Senate who had the courage for a moment to stand up, they've been throwing a little piece of red meat to sell out the rest of the country.
		It will not do the job.
		People will still die.
		Hospitals will still close.
unidentified		Any more questions?
		Yeah.
		Can you talk?
		Can you comment on, I saw the CPC did the Congo line with the Congo line.
		We did a conscience line.
		I hear you.
		So are you going to do any, is there anything else you can do to delay this?
		Was that pretty much it under the rules of the House?
		Can you talk about that?
		First of all, we will continue to protest what is taking place under the Trump administration.
		We will do everything within our power within the procedures of the floor to make sure that the American people are educated, informed, and understand where this harm is coming from.
		Our colleagues on the other side of the lot, of the other side of the aisle, as Congresswoman Kamlaga Duff has said, have been lying through their teeth to make sure that they can benefit the billionaire class in America.
		At the end of the day, the vast majority of Americans will be devastated if this bill were to pass.
		But also, can I tell you that?
		Hold on, one moment.
		Joanna Hayes.
		They're their own problem, we good, we've all voted.
		We're here.
		We're doing what we have to do.
		We got a procedural amendment, an easy vote.
		This isn't even the hard vote.
		That's been open for 103 minutes because they can't get their members to vote to add an amendment about debate.
		So the question, I guess, needs to be directed at them.
		They can't even, if this bill is as beautiful as you say it is, if you have a mandate and an assignment, then turn it in.
		We're here.
		All these members have come back.
		Every Democrat is on record having voted.
		Tally, Democrats, 212.
		We're here.
		I don't understand how in between votes, they lose 20, 30 members and then have to rally them back.
		So we understand the assignment, and we're here doing what we have to do.
		They're their own problem right now.
sydney kamlager-dove ▲ ● ▼		Let me try.
		I'm going to say this.
		We have to manage people's expectations.
		There are only certain tools in the toolbox, but one of the tools we do have is telling the truth.
		And the truth is, every single person will be impacted if this bill is passed.
		And we know that he is twisting people's arms, but we also know that Medicaid, that healthcare fuels economies.
		And when you're cutting health care, when you're cutting Medicaid, you're also cutting jobs.
		That's why folks are up in arms.
		They're trying to figure out how to square the circle.
		And the circle does not square with this mask.
		The circle does not square.
		So we're here.
		We're going to vote.
		They're running.
		They're in their offices.
		They're drinking whiskey.
		They're at the White House.
		They are trying to figure out how to switch the narrative so that they can pivot away from the truth.
		But the truth is, every single person will be impacted.
		You will either have your health care cut or you will have your costs go up.
unidentified		Thank you all very much.
		Thank you for enduring the heat and getting our message out today.
		We appreciate it.
		Enjoy the rest of the day.
		A vote here on a fix to the debate rules for the Republican tax and spending cuts bill.
		This has been kept open for over 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.
		And something new, the vote of Texas Republican Keith Self is now in doubt with him releasing this statement late this afternoon.
		The Senate's version of the BBB, big, beautiful bill, is morally and fiscally bankrupt.
		We must get back closer to the House-passed version.
		Additionally, Tennessee Republican Tim Burchett is telling CNN that he is, quote, firmly undecided on supporting the bill.
		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 the 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.
		The underlying measure is the Republican Tax and Spending Cuts Bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, which would permanently extend tax cuts that were enacted in 2017.
		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.
		If the House adopts any amendments or changes to the Senate bill, it would have to head back to the upper chamber for Senate approval on the House changes.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Good afternoon, everybody.
unidentified		I'm Congressman Adriano Espayat.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		I know it's hot and late in the day, but we're here because a crime is being perpetrated in that building.
		Whenever you cut health care severely, the way is attempted to be cut today, people's lives are in danger.
		Seniors' lives are in danger.
		Children's lives are in danger.
		Mothers' lives are in danger.
		Everyone's lives are in danger when cuts of this nature are being perpetrated like they are today.
		When food stamps are 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.
unidentified		So, this bill is big, of course.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		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, what Especially decribe in the capitolio where cedar records since the programa de Medicaid program to programa de los components of alimentos paradar le exception of sin precedente 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 juliodó del mil esta 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.
unidentified		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 y podicir que vaver more dieciete millions of people that no van tene segro medico por este por está propuesta de la incluso bente porciento de los hospitales rural hospitals vana cierar cuando no tienen ense uromedico y tien en emergencia vana iir y no vana pueder pagar en twoces los hospitales vana pagar esos costos.
		That decir que muchos no vana tener los hospitales en su comunidar, como médico de emergencia yo podicir que las personas tienen unos die quien seminutos porcien caso tien un infarto del corazón or del cerebro y si no receive en el treatamiento a de cuado en este tiempo pueden moririr o puentener disabilidades permanentes.
		Entonces esta propues de la espeli groso, vaúmentar costos para todos y va aponer en ríasgo millions de vidas en este paíís.
		Gracias.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		As they say in our community, listen to your doctor.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		And now we're going to hear from Representative Jim Costa from California's 21st District.
unidentified		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 are 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 peaches 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.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Yes, now we're going to listen to Representative Juan Vargas from California's 52nd District.
unidentified		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 médica cedía remente un corte que las temería miles de personas thereí.
		Especiallymente y mucha gente no sabed esto.
		The people who are adopted, who have medicine, many people.
		And also, we are in San Diego.
		The arrest of these people, they are not criminals, they are not assassins, they are people who work in the hotel.
		As a queue salad, and that salad of work that I restore the cases with your niños and cuatroyes, the taxaron has met one señor que work in the hotel.
		And this is how more para series.
		Y glacias por estara que a todos mis compaños vamos apelliar encontado este cochino bill.
		Glacias.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Cochino bill.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		And let's call now on our very own Congressman Joaquín Castro.
unidentified		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.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Joaquin.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		And to further speak on this Cochino bill, we're going to listen now to Darren Soto from Florida's 9th District.
unidentified		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 into 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 trumpesa separando familias, crecindo gastos y destroying our economía.
		Y su great proyecta de la Feo teneros double de s policías de disastres.
		Miles de families separado.
		Cación millón personas, Cubanos, Venezolanos, Haitians, and Nicaraguans, who have legalmente, with TPS or parole humanitarians.
		Trump termino su legal y ahora, nosotros vemos siolanos quien tienes members de sus familia qui taran.
		This crecindo gastos por comida por casas por allos other things, nosotos campramos, caladía, este está affectando emprazaros bequeños y employadores grandes.
		Y also nosotos tenemos este taros que en está haciendo este situación más peyor.
		Y also nosotros tenemos una económía que en está per diendo trabajos, purdiendo crecemiento.
		And I create a non vamos antenna recession because here because Trump is trying to terminal economy with this deportations, y 5 dollars more por ICE, by alligator alcatraz, porque para destroyer nuetro economía másp este no tiene essence.
		Y nosotros necistamos vota no y nuestro calcos espanos está unidos en este opposición.
		Gracias.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		And now we're going to hear from California's Congressman Salú Carvajal.
unidentified		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, it's 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 recordad los programas sociales que apoyan a las personas más vulnerables de este countís.
		Todo para dara o ríkos a los marícos otra redución de impuestos.
		Esto es cruel y y in humano.
		Y además, esto aamenta laudeva nacional entrest a cuatro billiones de dolares.
		Así que así que si no aquedado claro, mil pongo a este proyecto de lay que es in justo.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Saluk.
		Thank you, Saluk.
		And now we're going to listen from the border, Representative Vicente Gonzalez.
unidentified		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 adigo a la gente enlispana, que esto es el robo más grande que se havísto en historia americana costando 2atro tríónes de dodar al pueblo trabajador.
		Perdiendo, Medicare para la gente mallor, perdiendo Medicaid, para la gente vecesitadada trabajadora, snap que muchas veces la unica comida que received año una persona de tracedad.
		Y la adigo Stephen Miller, today están percigiendo la comunidad Latina, pero cuandueste a foque termine vacer tú comunidad y va cer tú vana persegir.
		Yes, hora que se despierto toda counte que Latinos y no Latinos y hablen encontra elas actions que automados de adminisción.
		Gracias.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Gracias, Vicente.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Yahora, vamos escuchal de la Congresista los rivas de California.
unidentified		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 Val Veles, 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.
luz rivas ▲ ● ▼		We have shown up to ICE facilities across the country and have been stonewalled trying to get answers from them.
unidentified		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.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Oluz.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		And now we're going to listen to Congresswoman Emily Randolph from Washington's 6th District.
emily randall ▲ ● ▼		Gracias, 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 healthcare 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.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Thank you so much, Emily.
unidentified		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'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 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.
		Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Congresswoman Poe.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		As we are here in the 11th hour appealing to just four Republicans.
unidentified		Yes.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Just four Republicans we need to side with the people of the United States of America.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		We have with us a great representative from New Jersey, Representative Rob Menendez.
unidentified		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.
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Representative Menendez.
		Son cuatros republicanos.
		Toda vía y tiempo para que cuatros republicanos le degen el voto para presedvar programa de medica program el programas de compones y alimento para segural que nuayga la másiva deportación que propone está y vandoa cabo el Presidente Trump y su administración.
		Que no impacte dramática mente negarívamente en nuestra familias.
		Preguntas, questions.
		On topic.
unidentified		You all 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 happened at the Senate.
		It's just a matter of when.
		Eventually they'll go into Vent and they're just going to vote for yes.
		Or do you think you're going to?
adriano espaillat ▲ ● ▼		No, no, no, no, no, 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.
		Son cuatro votos que no necesitamos.
		Optimista, cuatro votos pueden hace ela differentcia en el senado tomo un solo voto y la vez que estalió proyecto de aquífo perú un solo voto.
		Estabes a cuatros que hastadora sanre usado de aprovar este proyecto por las los daños que leba causaras su distritos.
		Gracias.
		Anybody else?
		Thank you, everybody.
unidentified		A vote here on affixed to the debate rules for the Republican tax and spending cuts bill.
		This has been kept open for over six 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.
		Those efforts may be paying off, as noted in an article from Roll Call from 7:30 p.m. Eastern, which reads in part: Republican opposition to the GOP's big, beautiful reconciliation bill appeared to be softening Wednesday night after President Donald Trump and White House Budget Director, rather, Russ Vogt, spent hours meeting with party holdouts during procedural votes that party leaders held open.
		House leaders have no desire to change the contents of the Senate-passed bill, which would force a second Senate vote and blow a self-imposed July 4th deadline.
		But administration officials are hoping to ease the concerns of opponents by promising fixes that could be enacted either through executive actions or through a second reconciliation or appropriations bill later this year, lawmakers said.
		The talks, which were ongoing, appear to be making progress as several House members who had voiced outright opposition to the Senate bill began softening their tone and, in one case, flipping from a previous no vote, that from roll call this evening at 7:30 Eastern.
		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.
		The underlying measure is the Republican tax and spending cuts bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful bill, which would permanently extend tax cuts that were enacted in 2017.
		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.
		If the House adopts any amendments or changes to the Senate bill, it would have to head back to the upper chamber for Senate approval on the House changes.
		One of those Republican holdouts is South Carolina's Ralph Norman, who joined us this morning to discuss his opposition.
tammy thueringer ▲ ● ▼		The House expected to vote today on the big, beautiful bill.
		Joining us now from Capitol Hill is a member of the House, South Carolina Republican, Congressman Ralph Norman.
		Congressman Norman, thank you for being with us.
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		Great to be with you.
tammy thueringer ▲ ● ▼		We'll start.
		We'll get started right off the bat here.
		You are a member of the budget committee as well as the Freedom Caucus.
		Yesterday on X, you posted after the Senate passed their version of the bill.
		You said, but let's be honest, the spending provisions in this thing are massive and will blow up the deficit.
		We can't keep mortgaging our future.
		How are you planning to vote today?
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		Well, first of all, you know, during with reconciliation, we have one chance, one moment to curb the spending that has plagued this country and is a cancer that's going to take this country down if we don't get it under control.
		The House bill that we sent over did just sound.
		Our baseline cut was $1.6 trillion with an optimum of $2 trillion.
		We met the $1.6 and the Senate basically violated what we sent over in the House.
		For every dollar, every dollar we had that spent, we had to cut a dollar, and it just didn't do that.
		Secondly, a lot of the key reforms, like with the Inflation Reduction Act, the Green New scam, was put back in place.
		And, you know, I don't know how long we can continue to do this.
		So our position was to send it back, to vote it down, send it back to the Senate with some key changes that we agreed to in the House.
		And, you know, we'll see how it plays out today.
		I voted against it in the rules committee yesterday.
		Of course, it passed.
		But it will be on the floor today.
		And we'll see exactly what's coming from it.
		But what I see right now, I don't like.
tammy thueringer ▲ ● ▼		And you said there were proposed changes.
		Tell us about some of the further cuts that you support or want to see in the bill.
		Does that include changes to tax provisions?
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		Well, yeah, the tax provisions, but there are other things like sex funding for sex surgeries was put back in.
		On the IRA credits, they had foreign entity exclusions where China could, you know, we had to jump through hoops before they were allowed to get a paycheck from the American people.
		That was put back in.
		Funding for illegals and Medicaid, you know, we fought hard for that, as well as able-bodied men.
		That was put back in with the Senate bill.
		It makes no sense.
		And so that's why we're taking the stand that we are.
		And we want to pass what President Trump wants.
		I mean, he was for taking all the IRA green scam deals out.
		And instead of getting them out, we're pretty much cementing them in for years to come.
		Funding for Planned Parenthood.
		We had it for, had banned for a decade.
		They put it only banned for a year.
		Why a year?
unidentified		If it's wrong for a year, why not wrong for 10 years?
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		It's things like that that, to me, are benchmarks that we have to follow and renegotiate with the Senate.
		Now, I know the Senate's on a short number of people that they can lose.
		And it's the same thing in the House.
		But when are we going to face this problem of overspending?
		And that's probably the major thing, along with the other provisions that just, again, spin this country into oblivion.
tammy thueringer ▲ ● ▼		You are a member of the Freedom Caucus.
		Have you talked to your fellow caucus members and how are they feeling about the bill?
		Have any of them expressed optimism for the bill?
		Are they going to be supporting it?
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		You know, we'll see.
		We've got a meeting after this interview.
		Will be meeting with Freedom Congress, but others as well that had issues with it and wanted to know why we didn't get the House bill, which I had to swallow hard to support it because did it have the meaningful cuts that we thought?
unidentified		No.
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		The Senate initially promised that instead of the $1.6 trillion and the $2 trillion optimum, they were going to cut $5 trillion.
		Well, that vanished in mid-air.
		So I guess it's our time to deliver for the American people, and it's just not happening now.
		We'll see what happens and see the debate and see what, you know, if any changes at this last minute would be made.
		But I doubt it, and we'll see if it passes.
tammy thueringer ▲ ● ▼		You represent South Carolina's fifth district.
		A portion of that district is rural.
		One of the cuts is to rural hospitals.
		What can you tell us about that provision and how it could impact your constituents?
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		Well, the left keeps saying it's cuts.
		It's not.
		It's giving money to those who deserve it.
		And the Provider Bill, which allows states to basically pay a dollar and get $9 from the federal government, that's all borrowed money.
		And again, the illegals were put back in, 1.3 million illegals, supposedly across this country.
		That was a Biden-era addition, along with the Green New Deal.
		We call them the Green New Scams.
		But there's no Medicaid cuts.
		It's just making sure that those who really need it, those who are illegal, should not get a paycheck.
		Those able-bodied Americans who could go to work but choose not to should not get a paycheck.
		Those were all watered down and really put back in the Senate bill, which we're getting a lot of people that are receiving those funds that are upset.
		But it can't keep going the way that it has been going.
		And again, this is on borrowed money that the federal government's having to borrow in addition to this $37 trillion debt we've already had.
tammy thueringer ▲ ● ▼		President Trump has called out Republicans who have opposed the legislation and threatened primaries in some cases.
tammy thueringer ▲ ● ▼		Your reaction to that.
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		President Trump is a tremendous ally.
		You will never hear me criticize him about anything.
		This means a lot to him.
		We're actually meeting with him at 11 o'clock, a group of us.
		But I don't criticize him for that.
		I mean, he feels strongly about it.
		And, you know, we're trying to go back to the well and renegotiate something that he wanted anyway.
		And so, you know, that's the case we'll be making to him.
		And again, on the subsidies, the giveaways, the $7,500 for electric cars, and the wind and solar dollars that go to that, we can't keep sustaining that and paying for that.
		He's for abolishing all of them.
		That's what we're trying to do.
		And that's the reason that we raise the issue about not taking what the Senate has, but go back to work.
		And I realize it may run past July 4th deadline, but I think getting this right the first time, we'll not have a second bite at the apple.
		We do right now.
tammy thueringer ▲ ● ▼		Congressman Norman, Republican of South Carolina, thank you so much for your time this morning.
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		My pleasure.
ralph norman ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		Republicans stand ready to deliver H.R. 1 directly to the President's desk for his signature.
		Late last year, the American people rallied en masse behind the Republican vision for a renewed nation.
		A nation no longer blighted by the cataclysmic failures of the previous administration.
		A nation primed and ready to enter the golden age.
		One of the many strong reinforced byproducts of our Republican vision is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
		It is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation that any party has ever passed.
		and for good reason.
		The provisions interwoven in this legislation are monumental.
		They are what the American people voted for in November.
		Historic tax relief for working families, massive investments to secure our nation's borders, capturing generational savings, slashing waste, fraud, and abuse in government programs so that they may run more efficiently for those who truly need them.
		Mr. Speaker, I could opine at length about the wins that Republicans have secured in this bill.
		Wins that we've been highlighting to the American people for months.
		Meanwhile, our Democrat colleagues have resorted to fear-mongering and wailing from their bully pulpits in the hopes of deceiving the American people.
		For months, we've heard Democrats claim that the sky was falling, that all hope is lost because H.R. 1 will bring about the end times, and a litany of other outlandish and absurd claims.
		They are so desperate to smear H.R. 1 and deny the American people the policies that the American people overwhelmingly voted for in November.
		But let's again focus on what this bill accomplishes.
		It yields the single greatest cut in wasteful government spending in congressional history by slashing far more than a trillion dollars of bloat.
		It preserves the greatest battle-tested set of tax cuts for working families that our nation has ever seen or our economy has ever realized.
		It doubles down on the border priorities of the most successful enforcement efforts by a president in our nation's history.
		It realigns our economy in defense of American workers, American energy, American businesses, and American job creators to unleash the engines of our economy, raise the tide of our economic standards, and bring a new definition of American greatness to the world.
		Perhaps the reason why Democrats are so desperate to smear this legislation is because they are caught in their own self-inflicted malaise of denial.
		Perhaps they still can't accept that Americans chose Republicans to lead the nation instead of them.
		That said, Mr. Speaker, Republicans are not distracted by that fear-mongering and doom saying of those who want H.R.1 to fail.
		The facts are on our side, and we've been cutting through the noise by bringing those facts to the American people for months.
		So that the record is clear, a vote against this legislation is a vote to greenlight the largest tax increase in American history being levied against everyday men and women.
		Decimate decimation of millions of jobs across America.
		Kneecap the capabilities and readiness of the nation's military.
		This is not fear-mongering like what our colleagues across the aisle have been engaging in.
		These are just facts.
		Mr. Speaker, the pathway forward is crystal clear.
		The House must pass this rule and pass the Senate amendment to H.R. 1 so that more wins can be delivered to the American people.
		The American people deserve to keep winning, and to deny them that opportunity is a flagrant disservice.
		This legislation is the embodiment of the America First agenda, and we would all do well to remember that.
		Failure at this critical juncture is not an option.
		This clock is ticking.
		The President and the American people are waiting.
		Our reserve.
unidentified		To balance our time, gentlemen from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I want to thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume.
unidentified		Gentlemen's recognized.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, this process, an abomination, legislative malpractice.
		Final text of this bill came out less than 24 hours ago.
		We met in committee an hour after it was posted.
		And now we're here considering a rule that only allows for one hour of debate.
unidentified		This bill is within the jurisdiction of 12 different committees.
		One hour is ridiculous.
		And every minute we're finding out new things that were snuck into the bill, a tax cut for whalers, and now we're learning about a gambling tax.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Republican leadership and the White House are jamming this bill down our throats.
		And for what?
		We are not on a deadline.
unidentified		No looming crisis.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		We're here because Donald Trump wants a 4th of July party to celebrate this garbage bill.
unidentified		He wants fireworks and flags and cameras, not for this country, but for himself.
unidentified		So he says, close your ears, close your eyes, and vote for this bill.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Honestly, sounds more like a cult than a Congress to me.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Some Republicans promised their voters no cuts to Medicaid, no new debt.
unidentified		Now they're flipping faster than pancakes at a campaign breakfast.
unidentified		The House passed it hoping the Senate would kill it.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		The Senate passed it hoping the House would grow a spine.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Everyone is playing a game of legislative chicken, voting for a bad bill and thinking the other chamber will be the one to fix it.
unidentified		This is nuts.
		And Trump says, have fun and vote yay.
		Have fun gutting Medicaid?
		Vote yay on taking away food from poor families?
		Are you serious?
		This bill is catastrophic.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		It is not policy.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		It is punishment.
unidentified		Let's talk facts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		It slashes Medicaid, cuts Medicare, dismantles the ACA.
unidentified		It shutters rural hospitals, closes nursing homes, wipes out health centers.
		It takes food off kitchen tables, throws clean energy workers out of jobs, spikes utility bills.
		And why?
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		So billionaires and oil companies can cash in.
unidentified		Big oil gets handouts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Billionaires get tax breaks.
unidentified		Working families get scraps, if that.
		Jeff Bezos just had a $50 million wedding in Venice, and they want to give him another tax break.
		Meanwhile, families making under $50,000 a year, well, they get less than a buck a day in tax cuts.
		You can't even buy a cup of coffee with that.
		And the cost, over $3 trillion added to the debt, and a $5 trillion debt ceiling raise brought to you by the very people who won't shut up about so-called fiscal responsibility.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		This isn't tax reform to relieve the middle and working class.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		It is a robbery that will result in the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich our country has ever seen.
unidentified		So let's not lie to the American people.
unidentified		This is about taking from the most vulnerable to pay off the already powerful.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		It is about pleasing one man who's holding this Congress hostage with primary threats and social media tantrums.
unidentified		This bill is cruel.
		It is cowardly.
		It is a betrayal of everything this country is supposed to stand for.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		I reserve my time.
unidentified		Gentlemen reserves the balance of his time.
unidentified		Gentlemen, gentlewoman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I'm proud to yield three minutes to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Langworthy.
unidentified		Gentlemen is recognized for three minutes.
nick langworthy ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
unidentified		I rise today in strong support of the rule to consider HR1 the one big beautiful bill, because the stakes for the American people could not be higher.
		We are rapidly approaching a fiscal cliff.
		If we do nothing, the Trump tax cuts, the most pro-growth tax reforms in generations, will expire.
		That means higher taxes on nearly every American.
		That means a gutted child tax credit.
		That means small businesses losing the tools they need to survive and to thrive.
		That means less take-home pay for working families already that have been crushed by the Biden-era inflation.
		This isn't some hypothetical scenario.
		This is the Democrats' game plan.
		They want to raise taxes.
		They want to punish success.
		They want more people dependent on government and fewer people building independent lives.
nick langworthy ▲ ● ▼		And Republicans will not let that happen.
unidentified		With HR1, we're stepping to lock in the Trump tax cuts permanently and to provide targeted new relief to the workers and to the families who keep this country running.
unidentified		Seniors, tipped workers, and those putting in overtime to get ahead.
nick langworthy ▲ ● ▼		But Mr. Speaker, this bill also takes a critical step to protect and to strengthen Medicaid, a vital program for millions of Americans.
nick langworthy ▲ ● ▼		And let me be very clear about something.
unidentified		This isn't anything radical.
		We're restoring the same common sense work requirements that President Bill Clinton signed into law into the 90s, one of the most popular things he did.
		And back then, a Democratic president worked with a Republican Congress to say that if you're able-bodied an adult without dependents and you're receiving government assistance, you should be expected to work, train, or volunteer and participate in the economy.
		And ladies and gentlemen, it worked.
		Poverty dropped, employment rose, and millions of Americans moved from welfare to work and independence.
		But Democrats today have abandoned that model.
		They want permanent government dependency.
nick langworthy ▲ ● ▼		They'll oppose any form of accountability.
nick langworthy ▲ ● ▼		And they'll vilify anyone who dares to suggest that opportunity should come with responsibility.
unidentified		Well, Republicans are standing up for what works and what's right.
		And we're saying Medicaid must remain a lifeline for the truly vulnerable, children, seniors, the people with disabilities, and low-income parents.
		But for able-bodied adults without kids, yes, you should try to work, just like in the 90s, just like under President Bill Clinton.
nick langworthy ▲ ● ▼		This isn't extreme.
		It's not partisan.
		It's proven policy that respects both taxpayers and lifts people up.
unidentified		Mr. Speaker, this bill delivers economic relief, fiscal sanity, and basic fairness.
		And it secures the future of our economy and our safety net.
		Let's choose the path that's been tested and proven to work.
nick langworthy ▲ ● ▼		Let's approve this rule.
		Let's pass one big beautiful bill and let's get this country back on track.
		I yield back, Mr. Speaker.
unidentified		Gentleman yields back the balance of his time.
unidentified		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I want to alert all members to something about this rule.
		It has a mistake in it.
		Republicans have rushed this process from the very beginning to meet Trump's artificial July 4th deadline, and this rule is no exception.
		We found an error in the rule at 2 a.m. this morning after the Rules Committee reported the rule.
		This is going to sound a little in the wheeze, but they forgot to do something called considering the previous question as ordered on their big ugly bill.
		Now, let me put that in English.
		What that means is they won't have an escape hatch once they start debate on this bill.
		So if they started and they realize they don't have the votes, they still have to take the embarrassing vote.
		There are also other consequences, but this Speaker's timeout authority is the one Republican leadership is most afraid of.
		Now, I expect they'll try to fix this with an amendment, but I have a question for members.
		If this Republican leadership cannot get a one-paragraph rule right, can we really trust them to get an 870-page bill right?
		Not only are we going to find things that were snuck into this bill, we're going to find massive mistakes that have unintended consequences for people and industries across this country.
		This whole process has been lousy, and this rule is no exception, and I reserve.
unidentified		Gentlewoman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Scott.
unidentified		The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for two minutes.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I appreciate the opportunity to address the American citizens for just a couple of minutes.
		I know many of you are concerned about some of the language in the bill, and I think maybe the reason you're concerned is because the people that are telling you what's in the bill never bothered to read the bill.
		So I thought I would just read to you the part, if you've read this, then you're lying to the general public.
		Exceptions, and this is on the SNAP, exceptions.
		Paragraph two shall not apply to an individual if the individual is under 18 or over 65 years of age, medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment, a parent or other member of a household with responsibility for a dependent child under 14 years of age.
		So when the Democrats are telling you that we're kicking disabled people off of SNAP or we're kicking disabled people off of Medicaid, it is an absolute lie.
		Page 16, page 17 of the legislation, it will take about 60 seconds to read it.
		That's exactly what it says.
		Thank you.
		And I yield the remainder of my time to the gentlelady from North Carolina.
		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, there's a lot of low energy on that side, but I now want to yield to one minute to the gentleman from New York, the distinguished ranking member of the House Committee on House Administration, Mr. Murilli.
unidentified		Gentlemen is recognized for one minute.
		Thank you to my good friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts, the ranking member of the Rules Committee for yielding.
		Mr. Speaker, as we reach the apparent conclusion of this absurd exercise, it's worth asking, what's the purpose of this bill?
		This bill that will strip away health insurance from nearly 17 million people, devastating communities like mine in Rochester, New York.
		This bill that will recklessly eliminate food assistance for nearly 3 million Americans, including nearly a million senior citizens.
		This bill that explodes the deficit by $3.3 trillion.
		But for what?
		Well, Mr. Speaker, sometimes the simplest explanation is closest to the truth.
		We all saw the gaggle of billionaires sitting behind Donald Trump on Inauguration Day earlier this year.
		The driving force behind this entire legislative effort has been to grant handouts to those same billionaires and special interests, all at the expense of hardworking families.
		Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will stop and think again before voting for the worst piece of legislation in generations.
		But I know one thing for certain: House Democrats will never stop fighting for American families.
		With that, I yield back.
		Gentlemen from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. McDowell.
unidentified		Gentlemen, Jack and Ash for two minutes.
addison mcdowell ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Madam Chair.
		Mr. Speaker, today we take another big step towards delivering a course correction for our country.
		The American people sent us here with a mandate to fight back and deliver on a promise.
		That is what the One Big Beautiful Bill is.
		Americans should first know what my colleagues in opposition to this legislation are voting for and what they are voting against.
		Not passing this bill means a $1,700 increase in taxes for the average American family of four.
		Mr. Speaker, that might not be a big deal to the elites in Manhattan or San Francisco, but it does mean a lot to the people of my district in North Carolina.
		Not passing this bill means our Border Patrol officers and our Coast Guard won't have what they need to secure the border and stop the flow of deadly fentanyl.
		It doesn't stop there, Mr. Speaker.
		Opposing this bill also means protecting waste over purpose, fraud over fairness, and foreign interests over American strength.
		Mr. Speaker, I want to make sure voters in my district know what passing the One Big Beautiful Bill will mean for them.
		It means you get to keep more of your hard-earned money.
		It means that small businesses can spend more money on your employees instead of sending it to Washington.
		This bill will make our communities safer by making a historic investment in our border security.
		No more dangerous, illegal aliens parading around with no consequences.
		Mr. Speaker, this legislation is one of the most consequential items we will vote on.
		It is President Trump's agenda, and it is what we all told the people back home we would do.
		Now, the House must get it done, and I urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this rule.
		Let's choose our country over comfort and get the big, beautiful bill to the President's desk.
unidentified		With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back.
		Tell me yields back to Bounce Miss Time.
		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from North Carolina, I know a senator from North Carolina who disagrees with everything he just said, including a lot of hospitals in North Carolina that disagree with what he just said.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Maryland, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on the judiciary, Mr. Raskin.
unidentified		Director Nash, for one minute.
		I thank the gentleman.
		Mr. Speaker, I found the preamble to this big, ugly bill.
		We, the billionaires in our king, in order to deform and sicken our union, establish injustice, ensure domestic servility, weaken our people's defenses, undermine the general welfare, and reserve to ourselves and our posterity staggering debt servitude for eternity, do hereby instruct the Republicans in Congress to strip 17 million people of their health care, increase co-pays, deductibles,
		and premiums for everyone else, cut 42 million people off of nutritional assistance, increase the national debt by $4 trillion, trash renewable energy systems, increase our electric bills for the Carbon Kings, all to weaken and destroy the Constitution of the people of these United States of America.
		Please include this preamble in the legislative record.
		I yield back.
		Tell me yields back.
		Gentlewoman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I reserve, Mr. Speaker.
unidentified		Gentleman Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from California, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Mr. Garcia.
unidentified		Gentlemen, recognized for one minute.
robert garcia ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		Now, my Democratic colleagues and I believe in a country where we take care of our fellow Americans and the wealthiest pay their fair share.
		But Republicans are fighting for the biggest ripoff in American history and the biggest attack on our social safety net in decades.
		If this bill passes, 16 million people are going to lose their health insurance.
		They will take away basic food assistance from millions of veterans, seniors, and kids.
		Because of this bill, the poorest 10% of Americans are going to lose $1,600 per person on average, while the richer only get richer.
		It's a transfer from the poor and the middle class to the wealthiest.
		And it does all of this while increasing debt over $3 trillion.
		What happened to fiscal responsibility?
		That means that our grandkids will fund a tax cut for Elon Musk.
		Now, while I'm proud that we are defeating a number of extremely concerning provisions in this House bill, this is our last chance to stand up for our values.
		I urge my colleagues to vote no on this big BS bill.
		The American people are watching, and I yield back.
unidentified		Gentleman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Haradopoulos.
unidentified		Gentlemen, recognized for two minutes.
		Thank you very much.
		Promises made, promises kept.
		Voters wanted change for one simple reason.
		It was too expensive to live in America the last four years.
		Gas prices, rent prices, food prices up radically.
		So this bill is designed to help those very people hurt the last four years.
		People who earned tips, who earned overtime, people who earned Social Security get the big tax cut.
		And let's be clear here so the American public hears it loud and clear.
		The current tax rate on the wealthiest Americans is 37 percent.
		Under this bill, it remains at 37 percent.
		And at the same time, we're protecting the most vulnerable.
		Please read the bill.
		You'll see that seniors in nursing homes are unaffected.
		You will see that persons who are disabled, unaffected.
		Pregnant women on Medicaid, unaffected.
		And low-income kids because their parents aren't making much, unaffected.
		Isn't it nice to see that Washington actually keeps its promises from the campaign trail?
		This is a welcome change because Donald Trump said we're going to bring America back by putting more money back in their pockets instead of sending it up here to Washington, D.C.
		And he promised to secure border.
		99% reduction in the number of people coming across the border illegally.
		That is action.
		And what are we putting in this bill?
mike haridopolos ▲ ● ▼		The money needed to make sure it stays that way.
unidentified		I'm proud to support this bill because I went to Washington for one reason.
		Make promises, keep promises, and prove that the Republicans can lead and are willing to make sure that the great American comeback continues.
		And with that, I yield back.
		Community yields back to the balance of his time.
		Gentlemen from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Yeah, Mr. Speaker, I read the bill too, and I want to know why Jeff Bezos and multi-millionaires and billionaires are getting tax cuts.
		Last night, I offered an amendment to let Trump's tax cuts expire only for people earning more than a billion dollars a year.
		And every single Republican voted against it.
		I mean, what's that all about?
		Follow the money.
		Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Mississippi, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Mr. Thompson.
unidentified		Gentlemen, recognized for one minute.
bennie thompson ▲ ● ▼		Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for the time.
		Mr. Speaker, Republicans are openly bragging about how the bill kicks children and the elderly off Medicaid, nutritional assistance, and more, all to pay another tax break for wealthy Republican donors.
		But my Republican colleagues are not talking about the trillions and trillions of dollars their political giveaway is going to cost.

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