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| Message for American families. | ||
| You don't matter. | ||
| The people that power America are nurses, our first responders, our small business owners, our veterans. | ||
| Under this bill, the Republican Party views you as expendable and that opportunity is reserved for the elite. | ||
| Freedom isn't something abstract. | ||
| It's something you do. | ||
| It's something you empower people to do. | ||
| You cannot shackle opportunity for the American people. | ||
| You cannot restrain their ability to be free and then drape yourself in the American flag on Independence Day. | ||
| So this 4th of July, House Democrats are going to stand in unity with millions of people across this country. | ||
| We are going to do what Americans have done for 250 proud years. | ||
| We are going to defend our freedom. | ||
| We will defeat its enemies. | ||
| And we will put the power with the people. | ||
| And now it is my great pleasure to welcome Ranking Member of Energy and Commerce, Frank Pallone. | ||
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Thank you, Catherine. | |
| I just want everyone to understand why we as Democrats are so mad about this bill, because it's cruel. | ||
| Some people have called it beautiful. | ||
| Some have called it ugly. | ||
| I call it cruel. | ||
| It is the cruelest bill that I've ever seen since my tenure in the House of Representatives. | ||
| Now, why is that the case? | ||
| Because so many people will lose their health insurance and because of the lack of affordability that's going to increase costs in so many ways for the average American. | ||
| Look, the bottom line is every time this bill moves forward, in energy and commerce, 13.5 million people lose Medicaid. | ||
| And then it goes to the House floor, 15 million people. | ||
| Now, the CBO says the Senate bill, 17 million Americans lose their health insurance. | ||
| And what happens when they lose their health insurance? | ||
| The hospitals have uncompensated care, the nursing homes have uncompensated care, and they have to push those costs on to everyone else. | ||
| And so premiums go up, co-pays go up, and people cannot afford their health insurance. | ||
| The same thing is true with the ACA. | ||
| You know, we as Democrats started years ago trying to make sure that so many Americans that didn't have health insurance did. | ||
| That was what Obamacare was all about. | ||
| And then we enhanced the tax credits and the subsidies. | ||
| So we got up to something like 95% of Americans had health insurance because of what we did. | ||
| But this is reversing that completely. | ||
| It is reversing that completely. | ||
| Because the average person now, without enhanced Medicare, without the ACA-enhanced subsidies, which they did not include in this bill, they could easily go from paying $100 a month for their ACA coverage, $1,200 a year, to something like $5,200 because they lose that $4,000 subsidy. | ||
| So I just want to say one more thing. | ||
| I know the Republicans are saying constantly that nobody's going to lose their health insurance if they work. | ||
| That is a complete lie. | ||
| That is a complete lie. | ||
| If you look at this bill, whether you're disabled, whether you're caring for an elderly, whether you're caring for your children, you are not going to qualify for the exemptions and you are going to lose your health insurance. | ||
| And the same thing is true with regard to affordability for the energy provisions. | ||
| We worked very hard to move towards clean energy because we knew it would be cheaper and they're getting rid of it. | ||
| We worked very hard to have environmental protections in place because we're worried about people's health and safety and they get rid of all the major environmental protections. | ||
| That is what the Republicans are about. | ||
| Cruelty. | ||
| This is unacceptable. | ||
| No one should vote for it. | ||
| It's the cruelest bill that I've ever seen. | ||
| And now I'd like to introduce the chairman of our ranking member of our Ways and Means Committee to talk to you about the tax issues, Richie Neal from Massachusetts. | ||
| Thanks, Frank. | ||
| So, this is the worst tax bill that I've seen in all my years in Congress, and that says something. | ||
| So, let's look at the numbers. | ||
| After the rejection of expertise, the Joint Committee on Taxation has scored it. | ||
| The Congressional Budget Office has scored it. | ||
| And now, the attack turns to the Federal Reserve Board. | ||
| Do you know what that's about? | ||
| That's about the idea that they are going to borrow by raising the debt ceiling an additional $5 trillion to pay for a tax cut, as they did in 2017 when they borrowed $2.3 trillion. | ||
| The reality here is this: if you made a million bucks last year, you're getting about $81,000. | ||
| If you made under $50,000, you're getting $0.68 a day. | ||
| A day. | ||
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The attack on the Federal Reserve Board is clear. | |
| They want to raise the debt ceiling to borrow money, but they want the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates so they can say that this is about deficit reduction with lower borrowing costs. | ||
| Rural hospitals that we all have, they're going to close. | ||
| They're up against it. | ||
| Many of the hospitals I have, 68% in some cases, 75% in others, dependent on Medicare and Medicaid, the disproportionate share hospitals. | ||
| This is where middle-class people get health care as well as the working poor. | ||
| Understand that this idea that they have today, they haven't thought through because they're all in subservience to getting it signed on July 4th. | ||
| They have no idea what they did in the Senate. | ||
| They have no idea what they're about to do here in the day because they haven't seen the particulars of this bill. | ||
| When you look at this, as earlier noted, 17 million people lose health care to provide a tax cut to the billionaire class. | ||
| Stand with all of us today and reject not only the health care policy here, but the economic policy as well. | ||
| He might be the ranking member on the budget committee, but we know him as a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Brendan Boyle. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Well, this is it. | ||
| Today is the day. | ||
| If Republicans and Donald Trump succeed today, it will produce the largest loss of health care in American history. | ||
| 17 million Americans will lose their health care. | ||
| The biggest cut to Medicaid in American history. | ||
| Millions taken off the Affordable Care Act. | ||
| And that's not all. | ||
| We have discovered half a trillion dollars worth of cuts to Medicare as well. | ||
| Again, all told, the largest loss of health care in American history. | ||
| And for the rest of us who maybe aren't on Medicaid, not on Medicare, not on the ACA, the quality of our care will go down while the costs go up. | ||
| So everyone will pay. | ||
| And why? | ||
| Why are they doing this? | ||
| To provide billions in tax cuts to billionaires. | ||
| That is not just bad economics. | ||
| It is immoral. | ||
| That alone will be bad enough. | ||
| But you heard others speaking before me about some of the other cuts that are in this bill. | ||
| Cuts to energy, cuts as they relate to construction. | ||
| More than one million jobs will be lost as a result of this bill, so it's also a job killer. | ||
| And again, why? | ||
| So the top 1/10th, 100th, 1,000th of 1% can get more money. | ||
| Congratulations, Jeff Bezos. | ||
| This crowd's about to give you a great big wedding gift you don't need. | ||
| And it's going to be paid for by taking away health care from millions of Americans and making costs for the rest of us even more expensive. | ||
| So we asked the official scorekeepers, the Congressional Budget Office: okay, all told, with all the provisions in this bill, how do people do? | ||
| And what the Congressional Budget Office found was this: if you're in the bottom third of households, that's everybody who makes under $55,000 a year, you will be poorer as a result of this bill. | ||
| If you're middle class, you get nothing. | ||
| And if you're in the top 1%, you get the biggest benefit of all. | ||
| So under the Republicans bill, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class is left behind. | ||
| We say hell no. | ||
| It is now to introduce a great ranking member from Minnesota, Angie Craig. | ||
| Thank you so much. | ||
| This legislation is nothing short than a betrayal of the American people, plain and simple. | ||
| The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, helps Americans meet their basic needs by making food just a little bit more affordable for families. | ||
| It's a program that provides $6 a day in help to those who need just a little bit of assistance. | ||
| The majority of people who need this food assistance in this country are children, seniors, and people with disabilities. | ||
| Cutting $200 billion from the SNAP program not only takes away food from our nation's children, but it also decreases revenue for our nation's family farmers. | ||
| All of this is to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest among us. | ||
| It is a betrayal that will have long-term consequences on the health of this nation. | ||
| And why would Republicans vote for this national betrayal? | ||
| Why would Marionette Miller-Meeks of Iowa's first congressional district vote for this bill? | ||
| 25,000 people would lose access to their health care in Iowa 1. | ||
| Almost 29,000 households would lose access to their food assistance in Iowa 1. | ||
| 1,300 energy jobs could be lost, and at least one rural hospital. | ||
| This is a betrayal of the American people. | ||
| It's a betrayal of the middle class, and it's a betrayal to the most vulnerable people in our nation. | ||
| The Senate's version of this bill, which House Republicans are now all too eager to pass, goes a step further by targeting our nation's veterans, our nation's former foster youth, and people experiencing homeless in this nation as well. | ||
| Veterans like Yolanda Gordon of South Carolina. | ||
| Yolanda served our nation proudly in the Army. | ||
| When she transitioned back to civilian life, there was no daycare in Yolanda's rural house home care community. | ||
| Nothing that was equipped to meet her child's special needs so that she could only work part-time while caring for that child. | ||
| SNAP helped Yolanda keep her child safe, healthy, and fed. | ||
| Yolanda served our nation selflessly, and then she returned to serve the needs of her child. | ||
| And now Republicans in the Senate version take away all of the hard-fought negotiated exclusions for our nation's veterans to have those work requirements. | ||
| Now they want to take the dignity and respect away from Yolanda and veterans like her across this country. | ||
| You know, higher costs are already squeezing American families in Minnesota and across the country. | ||
| Too many Americans are just one paycheck away from disaster. | ||
| Instead of taking food away from tens of millions of Americans, we should protect and strengthen basic needs programs like SNAP so that food assistance is always there when we need it. | ||
| You know, we just need four patriots in the Republican Party. | ||
| Four patriots in the Republican Party. | ||
| Do we have four patriots left in this Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives? | ||
| We have four Republicans who represent my home state of Minnesota. | ||
| Our delegation is evenly divided, four Democrats, four Republicans. | ||
| I challenge my Republicans from the state of Minnesota to be the patriots we are looking for in our nation. | ||
| The families I represent in Minnesota, the elderly neighbors living on fixed incomes, the children whose parent is working two low-wage jobs, cannot afford this terrible bill. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no. | ||
| And with that, I would like to introduce the closer, Chairman Aguilar, to close. | ||
| Thank you, Angie. | ||
| Donald Trump promised the American people that he would cut costs on day one. | ||
| Republicans in Congress swore up and down that their policies would fight inflation and make life easier for everyday Americans. | ||
| More lies. | ||
| But we've all seen under this president and this Republican majority, the prices continue to rise and the American dream slipping further from reach. | ||
| Today marks the culmination of Donald Trump's betrayal of working people across this country. | ||
| Because of this bill, your health care is going to go up. | ||
| Your electric bill is going to be more expensive. | ||
| The clothes and groceries that you buy are already rising due to his reckless tariffs. | ||
| The only people who make out in this bill are people who can already afford to pay a little bit more at the checkout line. | ||
| But that's not the reality for most people in this country. | ||
| This bill isn't for the American people. | ||
| It's a reward to the mega-rich campaign donors that bankroll Republican campaigns. | ||
| Why would Gabe Evans in Colorado vote for this bill? | ||
| 29,000 people will lose access to health care in his district. | ||
| 30,000 households will lose access to food nutrition programs. | ||
| And almost 1,000 energy jobs will be lost. | ||
| No one asked 17 million people to lose their health insurance. | ||
| No one asked for hospitals to close or nursing homes to be shuttered because billionaires want more tax breaks. | ||
| Where I'm from, that's not big or beautiful. | ||
| That's small and ugly. | ||
| No one asked for food assistance to be taken away from children to give handouts to the same corporations gouging the American people. | ||
| House Democrats believe that this bill fundamentally is un-American. | ||
| We're going to fight to make sure billionaires and wealthy corporations pay their fair share so that we can build an economy that works for everyone. | ||
| We're going to fight to make America less expensive, and we're going to fight to give working-class people more breathing room and opportunities to get ahead. | ||
| I want to thank my House colleagues for standing with us in this time against this bill. | ||
| I want to thank the community members who have joined us as well. | ||
| And members and members of the faith-based community, we're not here in a partisan exercise. | ||
| We're here because the American people don't deserve this suffering. | ||
| Now, we did take a little bit of liberties when we say hell no. | ||
| We didn't ask them, members of the clergy. | ||
| But we stand in unison against this dangerous bill. | ||
| And today, however long it takes, we will continue to vote against this bill. | ||
| We will do it together, and we will do it with the American people in mind. | ||
| you so much. | ||
| House Speaker Mike Johnson gave an update on the Republicans' Senate-passed tax and spending legislation. | ||
| A vote here to approve debate rules for Republican tax and spending cuts legislation, which President Trump calls the One Big Beautiful Bill. | ||
| It would permanently extend expiring individual and business tax cuts enacted in 2017 by the previous Trump administration. | ||
| It appropriates $153 billion for defense, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and nearly $90 billion for border security. | ||
| The legislation also raises the statutory debt limit by $5 trillion and makes cuts to Medicaid and food stamp programs. | ||
| Republican leaders in both the House and Senate have been working hard to deliver the bill ahead of the July 4th deadline President Trump has set, which is this Friday. | ||
| Speaker Johnson continues to meet with a number of Republican holdouts, including members of the House Freedom Caucus who have also been in meetings at the White House. | ||
| Republicans can only lose a handful of votes with such a slim majority. | ||
| One of the reasons the vote just before this one was held open and action on the floor frozen for several hours. | ||
| The bill passed the Senate Tuesday, 51 to 50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote. | ||
| If approved by the House in its current form, it would go to the White House for President Trump's signature. | ||
| However, if the House approves any amendments or changes to the bill, it would need to go back to the Senate for another approval vote. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Republicans stand ready to deliver H.R. 1 directly to the President's desperate 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. | ||
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To balance our time, gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I want to thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. | ||
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Gentlemen's recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, this process, an abomination, legislative malpractice. | ||
| Final text of this bill came out less than 24 hours ago. | ||
| We met in committee an hour after it was posted. | ||
| And now we're here considering a rule that only allows for one hour of debate. | ||
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This bill is within the jurisdiction of 12 different committees. | |
| One hour is ridiculous. | ||
| And every minute we're finding out new things that were snuck into the bill, a tax cut for whalers, and now we're learning about a gambling tax. | ||
| Republican leadership and the White House are jamming this bill down our throats. | ||
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And for what? | |
| We are not on a deadline, no looming crisis. | ||
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We're here because Donald Trump wants a 4th of July party to celebrate this garbage bill. | |
| He wants fireworks and flags and cameras, not for this country, but for himself. | ||
| So he says, close your ears, close your eyes, and vote for this bill. | ||
| Honestly, sounds more like a cult than a Congress to me. | ||
| Some Republicans promised their voters no cuts to Medicaid, no new debt. | ||
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Now they're flipping faster than pancakes at a campaign breakfast. | |
| The House passed it hoping the Senate would kill it. | ||
| The Senate passed it hoping the House would grow a spine. | ||
| Everyone is playing a game of legislative chicken, voting for a bad bill and thinking the other chamber will be the one to fix it. | ||
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This is nuts. | |
| And Trump says, have fun and vote yay. | ||
| Have fun gutting Medicaid? | ||
| Vote yay on taking away food from poor families? | ||
| Are you serious? | ||
| This bill is catastrophic. | ||
| It is not policy. | ||
| It is punishment. | ||
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Let's talk facts. | |
| It slashes Medicaid, cuts Medicare, dismantles the ACA. | ||
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It shutters rural hospitals, closes nursing homes, wipes out health centers. | |
| It takes food off kitchen tables, throws clean energy workers out of jobs, spikes utility bills. | ||
| And why? | ||
| So billionaires and oil companies can cash in. | ||
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Big oil gets handouts. | |
| Billionaires get tax breaks. | ||
| Working families get scraps, if that. | ||
| Jeff Bezos just had a $50 million wedding in Venice, and they want to give him another tax break. | ||
| Meanwhile, families making under $50,000 a year, well, they get less than a buck a day in tax cuts. | ||
| You can't even buy a cup of coffee with that. | ||
| And the cost, over $3 trillion added to the debt, and a $5 trillion debt ceiling raise brought to you by the very people who won't shut up about so-called fiscal responsibility. | ||
| This isn't tax reform to relieve the middle and working class. | ||
| It is a robbery that will result in the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich our country has ever seen. | ||
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So let's not lie to the American people. | |
| This is about taking from the most vulnerable to pay off the already powerful. | ||
| It is about pleasing one man who's holding this Congress hostage with primary threats and social media tantrums. | ||
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This bill is cruel. | |
| It is cowardly. | ||
| It is a betrayal of everything this country is supposed to stand for. | ||
| I reserve my time. | ||
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Gentlemen reserves the balance of his time. | |
| Gentlemen, gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I'm proud to yield three minutes to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Langworthy. | ||
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Gentlemen is recognized for three minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Madam Chairwoman. | ||
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I rise today in strong support of the rule to consider HR1 the one big beautiful bill, because the stakes for the American people could not be higher. | |
| We are rapidly approaching a fiscal cliff. | ||
| If we do nothing, the Trump tax cuts, the most pro-growth tax reforms in generations, will expire. | ||
| That means higher taxes on nearly every American. | ||
| That means a gutted child tax credit. | ||
| That means small businesses losing the tools they need to survive and to thrive. | ||
| That means less take-home pay for working families already that have been crushed by the Biden-era inflation. | ||
| This isn't some hypothetical scenario. | ||
| This is the Democrats' game plan. | ||
| They want to raise taxes. | ||
| They want to punish success. | ||
| They want more people dependent on government and fewer people building independent lives. | ||
| And Republicans will not let that happen. | ||
| With HR1, we're stepping to lock in the Trump tax cuts permanently and to provide targeted new relief to the workers and to the families who keep this country running. | ||
| Seniors, tipped workers, and those putting in overtime to get ahead. | ||
| But Mr. Speaker, this bill also takes a critical step to protect and to strengthen Medicaid, a vital program for millions of Americans. | ||
| And let me be very clear about something. | ||
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This isn't anything radical. | |
| We're restoring the same common sense work requirements that President Bill Clinton signed into law into the 90s, one of the most popular things he did. | ||
| And back then, a Democratic president worked with a Republican Congress to say that if you're able-bodied an adult without dependents and you're receiving government assistance, you should be expected to work, train, or volunteer and participate in the economy. | ||
| And ladies and gentlemen, it worked. | ||
| Poverty dropped, employment rose, and millions of Americans moved from welfare to work and independence. | ||
| But Democrats today have abandoned that model. | ||
| They want permanent government dependency. | ||
| They'll oppose any form of accountability. | ||
| And they'll vilify anyone who dares to suggest that opportunity should come with responsibility. | ||
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Well, Republicans are standing up for what works and what's right. | |
| And we're saying Medicaid must remain a lifeline for the truly vulnerable, children, seniors, the people with disabilities, and low-income parents. | ||
| But for able-bodied adults without kids, yes, you should try to work, just like in the 90s, just like under President Bill Clinton. | ||
| This isn't extreme. | ||
| It's not partisan. | ||
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It's proven policy that respects both taxpayers and lifts people up. | |
| Mr. Speaker, this bill delivers economic relief, fiscal sanity, and basic fairness. | ||
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And it secures the future of our economy and our safety net. | |
| Let's choose the path that's been tested and proven to work. | ||
| Let's approve this rule. | ||
| Let's pass one big, beautiful bill, and let's get this country back on track. | ||
| I yield back, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman yields back the balance of his time. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I want to alert all members to something about this rule. | ||
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It has a mistake in it. | |
| Republicans have rushed this process from the very beginning to meet Trump's artificial July 4th deadline, and this rule is no exception. | ||
| We found an error in the rule at 2 a.m. this morning after the Rules Committee reported the rule. | ||
| This is going to sound a little in the wheeze, but they forgot to do something called considering the previous question as ordered on their big ugly bill. | ||
| Now, let me put that in English. | ||
| What that means is they won't have an escape hatch once they start debate on this bill. | ||
| So if they start it and they realize they don't have the votes, they still have to take the embarrassing vote. | ||
| There are also other consequences, but this Speaker's timeout authority is the one Republican leadership is most afraid of. | ||
| Now, I expect they'll try to fix this with an amendment, but I have a question for members. | ||
| If this Republican leadership cannot get a one-paragraph rule right, can we really trust them to get 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. | ||
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Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Scott. | ||
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The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I appreciate the opportunity to address the American citizens for just a couple of minutes. | ||
| I know many of you are concerned about some of the language in the bill, and I think maybe the reason you're concerned is because the people that are telling you what's in the bill never bothered to read the bill. | ||
| So I thought I would just read to you the part. | ||
| If you've read this, then you're lying to the general public. | ||
| Exceptions, and this is on the SNAP, exceptions. | ||
| Paragraph two shall not apply to an individual if the individual is under 18 or over 65 years of age, medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment, a parent or other member of a household with responsibility for a dependent child under 14 years of age. | ||
| So when the Democrats are telling you that we're kicking disabled people off of SNAP or we're kicking disabled people off of Medicaid, it is an absolute lie. | ||
| Page 16, page 17 of the legislation, it will take about 60 seconds to read it. | ||
| That's exactly what it says. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| And I yield the remainder of my time to the gentlelady from North Carolina. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, there's a lot of low energy on that side, but I now want to yield to one minute to the gentleman from New York, the distinguished ranking member of the House Committee on House Administration, Mr. Morelli. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognize 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. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. McDowell. | ||
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| Thank you, Madam Chair. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, today we take another big step towards delivering a course correction for our country. | ||
| The American people sent us here with a mandate to fight back and deliver on a promise. | ||
| That is what the One Big Beautiful Bill is. | ||
| Americans should first know what my colleagues in opposition to this legislation are voting for and what they are voting against. | ||
| Not passing this bill means a $1,700 increase in taxes for the average American family of four. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, that might not be a big deal to the elites in Manhattan or San Francisco, but it does mean a lot to the people of my district in North Carolina. | ||
| Not passing this bill means our Border Patrol officers and our Coast Guard won't have what they need to secure the border and stop the flow of deadly fentanyl. | ||
| It doesn't stop there, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Opposing this bill also means protecting waste over purpose, fraud over fairness, and foreign interests over American strength. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I want to make sure voters in my district know what passing the One Big Beautiful Bill will mean for them. | ||
| It means you get to keep more of your hard-earned money. | ||
| It means that small businesses can spend more money on your employees instead of sending it to Washington. | ||
| This bill will make our communities safer by making a historic investment in our border security. | ||
| No more dangerous, illegal aliens parading around with no consequences. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, this legislation is one of the most consequential items we will vote on. | ||
| It is President Trump's agenda, and it is what we all told the people back home we would do. | ||
| Now, the House must get it done, and I urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this rule. | ||
| Let's choose our country over comfort and get the big, beautiful bill to the President's desk. | ||
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With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back. | |
| Tell me yes back, bounce from his time. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from North Carolina, I know a senator from North Carolina who disagrees with everything he just said, including a lot of hospitals in North Carolina that disagree with what he just said. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Maryland, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary, Mr. Raskin. | ||
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| 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. | ||
| Gentleman from North Carolina. | ||
| I reserve, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman Reserve, gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from California, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Mr. Garcia. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Now, my Democratic colleagues and I believe in a country where we take care of our fellow Americans and the wealthiest pay their fair share. | ||
| But Republicans are fighting for the biggest ripoff in American history and the biggest attack on our social safety net in decades. | ||
| If this bill passes, 16 million people are going to lose their health insurance. | ||
| They will take away basic food assistance from millions of veterans, seniors, and kids. | ||
| Because of this bill, the poorest 10% of Americans are going to lose $1,600 per person on average, while the richer only get richer. | ||
| It's a transfer from the poor and the middle class to the wealthiest. | ||
| And it does all of this while increasing debt over $3 trillion. | ||
| What happened to fiscal responsibility? | ||
| That means that our grandkids will fund a tax cut for Elon Musk. | ||
| Now, while I'm proud that we are defeating a number of extremely concerning provisions in this House bill, this is our last chance to stand up for our values. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no on this big BS bill. | ||
| The American people are watching, and I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Haradopoulos. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognize for two minutes. | |
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Promises made, promises kept. | ||
| Voters wanted change for one simple reason. | ||
| It was too expensive to live in America the last four years. | ||
| Gas prices, rent prices, food prices up radically. | ||
| So this bill is designed to help those very people hurt the last four years. | ||
| People who earned tips, who earned overtime, people who earned Social Security get the big tax cut. | ||
| And let's be clear here so the American public hears it loud and clear. | ||
| The current tax rate on the wealthiest Americans is 37 percent. | ||
| Under this bill, it remains at 37 percent. | ||
| And at the same time, we're protecting the most vulnerable. | ||
| Please read the bill. | ||
| You'll see that seniors in nursing homes, unaffected. | ||
| You will see that persons who are disabled, unaffected. | ||
| Pregnant women on Medicaid, unaffected. | ||
| And low-income kids, because their parents aren't making much, unaffected. | ||
| Isn't it nice to see that Washington actually keeps its promises from the campaign trail? | ||
| This is a welcome change because Donald Trump said we're going to bring America back by putting more money back in their pockets instead of sending it up here to Washington, D.C. | ||
| And he promised a secure border. | ||
| 99% reduction in the number of people coming across the border illegally. | ||
| That is action. | ||
| And what are we putting in this bill? | ||
| The money needed to make sure it stays that way. | ||
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I'm proud to support this bill because I went to Washington for one reason. | |
| Make promises, keep promises, and prove that the Republicans can lead and are willing to make sure that the great American comeback continues. | ||
| And with that, I yield back. | ||
| Common yields back to the balance of his time. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Yeah, Mr. Speaker, I read the bill too, and I want to know why Jeff Bezos and multi-millionaires and billionaires are getting tax cuts. | ||
| Last night, I offered an amendment to let Trump's tax cuts expire only for people earning more than a billion dollars a year. | ||
| And every single Republican voted against it. | ||
| I mean, what's that all about? | ||
| Follow the money. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Mississippi, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Mr. Thompson. | ||
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| Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for the time. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, Republicans are openly bragging about how the bill kicks children and the elderly off Medicaid, nutritional assistance, and more, all to pay another tax break for wealthy Republican donors. | ||
| But my Republican colleagues are not talking about the trillions and trillions of dollars their political giveaway is going to cost. | ||
| In fact, Mr. Speaker, Vice President Vance has said historic levels of Homeland Security funding in the bill sweetens the deal for the devil. | ||
| This bill means billions of American tax dollars to build a wall Trump promised Mexico would pay for. | ||
| Billions of dollars for mask ICE agents to terrorize immigrant families who've been contributing to our country for decades, including law-abiding Marines and even American kids. | ||
| And billions of dollars for DHS to continue obstructing Congress and denying due process to legal immigrants. | ||
| My Republican colleagues may be fooled by one big ugly bill, but the American people are not. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule and the underlying bill, and I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two and a half minutes. | ||
| The gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Alford. | ||
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Gentlemen is recognized for three and one-half minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Thank you, Madam Chair, for your work on this. | ||
| I raise today in support of the rule and in strong support of H.R. 1, President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. | ||
| Today, Mr. Speaker, we face a watershed moment for the American people. | ||
| This Republican majority was given a clear mandate by the American people, the America First Agenda. | ||
| This bill is our opportunity to deliver on that agenda. | ||
| H.R. 1 stops the largest tax increase in U.S. history while providing the largest tax cut for working and middle-class families ever. | ||
| With no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and tax breaks for seniors, H.R. 1 protects the 87,000 Missouri farms and countless family-owned small businesses from double taxation by expanding the death tax exemption. | ||
| The One Big Beautiful Bill reverses four years, four long years of Biden's open border policies with a generational investment in border security, including funding to complete phase two of the border wall. | ||
| The One Big Beautiful Bill modernizes our armed forces for 21st century threats by properly preparing our military and funding the Golden Dome. | ||
| HR1 ends the progressive less war on America energy by unleashing domestic oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy production, lowering energy costs, ensuring reliable and stable energy sources, and renewing not just energy independence, but making us energy dominant once again. | ||
| Finally, HR1 restores fiscal sanity by cutting almost $2 trillion in federal spending, rescinding billions in green news scam funding, and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse from numerous federal programs. | ||
| Ladies and gentlemen, this is a time for choosing. | ||
| We can choose to side with the illegal aliens, unelected road bureaucrats, and fear-mongering from the America left, or we can choose to side with the American people and deliver on the mandate that they gave us back in November. | ||
| I urge my colleagues to put America first, support the rule, and pass the one big, beautiful bill. | ||
| And I yield back. | ||
| Gentleman yields back. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, Cultmuch. | ||
| You know, I mean, that gentleman's poster says it all. | ||
| It's not about American families. | ||
| It's about one big party for Trump. | ||
| It's about swelling up his ego. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from California, Speaker, Ms. Pelosi. | ||
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Thank you very much, Mr. Gentlewoman's recognized for how much? | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| One minute. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Thank you for your leadership, Mr. McGovern. | |
| The gentleman just ended by saying to vote for this big, beautiful bill. | ||
| This big, beautiful bill? | ||
| Well, if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then you, GOP, you have a very blurred vision of what America is about. | ||
| Is it beautiful to cut off food from seniors and children? | ||
| Is it beautiful to cut off 17 million people from health care? | ||
| Is it beautiful to do this to give tax cuts to billionaires in our country? | ||
| Is it beautiful to take money from education and the rest? | ||
| The list goes on and on. | ||
| Dr. King, nearly 60 years ago, said, of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. | ||
| We come to this floor with the moral force of Dr. King's words in our heart. | ||
| Let us not, with this bill, turn the American dream he talked about in a nightmare for America's seniors, the disabled, our children, our children, our children. | ||
| Let us vote no on this shameful bill and throw a punch for the children. | ||
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Gentlemen, time has expired. | |
| Gentleman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentlemen, reserve, gentlemen from Massachusetts, who is that? | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from California, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, Ms. Waters. | ||
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Thank you very much. | |
| This big, ugly bill straps health care from 17 million Americans, shutters hospitals, and will starve 12 million people by taking away their food stamps. | ||
| These cuts add up to $1.3 trillion, the exact costs of the tax cut Republicans are handing out to the richest 1% of Americans. | ||
| But that's not all. | ||
| The entire bill will add a whooping $3.3 trillion to our nation's $35 trillion debt. | ||
| So much for Republicans being the party of fiscal responsibility. | ||
| They're also gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that returned $21 billion to families cheated by mega banks. | ||
| They're cutting housing funds during an affordability crisis and weakening oversight of Wall Street. | ||
| Maybe they've forgotten that the people elected them, not Trump, are the billionaire class. | ||
| And, Mr. Speaker and members, it'll be a cold day in hell before we let Republicans get away with this. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| I reserve, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| If I can inquire of the gentleman, if she doesn't have many speakers, maybe she can lend us some time because we have a ton. | ||
| Nice try, Mr. McGovern. | ||
| In Congress, we can measure how much people really believe in their position by whether they're willing to come and join their leaders on the House floor. | ||
| Well, I count four members on the Republican side, and we've got over 75 over here. | ||
| But if I were them, I wouldn't want to be associated with this bill either. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I'm going to urge we defeat the previous question. | ||
| And if we do, I'll offer an amendment to the rule to consider amendment number 156, offered by Leader Jeffries, which strikes all provisions that would cause millions of Americans to lose health care and food assistance. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment into the record along with any extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. | ||
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Without objection. | |
| And, Mr. Speaker, to discuss our proposal, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Casio-Cortez. | ||
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Gentleman was recognized for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, and I thank the Chairman. | ||
| You know, President Trump had issued some statements throughout this process saying and urging, insisting that this bill does not cut Medicaid. | ||
| He's also said some things. | ||
| You know, he says he doesn't think I'm too much of a smart person. | ||
| And I'll tell you one thing: it doesn't take a smart person to know if you're being lied to. | ||
| President Trump, you're either being lied to or you are lying to the American people because this bill represents, in the text of this bill, the largest and greatest loss of health care in American history. | ||
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17 million Americans will lose their health care on this bill, not undocumented people, not quote-unquote the disgusting term illegal, but 17 million Americans will have their health care cut from this bill. | |
| On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam of that text, a little bit of the fine print there. | ||
| The cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the United States while taking away their SNAP, while taking away their Medicaid, while kicking them off of the ACA and their health care extensions. | ||
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So if you're at home and you're living off tips, you do the math. | |
| Is that worth it to you? | ||
| Losing all your health care, not able to feed your babies, not being able to put a diaper on their bottom in exchange for what? | ||
| This bill is a deal with the devil. | ||
| It explodes our national debt. | ||
| It militarizes our entire economy and it strips away health care and basic dignity of the American people for what? | ||
| To give Elon Musk a tax break and billionaires the greedy taking of our nation. | ||
| We cannot stand for it and we will not support it. | ||
| You should be ashamed. | ||
| Members are reminded not to engage in personalities toward the president. | ||
| And members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. | ||
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Nels. | ||
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| Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss an important provision in the big, beautiful bill. | ||
| I was proud to introduce the Endowment Tax Fairness Act, which would tax the endowment profits of private elite universities at 21%, raising an estimated, listen to me, $70 to $100 billion over 10 years. | ||
| The Senate gutted this provision and reduced it to under $1 billion annually to protect elite universities that take hundreds of millions of dollars annually in federal tax dollars. | ||
| We were given instructions to generate revenue to pay for President Trump's wonderful priorities. | ||
| Folks, we're not taxing the endowment itself. | ||
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Harvard has $53 billion. | |
| We're not taxing that. | ||
| We're just going to tax the net earnings on their investments at 21%, which was equal to the corporate tax rate. | ||
| And what did the Senate do? | ||
| They reduced it to 8%, just under 8%. | ||
| It is about time that we get these universities to pay the same that corporate America pays. | ||
| And with that, I yield back. | ||
| Gentleman yields back. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz. | ||
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| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I rise to oppose this vile Republican plunder of working families, seniors, and veterans. | ||
| All so the richest Americans can be showered with even more wealth. | ||
| This billionaire ballout would strip health care coverage from 17 million Americans, nearly 2 million in my state of Florida. | ||
| It will push millions into crowded, costly emergency rooms and saddle them with medical debt. | ||
| Trump's big, ugly bill also steals record food assistance from millions of kids, seniors, and veterans. | ||
| It makes cancer screenings and prenatal care harder to get by defunding Planned Parenthood. | ||
| It cripples solar and wind projects and kills millions of clean, green manufacturing and construction jobs. | ||
| All so the rich can get huge tax breaks. | ||
| And no family is unscathed because this bill also blows up the national debt by $4 trillion, which drives up interest rates on car loans and mortgages and triggers billions in Medicare cuts, cutting health care for our seniors. | ||
| This bill makes life less affordable, more painful, and instead of uplifting lives, it will end them. | ||
| When history looks back on this bill, its legacy will be Trump lied and people died. | ||
| Vote no. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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Chair would remind members once again not to engage in personalities toward the president. | |
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentleman reserves. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island, Mr. Magaziner. | ||
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| When we say that the Republican Party has turned into a cult, this is what we mean. | ||
| Our Republican colleagues are pushing a bill that would throw their constituents under the bus, a bill that flies in the face of everything they claim to stand for, all because Donald Trump wants a bill-signing photo up by the 4th of July. | ||
| Our Republican colleagues know that this bill will cost 17 million Americans their health insurance. | ||
| They know that nursing homes in their own districts will have to close down. | ||
| They know that under this bill, $5 trillion of debt are being added that will be paid for by my children and your children and their children for generations to come so that today's billionaires can get a tax break. | ||
| They know that this bill is unpopular and many of their vulnerable members will lose re-election over it. | ||
| But the cult leader has decided he wants his photo up on July 4th, and our Kool-Aid drinking colleagues are going along with it. | ||
| They know this is wrong. | ||
| They still have a chance to do right by their constituents and their convictions. | ||
| Vote no on this bill. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield two minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. Wilson. | ||
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| Thank you very much, Chairwoman Virginia Fox of North Carolina. | ||
| And indeed, Republicans were elected last November with promises made, promises kept. | ||
| And despite the extraordinarily ignorant lies on the other side, the American people know that the bill that we'll be voting on today reduces taxes, creating jobs. | ||
| It's the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime. | ||
| It provides for securing the border. | ||
| It provides for energy independence. | ||
| It provides for the ability of having peace-through strength. | ||
| All of this is in the bill. | ||
| And then compassion. | ||
| It's not compassion if you support programs that are ultimately going to fail. | ||
| But Republicans want people who need assistance to receive the assistance. | ||
| We already know Margaret Thatcher has identified what they're proposing, and that is socialism will work until you run out spending other people's money. | ||
| They are putting the poor people of America at risk. | ||
| We're the ones of compassion. | ||
| Additionally, with the promises made, promises kept by Donald Trump. | ||
| I've lived it. | ||
| I led the delegation to move the delegation, the embassy, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. | ||
| He did that. | ||
| People said you shouldn't do it, the State Department, because it leads to dislocation. | ||
| No. | ||
| It led to the embassy being in Jerusalem and it led to the Abraham Accords. | ||
| We know last week the President was advised do not bomb Iran. | ||
| It will lead to World War III. | ||
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| It has led to a ceasefire and the ability of having an Abraham Accords extended to other countries, including Syria. | ||
| And I'm really grateful that Lindsey Graham was such an advisor. | ||
| The President acted despite the naysayers that we have all around us. | ||
| I just appreciate Donald Trump. | ||
| Promises made, promises kept. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman yields back. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Kennedy. | ||
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| Thank you, Ranking Member McGovern. | ||
| I'm an occupational therapist. | ||
| I helped people live the fullest life they could, given the cards they were dealt. | ||
| I worked at a school for children with disabilities in a nursing home, helping seniors maintain their independence. | ||
| I know exactly what it means to cut a trillion dollars from Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act, which is exactly what this big, ugly bill does. | ||
| Taking away health care for 17 million Americans won't make us any healthier. | ||
| Stealing food away from the neediest children, seniors, and veterans won't make us any stronger. | ||
| Giving billionaires a tax break won't make us any richer. | ||
| Children will go hungry. | ||
| Seniors will lose their health care. | ||
| Students will lose their financial aid. | ||
| Hospitals will close. | ||
| Americans will die. | ||
| I urge my Republican colleagues to stand up, grow a spine, stop bowing down to your King Donald Trump, represent your constituents like you were elected to do, and vote no on this horrible, big, ugly bill. | ||
| I yield back. | ||
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For the third time, the chair would remind members not to engage in personalities toward the president, or they will be called out of order. | |
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, the House is not in order. | ||
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| house will be in order. | ||
| Yeah. | ||
| Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Our reserve. | ||
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Gentlewoman Reserve. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, if there are no other Republican members willing to speak for this bill, we can send some members over to you just to state the facts as to what's in this bill. | ||
| Let's do the public a service. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Orszewski. | ||
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| Thank you. | ||
| I rise today to remind my colleagues that this bill is more than words on paper. | ||
| The policies we're debating today have real impacts on real people. | ||
| People like four-year-old Amir Rich, who visited my office earlier this month. | ||
| Amir was born at just two pounds and spent 452 days in the hospital. | ||
| Today, although he still depends on feeding tubes and oxygen tanks, he is thriving. | ||
| He's walking and able to speak. | ||
| He lit up my office with energy. | ||
| And that's thanks to the care he received under Medicaid. | ||
| Christina was forced to leave her 16-year career in corrections to become his full-time caregiver, placing a significant financial strain on their family in the face of rising costs for American families. | ||
| Medicaid has become a vital lifeline, helping to cover the kind of care Amir needs. | ||
| The bill before us guts these lifelines like Medicaid and CHIP. | ||
| These programs cover nearly half of all American children's. | ||
| For families like Christina and Amir, today's vote is a matter of life and death. | ||
| I encourage my colleagues to look at Amir, look at him, and oppose this reckless bill. | ||
| Protect the vital support systems that serve millions of Americans. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I yield. | ||
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Gentleman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I yield one minute to the gentleman from Utah, Mr. Kennedy. | ||
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Gentlemen, I can ask for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| It's a pleasure to be here and speak in favor of the rule for the Big Beautiful bill. | ||
| As a provider of health care myself, as a doctor, and as a recipient of Medicaid services, my first three children were born on Medicaid. | ||
| In addition to the fact that as a child I was receiving food assistance not only from free school lunch programs but church programs, recognizing the vital need associated with Medicaid as well as with these food programs, we need to right-size these programs. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, if we don't take a different trajectory, these programs will collapse under the economic failures of prior administrations. | ||
| The reality behind this is these bills, this bill that we're discussing today, is insisting on work requirements associated with the recipient of Medicaid. | ||
| If you're an able-bodied working adult, you should be able to go out and find a job. | ||
| If you can't find a job, you need to go to a training program and try to find training so that you can get a job and ultimately get off Medicaid. | ||
| One of the components about Medicaid, we all know it was formed in favor of pregnant women, disabled people, as well as the elderly. | ||
| And what the Republicans are trying to do is right-size the Medicaid program so that it survives for the long-term the vital needs of the people of the future. | ||
| With that, Mr. Speaker, thank you for the time and I yield back. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| If you can't find a job, just enroll in a training program. | ||
| Well, that's hard to do when Republicans are cutting and gutting the training programs that exist in this country. | ||
| I now yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Johnson. | ||
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| Thank you, Mr. Chairman. | ||
| You know, I've been listening to this debate and I am struck by the appalling ability of the members of the other side who are so afraid of this president. | ||
| They are willing to lie to the American people because they fear the tweet of a president more than they fear the wrath of the voters at the ballot box. | ||
| This will come to roost because 17 million people are going to lose their health care. | ||
| And in Texas, we're one of the largest creators of clean energy jobs. | ||
| Texas is the energy state. | ||
| I'm proud to be an energy state. | ||
| We have vast amounts of oil and gas jobs, but we also are the largest creator of clean energy jobs. | ||
| And we will lose millions of employment in our state because Republicans of this delegation are going to vote for this bill. | ||
| And in response to Representative Nels, I'm a proud graduate of the University of Texas. | ||
| I think Texas AM and our elite University of Texas deserves to have the funding in our universities. | ||
| With this bill, we must vote it down. | ||
| And I condemn the Republicans in the state of Texas who are going to harm our state with their support of this bill. | ||
| And with that, I yield back. | ||
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Gentlewoman from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentlewoman reserve. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Wow, okay. | ||
| I yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Castro. | ||
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Gentlemen, recognize for one minute. | |
| Three years ago today, I was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. | ||
| That day, my youngest child, my daughter, turned two months old. | ||
| There's a drug that I have to take every month, every 28 days. | ||
| And the first time I saw the bill for that, the list price on that drug was $24,000 per injection. | ||
| For people that don't have insurance or Medicaid or aren't covered, they're not getting that shot. | ||
| They're not going to survive, some of them. | ||
| This is a choice for some of you between your career and saving people's lives. | ||
| There are so many folks who have reached out over the last several months panicking about their disabled children, about their senior citizen parents who are in nursing homes, people struggling with cancer, Alzheimer, dementia, sickle cell, diabetes, all of these illnesses. | ||
| You have the power today to make sure that they can live with dignity and stay alive, or you can choose your career. | ||
| That is your choice. | ||
| We choose to keep people alive. | ||
| We choose to have health care in this country. | ||
| We refuse to cut health care for 17 million people and 1.6 million people in Texas because it's wrong and it's immoral and we can take a different course. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Washington, Mr. Baumgartner. | ||
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Cameron Trank and ask for two minutes. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I rise in strong support of the Big Beautiful Bill. | ||
| At its heart, the Big Beautiful Bill is a measure that will make America both wealthier and safer. | ||
| And I'm inspired in thinking about the Big Beautiful Bill of not only this president, but two of my favorite former presidents. | ||
| The first would be President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who realized, who realized, who realized the negative impacts of high-tech tax rates. | ||
| Indeed, roughly 60 years ago, President Kennedy warned the largest single barrier to full employment of our manpower and resources and to a higher rate of economic growth is the unrealistic, heavy drag of federal income taxes on private purchasing power, initiative, and incentive. | ||
| And indeed, I have little doubt that President Kennedy would be a big fan of the Big Beautiful Bill. | ||
| Similarly, President Reagan realized peace through strength was how America could defeat the communist Soviet Union. | ||
| And he realized how missile defense was key to facing up from the challenge of the communists. | ||
| Today, the Big Beautiful bill puts much-needed funding into missile defense through the Golden Dome system. | ||
| And I encourage every American that cares about making our country wealthier and safer to support the Big Beautiful Bill. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Michigan, Ms. Stevens. | ||
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The gentlelady from Michigan is recognized for one minute. | |
| Mr. Speaker, this bill makes me sick to my stomach. | ||
| I have met with over 200 manufacturers in my district, and the one thing I hear over and over again is the cost of everything is going up. | ||
| And now this administration is yet again trying to raise prices on working Michiganders. | ||
| This bill in Michigan will kick 750,000 people off of their Medicaid. | ||
| It will eliminate critical investments in Michigan manufacturing. | ||
| It means for Michiganders the costs will continue to go up and up and up. | ||
| And as someone who served as the chief of staff on the U.S. auto rescue in the Obama administration, I know what it means to see Michiganders struggling. | ||
| I know what it means when Michiganders have to choose between paying their bills and paying for life-saving health care, all while billionaires get a tax cut. | ||
| This bill, Mr. Speaker, makes me sick to my stomach, and I urge everyone to vote no. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I reserve. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina Reserves. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I feel the excitement on the other side of the aisle. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio, Ms. Sykes. | ||
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Gentlelady from Ohio is recognized for one minute. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I rise today to oppose this terrible bill that is a bad deal for Ohio and the residents of Ohio's 13th congressional district and the people of the United States of America. | ||
| When I was first elected, I told the people of Ohio's 13th congressional district that it may be my name on the ballot, but when I win, we are all going to Washington together. | ||
| I made that promise because as a representative of my district, it is my responsibility to make sure my constituents' needs are being addressed here in Washington. | ||
| The people in Ohio's 13th congressional district need lower costs. | ||
| The people in Ohio's 13th congressional district need access to care. | ||
| The people in Ohio's 13th district need opportunity, opportunity to work, to buy a house, to live their American dream. | ||
| But this bill does none of that. | ||
| Instead, it kicks 17 million people off of their health care and makes life more expensive. | ||
| People don't have extra money to pay for billionaires' yachts and two-month-long vacations. | ||
| This bill takes money away from hardworking Americans and gives it to the rich. | ||
| It takes food away from children, making their bellies hungry. | ||
| And in my district, Mr. Speaker, 30,000 jobs are in jeopardy. | ||
| So I don't want to hear another word from Republicans about people not wanting to work when they are sending them to the unemployment line. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, this is a bad bill. | ||
| Do not, do not allow the people in my district to be unemployed, hungry. | ||
| And without the ability to live their American city. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, my Democrat colleagues continue to rail against common sense community engagement requirements which require able-bodied adults without an exemption to spend 20 hours per week working, volunteering, enrolling in school, or participating in a work development program. | ||
| Let's be perfectly clear. | ||
| These work requirements apply only to able-bodied adults without young dependents who don't have a disqualifying condition. | ||
| Individuals that are exempt from these requirements include pregnant women, individuals under the age of 19 or over the age of 64, foster youth and former foster youth under the age of 26, members of tribes, individuals who are considered medically frail, and individuals who are already in compliance with the work requirements under temporary assistance for needy families, TANF, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP. | ||
| The list goes on, but our priority remains the same, to root out waste, fraud, and abuse and to strengthen and sustain Medicaid for those for whom the program was intended to serve. | ||
| The expectant mothers, children with disabilities, the poor, and the elderly. | ||
| I reserve, Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina reserves her time. | |
| Mr. Speaker, Democrat from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, Democratic Leader Jeffries has an amendment to strike the devastating cuts to health care and SNAP. | ||
| And I yield to the gentlewoman from New York, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Ms. Clark, for a purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen of New York is recognized for one minute. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | ||
| Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Does the gentlewoman from North Carolina yield for the purpose? | |
| All time yielded is for the purpose of debate and I do not yield for that request. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina does not yield, therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. Carter, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from Louisiana is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order, the amendment at the desk that protects against any Medicaid cuts and any cuts to SNAP. | ||
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North Carolina. | |
| Mr. Speaker, all-time yield is for the purpose of debate. | ||
| I do not yield for that request. | ||
| Chair understands that the gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose, therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, Ms. McBath, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Once again, the chair understands that the gentlelady from North Carolina will not yield for the purpose, therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota, Ms. Omar, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from Minnesota is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlemen from North Carolina has expressed a desire not to entertain the unanimous consent request for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| To the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order that the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicare and SNAP. | ||
| Given that the gentlelady from North Carolina will not accept the general the request for the unanimous consent agenda, the purpose therefore cannot be entertained at this time. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Meeks, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Once again, the Chair understands that the gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Speaker? | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| I yield to the gentleman from Nevada, Mr. Horsford, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen from Nevada is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey, Ms. Watson Coleman, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from New Jersey is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | ||
| The chair understands the gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio, Ms. Beatty, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from Ohio is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Once again, the chair understands the gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, Ms. Fouchy, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Chair understands the gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Alabama, Ms. Sewell, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen from Alabama is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | ||
| Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Waters, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlewoman from California is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, you sure you don't want to check with the gentlelady of North Carolina just in case she changed her mind? | ||
| Chair is pretty confident. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, Ms. Adams, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina, Ms. Fox, has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from Maryland is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida, Ms. Sherfiles McCormick, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from Florida is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make it order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Jackson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Crockett, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio, Ms. Sykes, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut, Ms. Hayes, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio, Ms. Brown, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Virginia, Ms. McClellan, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Ms. Simon, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon, Ms. Bynum, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Ivey, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Mr. Speaker I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey, Ms. McGuyber, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island, Mr. Amo, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from California, Ms. Kemliger Dove, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Bell, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Torres, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. Fields, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I request unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Georgia, Ms. Williams, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama, Mr. Figures, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, thank you. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make it an order. | ||
| The amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid or SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Davis, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rules to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington, Ms. Strickland, for the purpose of unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Greene, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Bishop, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Frost, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois, Ms. Kelly, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts, any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Conway, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. Carson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady of North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, Mr. Garcia, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon, Ms. Bonamici, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon, Ms. Salinas, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Johnson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Washington, Ms. Randall, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois, Ms. Bradzinski, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Hawaii, Mr. Kuda, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York, Ms. Meng, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Michigan, Ms. Dingle, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make and order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania, Ms. Hoolihan, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| You can breathe in and take your time to the right. | ||
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Gentlelady is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas, Ms. Fletcher, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from Texas is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady of North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Tonko, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I am proud to yield to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts, Ms. Presley, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry. | ||
| Gentleman state is inquiry. | ||
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Does one Republican member have the power to block an amendment to protect Medicaid and SNAP? | |
| Yes. | ||
| The manager of the pending resolution would have to yield for any such amendment. | ||
| Well, that kind of seems like a silly rule. | ||
| But anyway, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York, Ms. Gillen, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota, Ms. Morrison, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Ms. Brownlee, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Once again, the gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request may not be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Torres, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendments at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio, Ms. Captain, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Liu, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Can I direct the record from Ohio? | ||
| No, no, yield your cut. | ||
| No, he's activated. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order that amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Chu, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Ms. Velasquez, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady is recognized. | |
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Oregon, Ms. Dexter, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. Johnson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentleman from Georgia is recognized. | |
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| A gentleman from Massachusetts from New York, Mr. Kennedy, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Lansman, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, Ms. Elfrith, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Delaware, Ms. McBride, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. DeLuzio, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Oszewski, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. McGarvey, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Vermont, Ms. Ballant, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Soto, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to amend the rule to make it in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| I yield to the gentleman from Oregon, Ms. Hoyle, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Cisneros, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Norcross, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. Thompson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlemen from Mississippi is recognized. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Menendez, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Takano, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Mr. Speaker. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Ruiz, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make and order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida, Ms. Castor, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose. | |
| Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Desonier, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make and order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Matsui, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make and order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Hampshire, Mr. Pappas, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Nevada, Ms. Titus, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Gentlelady from Nevada is recognized. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Subramanian, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask for unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
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Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Ms. Sherrill, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Mannion, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Lynch, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid or the supplemental nutrition assistance program. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. Clyburn, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you for yielding, Mr. Speaker. | |
| I request that we allow a vote to let the 10-2030 formula be applied to the low-income areas affected by this bill. | ||
| Was that you see? | ||
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Speaking unanimous consent? | |
| Yes, sir. | ||
| Does the gentleman, gentlelady from North Carolina, yield for that purpose? | ||
| Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | ||
| No, I do not yield. | ||
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To the gentleman from South Carolina, the gentlelady from North Carolina will not yield for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Okay, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts in Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Once again, the gentlelady has been clear. | ||
| She is not entertaining the unanimous consent request. | ||
| She will not yield to that point, and therefore it cannot be entertained at this time. | ||
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. | |
| Gentlemen from Massachusetts. | ||
| I thank. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Carberhall, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Thank you. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts, any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | ||
| Gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielding for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas, Ms. Escobar, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielding for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Washington, Ms. Delbenny, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| The gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Washington, Ms. Jayapal, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr. Cohen, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rules to make an order the spirit of Jesus as it's spoken in Matthew. | |
| He was sick and I healed him. | ||
| He was hungry and I fed him. | ||
| Medicare and health care and SNAP payments, nutrition payments, should not be taken away from fellow passengers on this earth. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina is not yielding for that purpose and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the further. | ||
| If the gentleman would suspend, further, the chair would advise members that although a unanimous consent request to consider a measure is covered by the speaker's guidelines for recognition, embellishments constitute debate and as such can become an imposition on the time of the member who has yielded for that purpose. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
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Gentleman from Massachusetts. | |
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina, Ms. Ross, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Whitesides, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
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Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | ||
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Hampshire, Ms. Goodlander, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP. | ||
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The gentlelady from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. | |
| Gentleman from Massachusetts. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California, Mr. Thompson, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. |