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U.S. House of Representatives

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jodey arrington

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steve scalise

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alexandria ocasio-cortez

rep/d 01:05

brendan boyle

rep/d 04:10

brett guthrie

rep/r 01:06

bruce westerman

rep/r 01:17

buddy carter

rep/r 00:51

debbie wasserman schultz

rep/d 01:05

french hill

rep/r 01:10

gwen moore

rep/d 00:57

hakeem jeffries

rep/d 04:20

haley stevens

rep/d 01:10

jason smith

rep/r 03:08

jim mcgovern

rep/d 01:52

joe wilson

rep/r 01:42

johnny olszewski

rep/d 01:14

julie johnson

rep/d 01:06

katherine clark

rep/d 01:33

marcy kaptur

rep/d 01:03

maxine waters

rep/d 01:09

mike kennedy

rep/r 01:15

mike rogers

rep/r 01:19

nancy pelosi

rep/d 01:31

rosa delauro

rep/d 00:59

seth magaziner

rep/d 01:08

terri sewell

rep/d 01:23

timothy m kennedy

rep/d 01:02

virginia foxx

rep/r 00:45

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glenn gt thompson

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tylease alli

00:14

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Speaker	Time	Text
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentleman Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from California, the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, Ms. Waters.
unidentified		Thank you very much.
maxine waters ▲ ● ▼		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.
unidentified		Gentleman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I reserve, Mr. Speaker.
unidentified		Gentleman Reserve, gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		If I can inquire the gentleman, if she doesn't have many speakers, maybe she can lend us some time because we have a ton.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Nice try, Mr. McGovern.
jim 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 of the previous question.
unidentified		Without objection.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		And Mr. Speaker, to discuss our proposal, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Casio-Cortez.
unidentified		Gentleman was recognized for two minutes.
alexandria ocasio-cortez ▲ ● ▼		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.
unidentified		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.
unidentified		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.
alexandria ocasio-cortez ▲ ● ▼		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.
unidentified		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.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Nels.
unidentified		Gentleman is recognized for one minute.
		Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss an important provision in the big, beautiful bill.
		I was proud to introduce the Endowment Tax Fairness Act, which would tax the endowment profits of private elite universities at 21%, raising an estimated, listen to me, $70 to $100 billion over 10 years.
		The Senate gutted this provision and reduced it to under $1 billion annually to protect elite universities that take hundreds of millions of dollars annually in federal tax dollars.
		We were given instructions to generate revenue to pay for President Trump's wonderful priorities.
		Folks, we're not taxing the endowment itself.
		Harvard has $53 billion.
		We're not taxing that.
		We're just going to tax the net earnings on their 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.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		I yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz.
unidentified		Gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.
debbie wasserman schultz ▲ ● ▼		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 bailout 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.
unidentified		Chair would remind members once again not to engage in personalities toward the president.
unidentified		Gentlewoman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentleman reserves.
unidentified		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island, Mr. Magazino.
unidentified		Gentlemen, recognized for one minute.
seth magaziner ▲ ● ▼		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 op 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 op 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.
unidentified		Gentleman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I yield two minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from South Carolina, Mr. Wilson.
unidentified		Gentlemen's recognized for two minutes.
joe wilson ▲ ● ▼		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 elimination of taxes on tips and overtime.
		It provides for securing the border.
		It provides for energy independence.
		It provides for the ability of having peace through strength.
		All of this is in the bill.
		And then compassion.
		It's not compassion if you support programs that are ultimately going to fail.
		But Republicans want people who need assistance to receive the assistance.
		We already know Margaret Thatcher has identified what they're proposing, and that is socialism will work until you run out spending other people's money.
		They are putting the poor people of America at risk.
		We're the ones of compassion.
		Additionally, with the promises made, promises kept by Donald Trump.
		I've lived it.
		I led the delegation to move the delegation, the embassy, from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
		He did that.
		People said you shouldn't do it, the State Department, because it leads to dislocation.
		No.
		It led to the embassy being in Jerusalem, and it led to the Abraham Accords.
		We know last week the President was advised do not bomb Iran.
		It will lead to World War III.
		No.
		It has led to a ceasefire and the ability of having an Abraham Accords extended to other countries, including Syria.
		And I'm really grateful that Lindsey Graham was such an advisor.
		The President acted despite the naysayers that we have all around us.
		I just appreciate Donald Trump.
		Promises made, promises kept.
		Thank you.
		I yield back.
unidentified		Gentleman yields back.
unidentified		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Kennedy.
unidentified		Gentlemen, recognized for one minute.
timothy m kennedy ▲ ● ▼		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.
unidentified		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.
unidentified		Gentlewoman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, the House is not in order.
unidentified		The House will be in order.
unidentified		The House will be in order.
timothy m kennedy ▲ ● ▼		Yeah.
unidentified		Gentlewoman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentlewoman Reserve.
unidentified		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, if there are no other Republican members willing to speak for this bill, we can send some members over to you just to state the facts as to what's in this bill.
		Let's do the public a service.
		Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Orshewski.
unidentified		Gentlemen, recognize for one minute.
johnny olszewski ▲ ● ▼		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.
unidentified		Gentleman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I yield one minute to the gentleman from Utah, Mr. Kennedy.
unidentified		Gentlemen, I can ask for one minute.
mike kennedy ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		It's a pleasure to be here and speak in favor of the rule for the big, beautiful bill.
		As a provider of health care myself, as a doctor, and as a recipient of Medicaid services, my first three children were born on Medicaid.
		In addition to the fact that as a child I was receiving food assistance not only from free school lunch programs but church programs, recognizing the vital need associated with Medicaid as well as with these food programs, we need to right-size these programs.
		Mr. Speaker, if we don't take a different trajectory, these programs will collapse under the economic failures of prior administrations.
		The reality behind this is these bills, this bill that we're discussing today, is insisting on work requirements associated with the recipient of Medicaid.
		If you're an able-bodied working adult, you should be able to go out and find a job.
		If you can't find a job, you need to go to a training program and try to find training so you can get a job and ultimately get off Medicaid.
		One of the components about Medicaid, we all know it was formed in favor of pregnant women, disabled people, as well as the elderly.
		And what the Republicans are trying to do is right-size the Medicaid program so that it survives for the long-term vital needs of the people of the future.
		With that, Mr. Speaker, thank you for the time and I yield back.
unidentified		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		If you can't find a job, just enroll in a training program.
		Well, it's hard to do when Republicans are cutting and gutting the training programs that exist in this country.
		I now yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Johnson.
unidentified		Gentlemen, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
julie johnson ▲ ● ▼		You know, I've been listening to this debate and I am struck by the appalling ability of the members of the other side who are so afraid of this president.
		They are willing to lie to the American people because they fear the tweet of a president more than they fear the wrath of the voters at the ballot box.
		This will come to roost because 17 million people are going to lose their health care.
		And in Texas, we're one of the largest creators of clean energy jobs.
		Texas is the energy state.
		I'm proud to be an energy state.
		We have vast amounts of oil and gas jobs, but we also are the largest creator of clean energy jobs.
		And we will lose millions of employment in our state because Republicans of this delegation are going to vote for this bill.
		And in response to Representative Nelson, I'm a proud graduate of the University of Texas.
		I think Texas AM and our elite University of Texas deserves to have the funding in our universities.
		With this bill, we must vote it down.
		And I condemn the Republicans in the state of Texas who are going to harm our state with their support of this bill.
		And with that, I yield back.
unidentified		Gentlewoman from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentlewoman reserve.
unidentified		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Wow.
		Okay.
		I yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Castro.
unidentified		Gentlemen Director Nash 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.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Washington, Mr. Baumgartner.
unidentified		Gentlemen Jack and Asher, two minutes.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		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, getting the appropriate quote, 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.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Michigan, Ms. Stevens.
unidentified		Gentlelady from Michigan is recognized for one minute.
haley stevens ▲ ● ▼		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.
unidentified		Gentlelady from North Carolina.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
virginia foxx ▲ ● ▼		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentlelady from North Carolina Reserve.
unidentified		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		I feel the excitement on the other side of the aisle.
jim mcgovern ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio, Ms. Sykes.
unidentified		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.
		The resolution is adopted.
		With that objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
		I'll be ready when they are.
		House will be in order.
		For what purpose does the gentleman from Texas seek recognition?
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 566, I call up the bill H.R. 1 with the Senate Amendment there too, and I have a motion at the desk.
unidentified		The clerk will report the title of the bill, designate the Senate amendment, and designate the motion.
tylease alli ▲ ● ▼		H.R. 1, an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of House Concurrent Resolution 14, Senate Amendment.
tylease alli ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Arrington of Texas moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1.
unidentified		Pursuant to House Resolution 566, the motion shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees, and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their respective designees.
		The gentleman from Texas, Mr. Arrington, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Boyle, the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Smith, and the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Neal, each will control 15 minutes.
		The chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the Senate amendment to H.R. 1.
unidentified		Without objection.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
unidentified		Gentleman is recognized.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, today we're considering HR1, the one big, beautiful bill act as passed by the Senate.
		This bill creates the right incentives for historic economic growth, makes unprecedented investments in our military and border security, and implements the largest spending reduction in American history by twofold, alongside other generational fiscal reforms.
		America's economic strength, Mr. Speaker, is the foundation of our global leadership and prosperity.
		But sadly, it has waned, and especially over the last four years.
		To preserve our influence abroad and our quality of life here at home, we must unleash growth, starting with the largest tax cut in U.S. history.
		Just like the first Trump tax cuts, we can expect record drop job growth, investment, repatriation of capital back to the United States, record low unemployment, record high wage growth, and the lowest poverty rates in recorded history.
		This bill also equips our troops and law enforcement, Mr. Speaker, to defend our sovereignty, protect our citizens, and secure our border after years of neglect and lawlessness.
		While more work remains, no doubt, to rein in Washington's out-of-control spending and put our nation on a more sustainable fiscal path, I'm confident that H.R. 1 will make America safe, strong, and prosperous once again, and give our children, most importantly, like my daughter Jane, who is here with me today, a better and brighter future in this, the greatest nation, in human history.
		I reserve the balance of my time.
unidentified		Gentlemen, time is reserved.
		Gentleman from Pennsylvania.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
		Gentlemen is recognized.
brendan boyle ▲ ● ▼		Well, here we are again.
unidentified		Yogi Barra once said it's deja vu all over again, debating this bill in the middle of the night.
brendan boyle ▲ ● ▼		Boy, this crowd must love primetime in Guam.
unidentified		This has been the worst process of the worst bill I have ever seen during my decade in Congress.
brendan boyle ▲ ● ▼		This is not what our founders intended, far from it.
unidentified		And while the process stinks, the substance is even worse.
		The bill still kicks 17 million Americans off their health care.
		Rector cuts the Medicaid.
brendan boyle ▲ ● ▼		Rector cuts the Affordable Care Act.
		record cuts to Medicare.
		But that's not all.
		$4.5 million kicked off nutrition assistance, mostly seniors and children.
		Why?
unidentified		To help subsidize massive tax cuts that mostly go to the top 1%.
brendan boyle ▲ ● ▼		Of course, all of those cuts, over $1.5 trillion worth, don't come close to paying for the more than $5 trillion worth of tax cuts.
unidentified		So who pays the remainder?
brendan boyle ▲ ● ▼		Our national credit card.
		So here we are actually voting not just for the biggest loss of health care in American history, but the biggest increase in our national debt in American history.
		I have no idea what in the world the crowd that was holding out got for holding out.
		Does anyone know?
unidentified		It is a complete mystery to me and to the American people.
brendan boyle ▲ ● ▼		But one thing is clear.
unidentified		There is one group making out as a result of this bill, the billionaire class.
		With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield the remainder of my time.
		Or excuse me, I reserve the balance of the program.
		Time is reserved.
		Gentleman from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to my good friend, the gentleman from the Keystone State, Pennsylvania, Mr. G.T. Thompson.
unidentified		Gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for one minute.
unidentified		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
glenn gt thompson ▲ ● ▼		The One Big Beautiful Bill marks the most significant investment in our farm economy in decades and delivers the most sweeping reforms to SNAP since the program's creation.
unidentified		We're saving nearly $200 billion by restoring integrity to SNAP, closing loopholes, reinforcing work, and ending on-check state abuse, all while preserving the program for the truly vulnerable.
		At the same time, we're delivering $120 billion in deficit reduction and saving 2 million family farms from the death tax.
		We strengthen the farm safety net, invest in trade research in rural communities, and help keep ag innovation here in the United States of America, not in China.
		This is a down payment on the farm bill, and the rest is coming soon.
		Make no mistake, this is a generational win for rural America.
		I'd like to thank Agriculture Committee members for their continued work in developing and advancing this policy.
		We're protecting taxpayers, helping low-income Americans return to work, and securing the future of American agriculture in our rural communities.
		The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers on President Trump's campaign promises, and it's a win for the American people.
		And I yield.
		Gentleman from Pennsylvania.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas, distinguished member of the Budget Committee and ranking member on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, Mr. Doggett.
		Gentleman from Texas is recognized for one minute.
		At 3.35 in the morning, a favorite time of Republicans for taking up this bill, we consider a travesty.
		The Senate took an ugly bill, went out and whipped it with an ugly stick, made it even uglier.
		17 million Americans going without health insurance.
		A 17% increase in electric rates.
		The largest nutritional assistance cut in American history, leaving Americans hungry.
		And yet the Independent Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget condemns this as exploding our debt, spiking it to new record highs, and accelerating the insolvency of Social Security and Medicare.
		One thing remains the same.
		It takes from those with the least and gives to those with the most, lining the pockets of the super rich with millions in tax giveaways.
		It is mean, it is cruel, it is wrong.
		That's why it's being taken up at this hour of the morning, as they have done throughout this process.
		Let's reject this ugly bill and stand up for Americans.
		I yield back.
		Gentleman from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from California and fellow Budget Committee member, Mr. Tom McClintock.
unidentified		Gentleman from California is recognized for one minute.
		Mr. Speaker, this bill fulfills many of the promises we made to the American people.
		Lower taxes, lighter regulations, a secure border, more frugal spending, and a war on waste.
		Throughout history, these are the policies that have produced prosperity and security, and there's every reason to believe that they will again.
		I remind my conservative friends who say this bill doesn't go far enough that our process was not designed to make perfect law.
		It was designed to make the best law that's acceptable to a majority.
		And judging by the narrow votes, we've pushed this bill about as far toward perfection as our process allows.
		The proof is not in the debate points scored today, but rather next year when Americans will ask themselves if they're better off.
		I believe because of this bill, the answer will be a resounding yes.
		And perhaps that's what the Democrats fear most.
		I yield back.
		Gentleman from Pennsylvania.
		Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentlewoman from New Jersey, distinguished member of the Budget Committee, Ms. Watson Coleman.
		Gentlelady from New Jersey is recognized for one minute.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I rise to discuss this big, disgusting billionaire bailout bill.
		This year, I've traveled the state of New Jersey hearing from the constituents of my three GOP colleagues.
		I spoke to some of the 178,000 people in Rep. Vandru's district on New Jersey family care who will lose their coverage.
		And the parents of the nearly 100,000 children in Rep Smith's district who are at risk of losing their New Jersey family care health coverage.
		And I spoke to some of the 11,000 seniors in Kane's district who are worried about their nursing homes having to shut down.
		And what I heard from all of those constituents in those three districts was that they are very disappointed that they were not able to communicate with their representatives because their representatives were hiding from them because they could not justify their support of this big, disgusting billionaire bailout.
		I encourage my colleagues from New Jersey to listen to their constituents and vote no.
		And may God forgive those who do not do for the least among us.
		I yield back.
		Gentleman from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield a minute to my friend from Arkansas and our chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, Mr. Bruce Westerman.
unidentified		Gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for one minute.
bruce westerman ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1, which unleashes American energy and unlocks many of our abundant natural resources.
		We're incentivizing domestic production in the Gulf of America and Alaska with at least 30 lease sales in the Gulf and six lease sales in the Cook Inlet and mandating lease sales every other year in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
		Our mission to responsibly develop our resources doesn't end there.
		The bill also requires coal lease sales, reduces royalty rates on American oil and gas and coal production, and incentivizes production, thereby lowering energy costs and supplying our country with domestically dependable energy.
		But that's just the beginning.
		The bill also invests in crucial water resource infrastructure and helps implement President Trump's executive orders on forest management.
		Republicans on the Committee on Natural Resources are proud of this historic legislation that unlocks our domestic resources potential and supports hardworking Americans and communities nationwide.
		As we become energy dominant again and mine, refine and manufacture again in America, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation and I yield back.
unidentified		Gentleman from Pennsylvania.
		Mr. Speaker, I now yield one minute to the gentleman from California, the Democratic caucus chairman, Mr. Aguilar.
		Gentleman from California is recognized for one minute.
		I thank the gentleman for yielding.
		Mr. Speaker, the American people sent us here to work together to address the issues like the affordability crisis.
		Democrats are ready to work with anyone to make housing more affordable, to make child care more affordable, and to make everyday goods like groceries less expensive.
		But, Mr. Speaker, the policies within this big, ugly bill are going to raise costs, not lower them.
		Health care costs are going to go up as Medicaid gets gutted.
		Electric bills are going to go up when clean energy tax credits are wiped out at the request of the oil lobbyists.
		And cutting food assistance programs like SNAP is going to hurt working people who are already getting squeezed at the checkout line because of these reckless tariffs.
		These are the same working people who were told by my Republican friends that lowering costs would be their top priority.
		That has not been the case.
		And the American people are poorer, and it is more expensive to live here as a result.
		The economy is teetering on the brink, Mr. Speaker.
		Every single piece of evidence tells us that a vote for this bill is a vote to make things worse.
		I urge a no vote.
		Gentleman from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to my friend from Michigan, our chairman of the Education Workforce Committee, Mr. Tim Wahlberg.
unidentified		Gentleman from Michigan is recognized for one minute.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		The One Big Beautiful bill is one big, beautiful win for the American people.
		Americans struggled under crushing inflation driven by the Biden-Harris administration's outrageous spending.
		Even worse, the Biden-Harris administration spent billions on reckless student loan repayment pauses, forcing Americans who never set foot on a college campus to cover the costs of elite Ivy League degrees.
		House Republicans have the chance to right those wrongs and deliver real results for the American people by passing the One Big Beautiful bill.
		Under President Trump, our economy is booming thanks to pro-growth policies that help workers, students, and taxpayers prosper.
		By passing this bill, we have a chance to seize on a generational opportunity to help put more Americans back on the path to the American dream.
		Thank you, and I yield back.
		Gentleman from Pennsylvania.
		I now yield one minute to the gentleman from New Jersey, the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Pallone.
		Gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for one minute.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		This is the most shameful bill that I've ever seen.
		It takes health care away from 17 million people in order to give giant tax breaks to billionaires and large corporate interests.
		The increase in uncompensated care will force hospitals to close and nursing homes to close and increase costs for those who still have insurance.
		Now, costs are going to soar for hardworking families across the country as health insurance premiums and energy bills and medical debts rise for millions while the rich get richer.
		However, this bill doesn't just destroy Americans' access to see their doctors or afford their monthly medications.
		It also makes devastating cuts to American energy and jobs, which will further increase energy bills and eliminate jobs across the country.
		Mr. Speaker, this bill is fundamentally cruel.
		Hardworking Americans don't deserve to be treated this way by the Republicans in Congress, but the Republicans simply don't care.
		I urge my colleagues in the strongest terms to join me in voting no, and I yield back.
		Gentleman from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to my friend from Arkansas, our chairman of the Financial Services Committee, Mr. French Hill.
unidentified		Gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for one minute.
french hill ▲ ● ▼		I thank the Chairman.
		I thank the Speaker.
		I rise in strong support of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
		For too long, government spending has grown unchecked.
		Last November, American voters sent a clear message: reign in government spending.
		Our financial services title exceeds our $1 billion budget instruction by over $600 million.
		It caps the Consumer Financial Protection Budget Authority by nearly half, rescinds unobligated, unused funds from the SEC's Reserve Fund, and HUD's green and resilient retrofit program.
		And it targets $1 billion for strategic use under the Defense Production Act to ensure that America can meet its national security supply chain requirements for the 21st century.
		Overall, this bill stops a huge tax increase for our working families in Arkansas, spurs major investments for small businesses, gives law enforcement the tools they need to secure our southwest border, strengthens energy security, and reduces government spending.
		It delivers on the promises that we made to Americans' voters.
		I support this bill strongly.
		I urge a yes vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
unidentified		Gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Vermont, distinguished member of the budget committee, Ms. Ballant.
		Gentlewoman from Vermont is recognized.
		Mr. Speaker, this is a cruel bill.
		Thousands of Americans will die because of it.
		Rural hospitals will close.
		Millions will lose their health care, and kids will go hungry.
		Americans will be poorer.
		They will be sicker because of my Republican colleagues, because they are falling in line instead of standing up for their people back home.
		This bill shows us their priorities, and it's not you.
		They are taking away your health care to give more money to the very wealthy.
		This bill is for billionaires, not for you.
		I yield back.
		Gentleladies, time has expired.
		Members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair.
		Gentleman from Texas is recognized.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to our friend from the Commonwealth of Kentucky and our chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Brett Guthrie.
unidentified		Gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for one minute.
brett guthrie ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the gentleman for yielding.
		And today I rise in support of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes the work of the Energy and Commerce Committee to unleash American energy, promote innovation, and protect health care for the most vulnerable Americans.
		We call back wasteful and unnecessary spending.
		We unleash affordable and reliable American energy and support technological innovation by reauthorizing the Spectrum Auction Authority.
		And we secure Medicaid for those who need it most, mothers, children, seniors, and people with disabilities.
		Democrats continue to fearmonger and misrepresent what's in this bill, but let me be clear.
		House Republicans are eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse to focus Medicaid on the most vulnerable, not able-bodied adults who choose not to work.
		We're fighting for common sense policies to protect America's children, pregnant women, mothers, individuals with disabilities, and low-income seniors.
		This bill delivers on the promises the President and Congressional Republic has made to the American people.
		That is why I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
unidentified		Gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Rhode Island, distinguished member of the Budget Committee, Mr. Amo.
		Gentleman from Rhode Island is recognized for one minute.
		Budget are a statement of values.
		Republicans are showing they have none.
		People will suffer.
		People will die.
		And it will be at the hands of Republicans who vote yes.
		The top 1% are salivating over getting an extra $300,000 a year because of this dangerous bill.
		Billionaires win.
		17 million Americans will lose their health insurance.
		Largest health care cut ever.
		42 million Americans are at risk of losing food assistance.
		Children will go hungry.
		Republicans can't claim to be the party of faith, patriotism, and families.
		A yes vote supports none of these virtues.
		This is shameful.
		I'm a hell.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		No.
unidentified		I yield back.
unidentified		Gentleman from Texas recognized.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to my friend from Alabama, our chairman of the Armed Services Committee here in the House, Mr. Mike Rogers.
unidentified		Gentleman from Alabama is recognized for one minute.
mike rogers ▲ ● ▼		I thank the Chairman for yielding for his leadership throughout this process.
		Mr. Speaker, years of chronic underinvestment in our national security has shattered American deterrence.
		It's allowed our adversaries to threaten and challenge us in new and unprecedented ways.
		But that ends today.
		Because today, with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, we begin implementing President Trump's Peace Through Strength agenda.
		H.R. 1 includes historic $150 billion investment in America's national defense that will help us begin building the Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield to protect our homeland, begin to revitalize our defense industrial base, help us secure our border because border security is national security, begin to rebuild our munition stockpiles and critical minerals supply chains,
		and continue to improve the quality of life of our service members and their families.
		With these investments, we will work to restore American deterrence and build the ready, capable, and lethal fighting force President Trump promised.
		I want to commend the President, the Speaker, and Leader Thune for prioritizing national security in this bill, and I want to thank Chairman Wicker for his strong partnership throughout this process.
		I urge all members to support this bill, and I yield back.
unidentified		Gentleman from Pennsylvania.
		Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time remains on both sides?
		The gentleman has eight minutes.
		Gentleman from Texas has six.
		Thank you.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from California, distinguished member of the budget committee, Mr. Panetta.
		Gentleman from California is recognized for 30 seconds.
		Mr. Speaker, this partisan tax bill will be our nation's single largest self-inflicted wound to working families and to our economy.
		It's the largest unfunded tax break for the wealthiest families and will lead to the largest number of working families losing health care.
		What's worse is that you're fooling yourself to believe it's paid for.
		Instead, it adds trillions to our debt that will drag down our economy and our credibility.
		And rather than negotiating with Democrats, you're just placating the President.
		So I'm voting no, Mr. Speaker, on this partisan bill to stand up to the President and to stand with working families and to stand for the financial stability of our country and the credibility of this institution.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I yield back.
		Gentlemen from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. John McGuire.
unidentified		Gentleman from Virginia is recognized for one minute.
		I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the time.
		Mr. Speaker, this one big beautiful bill delivers the American people the promises of President Trump's America First agenda and prevents the largest single tax hike on the middle class in history.
		A no vote on this bill is a vote for sabotaging the United States energy dominance, blocking critical investments to revolutionize our military to address 21st century threats.
		It eliminates over $700 billion in wasteful Medicaid spending for illegal aliens and people who can work but refuse to work instead of America's most vulnerable.
		I urge all my colleagues to vote yes on this historic piece of legislation.
		And Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
		Gentleman yields, gentlemen from Pennsylvania is recognized.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Ohio, distinguished member of the budget committee, Ms. Capture.
		Gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 30 seconds.
marcy kaptur ▲ ● ▼		I thank the ranking member, Mr. Speaker.
		This big bonanza bill for billionaires will make life harder for the people of Northwest Ohio and America.
		Unemployment is already up in Toledo, hovering around 6 percent.
		1,100 Jeep gladiator workers in Toledo are idled, and 2,500 workers at Perrysburg's First Solar are on the chopping block as the Trump administration seeds in this bill our glass industry and America's lead in solar energy to China.
		Grocery prices are up 2 percent, yet the bill freezes snap, a cut for 45,000 families in my district, and an $18 million monthly blow to local grocers.
		The bill assures billionaires get $300,000 in tax breaks every year, while seniors and working people lose Medicaid and SNAP in the largest cut to health care in American history, cutting over $1 trillion.
		The bill recklessly adds $3.4 trillion to the U.S. debt and interest rates will climb.
		Congress can create a much brighter future for America by defeating this big, bloated bonanza bill for billionaires.
		I yield back.
unidentified		Gentleman from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Reserve, Mr. Speaker.
unidentified		Gentleman, reserves.
		Gentleman from Pennsylvania.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I now yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Minnesota, the ranking member of the Agriculture Committee, Ms. Craig.
		Gentlewoman from Minnesota is recognized for one minute.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		This Republican budget is a betrayal of the American people.
		It puts in jeopardy food assistance for 42 million Americans.
		That's children, seniors, the disabled, and working parents.
		1.2 million veterans rely on SNAP for their food.
		This budget turns their back on them.
		270,000 veterans, homeless, and former foster youth will lose their food assistance entirely.
		The vulnerable are left behind.
		The middle class gets screwed in favor of the ultra-wealthy.
		I'm a hell no, and I yield back.
		Gentlewoman yields.
		Gentlemen from Texas recognized.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I just remind the gentlelady and my colleagues, my Democrat colleagues, that after the Trump tax cuts, the first Trump tax cuts, the bottom half income grew three times faster than the top half.
		The lower 10 percent wages increased two times over the 1 percent.
		People at the bottom, people in the middle, they benefited more from the tax breaks.
		So I yield or reserve the remainder of my time.
unidentified		Gentleman reserves the remainder of his time.
		Gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized.
		Mr. Speaker, it's now my distinct honor to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from California, the Speaker Emerita of the House, Ms. Pelosi.
		Speaker Emerita is recognized for one minute.
nancy pelosi ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		Thank the general for yielding and for his exceptional leadership, recognizing that our budget should be the statement of values of our country and how we allocate our resources, reflecting those values.
		I ask to speak because I hear members on the other side talking about spending on the part of the Democrats, spending for education and health care, and all the needs of food for our children.
		I just want to remind all of them, speaking to you, Mr. Speaker, that tax cuts are expenditures.
		They're the biggest spending in this bill to the tune of $5 trillion.
		$5 trillion added to the national debt to give tax cuts to the wealthiest people in the country at the expense of feeding our children, health care for our people, and the education of our children.
		And nothing brings more money to the Treasury than the education of the American people from early childhood, lifetime learning, and every phase of it in between.
		So you should be ashamed of yourselves to mock spending on education.
		The best dollar we spend is on educating the American people and the investments and the investments in scientific research, the biblical power to cure that science provides for us cut in this bill to spend $5 trillion for the wealthiest people in America.
		Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
unidentified		Gentleman from Texas recognized.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, budgets are value statements.
		We value letting working families keep more of their hard-earned dollars.
		We value stewarding tax dollars, protecting our most vulnerable, preserving programs that they depend on, not allowing people in this country illegally to siphon money away, jeopardizing those safety nets.
		Mr. Speaker, with that, I yield a minute to my friend from Georgia, fellow Budget Committee member, Mr. Buddy Carter.
unidentified		Gentleman from Georgia is recognized for one minute.
bruce westerman ▲ ● ▼		I thank you, gentlemen, for yielding.
buddy carter ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1.
		We have a choice: continue down our current fiscally unsustainable path where we have waiting lists for Medicaid, insufficient border security resources, and are facing the largest tax hike in American history, or change course.
		The one big beautiful bill ushers in the golden age of America, as our great president says, where taxpayers, not illegal immigrants, are put first.
unidentified		It eliminates tax on tips and overtime and brings tax relief to seniors.
buddy carter ▲ ● ▼		It saves, it sustains Medicaid, and it's there for those who truly need it.
		It secures our southern border, making every community safe.
		All that is required of us is to unleash this prosperity, Mr. Speaker, is to vote yes.
		I'm proud to vote for this bill and encourage my colleagues to unleash America's shackles and make this country work for those who work for it every single day.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I yield back.
unidentified		Gentleman Yields, Gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized.
		High Reserve.
		Gentleman from Pennsylvania Reserve, gentleman from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield a minute to my friend from Georgia, Mr. Mike Collins.
unidentified		Gentleman from Georgia is recognized for one minute.
		I thank the Chairman.
		Mr. Speaker, campaign promises made and soon-to-be campaign promises kept.
		I spent my entire career in the private sector.
		I know what those tax Trump tax policies did for me, for my business, my community, my state, and my country.
		And now, with this bill, we're going to bring inflation under control with energy dominance.
		We're going to make sure that small businesses have certainty with our tax policies out there.
		And also, Mr. Speaker, we're going to bring these federal agencies under control by deregulation.
		You do that, and you will unleash the American entrepreneurial spirit out there.
		This is a big day for Main Street.
		Wall Street has had their time.
		I encourage my colleagues to vote for this bill.
		Let's get this thing to the president's desk, and I yield back.
		Gentleman Yields, gentleman from Pennsylvania.
		I reserve.
		Gentleman Reserves, gentlemen from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		I reserve, Mr. Speaker.
unidentified		Gentleman from Texas Reserves.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		How much time do I have, Mr. Speaker?
unidentified		Gentleman from Texas has three minutes.
		A gentleman from Pennsylvania has five and a half.
		A gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized.
		We reserve.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		I'm ready to close.
unidentified		This is like a tennis game.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		You ready to close?
unidentified		I am prepared to yield to one more speaker and then we'll close.
		Great.
		Gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized.
		So with that, I yield to my good friend, the gentleman from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, who they tell me is behind me.
		Let's hope they're right, Mr. McGarvey.
		How much time would you have?
french hill ▲ ● ▼		Oh, one minute.
unidentified		Thank you.
		The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for one minute.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		A budget is a series of choices.
		Republicans are choosing to take health care away from 17 million Americans.
		Republicans are choosing to take food off the plates of hardworking families, kids, and seniors.
		Republicans are choosing to blow up the national debt by trillions of dollars.
		And for what?
		Also, the top 0.1% can pay even less in taxes.
		I don't ever want to hear a Republican say they care about rural America or the debt ever again if they vote for this bill.
		A budget is a series of choices, and theirs are indefensible.
		I'll vote no.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I yield back.
		Gentleman Yields, gentlemen from Texas.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		I reserve, Mr. Speaker.
unidentified		Gentleman from Texas Reserves, gentlemen from Pennsylvania.
unidentified		In that case, Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for the purposes of a close.
brendan boyle ▲ ● ▼		Gentleman's recognized this has been a very long day after many, many days that have stretched into the night to the following morning, such as this one, after a very long six months on this bill.
		But what really matters in these next few moments is that the decision we have been entrusted by the American people to make will have ramifications for millions of our fellow Americans and indeed for our country for decades to come.
		There may not be a lot of people able to watch at 4.05 in the morning, but in just a few short hours, some of them on Medicaid will be waking up and turning on the news to find out if what we did here tonight means they're about to lose it.
		Some of the people who get their health care from the ACA exchanges will be turning on their TV to find out what we've done in these next few minutes and if they will still be able to have health care.
		The folks like my dad who are on Medicare, who are writing in email and calling us saying don't cut Medicare, they will find out in a few moments whether or not we've pushed through the biggest cut to Medicare in American history.
		The kids who rely on SNAP, the nutrition assistance program, they may not quite understand it, but make no mistake about it, what we are about to do in the next few minutes here will have a profound effect on their lives.
		Not to mention the millions of Americans who may not be on Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, or the ACA, but who rely on a hospital in a rural area, who now may see that hospital close because of the cuts that are in this piece of legislation.
		And of course, for many years to come, we and our kids and our grandkids are going to be saddled with even more debt to afford tax cuts for those who need them the least.
		This is not just bad economics.
		I believe it is immoral.
		I would remind us, the Congressional Budget Office just last week found the final analysis of this bill when all of its component parts are summed together.
		It found this.
		The bottom third of households would be poor.
		The middle of the country would be no better off.
		And the biggest benefit would go to the top 1% of Americans.
		This legislation makes the poor poorer, the rich richer, and the middle class left behind.
unidentified		On behalf of the millions of Americans who are relying on us to hold firm, on behalf of this side of the aisle, we say hell no.
		Vote no on this bill.
		With that, I yield back.
		Gentleman Yields, gentlemen from Texas, is recognized.
jodey arrington ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the bounce of my time.
		I want to start by thanking my good friend and ranking member, Mr. Brendan Boyle.
		He's a good American, and he's been a great partner and colleague, and I mostly appreciate his friendship.
		We convene here before the 4th of July.
		I think it's worth recalling those unalienable rights that sparked this American experiment, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
		Our founders built this republic on the promise of freedom, the freedom to build, to strive, to pursue our own dreams.
		But that promise only thrives when government stays in its place, preserving liberty, not suffocating it with unchecked regulation and unbridled spending.
		This legislation reclaims that founding promise.
		It is the principal vehicle for advancing President Trump's America First agenda, unleashing a rising tide of prosperity, securing our border, modernizing our national defense, and supercharging energy, agriculture, all the sectors of our economy that Washington has kept in a chokehold for too long.
		Throughout this debate, Mr. Speaker, we heard one hollow, hail Mary attack after another designed to scare the American people and prey on their fears, the last gasp of a broken status quo.
		For our part, we put our trust in the American people.
		We appeal to their aspirations, and we deal in facts, not fear.
		They're the false claims that they make that this only helps the so-called 1%, the top 1%, the super rich, when actually it locks in the largest middle-class tax cuts in history, putting thousands of dollars back in the pockets of families still recovering from the crushing inflation and cost of living crisis caused by the Democrats' failed economic policies and unbridled spending.
		The complete distortion that Medicaid is being cut when in fact it's being strengthened for our most vulnerable citizens by eliminating hundreds of billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse.
		The fallacy that work requirements are somehow punitive when we know that they restore the dignity of work and lead to better opportunities and bigger paychecks.
		All their myths are headed for the ash heap of history.
		From day one, we said this was a generational opportunity to deliver the most comprehensive and consequential set of conservative reforms in modern history.
		And that's exactly what we're doing.
		This isn't our moment, Mr. Speaker.
		This is the American people's moment.
		And I urge my colleagues to pass this bill and open up that gateway to a new golden age of America.
		God bless America.
		Go West Texas, and I yield back.
unidentified		The gentleman from Texas yields back.
		The gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Smith, and the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Neal, each will control 15 minutes.
		Chair recognizes the gentleman from Missouri.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I yield myself such time as I may consume.
		Gentleman's recognized.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		Before November, Americans wondered whether our best days were behind us.
		Democrats fueled inflation, they opened our borders, funded illegal immigration with your tax dollars, and increased IRS audits on the middle class, all while leaving the working class behind.
		President Trump promised to make America great again, and 77, 77 million Americans supported that promise.
unidentified		They voted for change.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		The one big, beautiful bill delivers for the American people.
		This is the largest tax cut for working families, farmers, and small businesses in U.S. history.
		Households making under $100,000 will see a 12% tax cut compared to what they pay today.
		The average family of four will see nearly $11,000 more in their pockets each year.
unidentified		Real wages for workers will rise by as much as $7,200 a year.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		A waitress working for tips will keep an extra $1,300.
unidentified		A lineman working overtime after a storm will keep an extra $1,400.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		While Democrats defend illegal immigrants, fraudsters, and bureaucrats, Republicans are standing up for the American people, putting more money in their pockets.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		President Trump, he promised no tax on tips, overtime pay, car loan interest, and tax relief for seniors.
unidentified		We are delivering on all those items and more.
unidentified		Families win in the one big, beautiful bill.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		Over 40 million households will benefit from a higher child tax credit of $2,200.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		We boost the standard deduction to give a tax cut to the 91% of middle-income families who use it, up to $31,500.
unidentified		Young Americans win.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		We expand choices for educational freedom and open up savings options to include trade schools.
unidentified		Moms and dads get new support for adoption, paid leave, child care, and health care costs.
		Kids get Trump accounts, giving them a financial stake in our country's future.
		We bring back American jobs and our manufacturing base by protecting or creating more than 7 million jobs, including 1 million new small business jobs each year.
		We reign in Washington by delivering the largest cut in mandatory spending in U.S. history.
		The one big, beautiful bill is for the people who don't have lobbyists in this town.
		The farmers, the welders, the waitresses, the nurses pulling double shifts, the truck drivers hauling goods across this country, the folks who work hard, play by the rules, and ask only for a fair shot and a government that works for them, not against them.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		It's for places like Peachtree City, Georgia, Yukon, Oklahoma, Petersburg, West Virginia, Erie, Pennsylvania, and all the other communities that the Ways and Means Committee visited over the last 24 months.
unidentified		The one big, beautiful bill is their bill.
unidentified		It's about restoring sanity in a town that's lost it, cutting waste, and reining in reckless spending.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		It demands that if you're able to work, you should.
unidentified		It stops asking working families to foot the bill for Washington's bad decisions.
		Let's get this done, Mr. Speaker.
		Gentleman from Missouri Yields, General from Massachusetts recognized.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I yield myself two minutes.
		Gentlemen's recognized.
		So we might have visited a lot of places.
		Tonight, or this morning, I should say, why don't we visit reality?
		Here's the reality, because we're going to talk about facts for the next 15 minutes on our side.
		So one thing you can understand very clearly, the Republicans in the House surrendered to the Republicans of the Senate.
		And once again, when the going got tough, both institutions surrendered to the President.
		This bill became worse along the way when it was already a pretty bad product.
		So in terms of expertise, let's reject what the Congressional Budget Office says.
		Let's reject what the Joint Committee on Taxation might have to say.
		And of course, when the going gets tough, let's blame the Federal Reserve Board because of interest rates.
		So under this bill, here's a fact, Mr. Speaker.
		If you made a million dollars last year, you're going to make a plus of $96,000 in the next tax filing season.
		That's a fact.
		But here's the real fact and the scam that's being presented to the American people with this legislation.
		So if you made under $50,000 last year, you're going to get $0.68 a day in terms of your tax relief.
		The Senate was too generous.
		They were at 73%, so the House wanted to go back to, on the Republican side, 68 cents.
		Here's the real kicker.
		For a party that has preached fiscal rectitude that I've listened to in all my years here, all my years here, voting for the balanced budget amendment, taking up all of these pursuits in terms of fiscal rectitude.
		They're borrowing $5 trillion additional dollars to pay for a tax cut.
		for the wealthiest amongst us.
		$5 trillion is being added to the debt.
		I call attention to that because they're taking away health insurance from poor people.
		Hospitals are going to suffer.
		Medicare is going to be cut.
		The child credit will leave out the poorest.
		And seniors are threatened with much of the necessities of everyday life.
		SNAP, Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA are all about to be gutted in the name of a tax cut for the wealthiest amongst us.
		I preserve the balance of my time, Mr. Speaker.
		Reserves.
		Gentlemen from Missouri is recognized.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		I yield one minute to the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr. Kustoff.
unidentified		Gentleman from Tennessee is recognized for one minute.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I want to congratulate the leadership of Chairman Jason Smith getting this bill to the floor.
		I rise today, Mr. Speaker, to speak in favor of President Trump's one big, beautiful bill.
		Here are the facts, Mr. Speaker.
		If Congress fails to pass this bill, taxpayers across the nation will get a big tax increase.
		In Tennessee's 8th congressional district, the average household would face a 26% tax hike.
		This would be catastrophic for families, for farms, and for small businesses across the nation.
		This bill not only stops this massive tax hike, but it will reduce taxes for Americans nationwide and turbocharge our economy.
		When Americans voted last November, they voted for these policies put forth by President Trump and House Republicans.
		Now is the time for us to do this job and pass the one big, beautiful bill.
		Too much is at stake.
		And with that, I'll yield back.
		Thank you.
		Gentleman Yields.
		Gentleman from Massachusetts recognized.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the very distinguished gentleman from California, Mr. Thompson.
		Gentleman from California is recognized for one minute.
		Mr. Speaker, this bill shamelessly hurts our constituents, cuts health care for 17 million Americans, closes one in four nursing homes and many rural hospitals.
		It rips nutrition assistance away from 11 million Americans.
		And it cedes leadership in the green energy economy to China, to China.
		It raises energy bills for hardworking Americans.
		It cuts Pell Grants for millions of students.
		It adds $5 trillion to our national debt to give a tax break to billionaire donors who don't need the help in this environment.
		$5 trillion added to our national debt.
		It pushes the American dream out of reach for millions of working-class Americans.
		Every member who votes yes will forever carry the shame of betraying hardworking Americans and put our kids and our grandkids in great, great debt.
		I urge a no vote on this bill.
		It's bad for our constituents.
		It's bad for America.
		It's bad for our future.
		And I yield back.
		Gentleman Yields.
		Gentlemen from Missouri is recognized.
		I yield one minute to the gentleman from Nebraska, Mr. Smith.
		Gentleman from Nebraska is recognized for one minute.
		Thank you.
		I thank the chairman for the diligent work he has done in bringing folks together, hearing from all members and helping formulate a bill that is great for America, great for workers, where we know that what we did in 2017 increased wages for workers at an amount even better proportionately than high-income folks.
		I also want to point out that my colleagues across the aisle voted for a large portion of this bill last year.
		Now there's various criticisms that they've kind of pivoted, I guess, a bit, but when you really look at what we are doing, we're preventing a tax increase on the middle class.
		Average American household without this bill getting done will face about a $1,500 tax increase.
		American Farm Bureau tells us that the average farm will face more than $5,000 tax increase if we don't get our bill done.
		Mr. Speaker, this is the right thing to do.
		This is great for America.
		I yield back.
		Gentleman Yields, gentlemen from Massachusetts.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		Let me yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Davis.
		Gentleman from Illinois is recognized for one minute.
		I rise in strong opposition and could never vote for this big, bad, inhumane, and ugly bill because it will wreck health care delivery, takes food from hungry children, sentence seniors to early deaths, eliminate jobs and destabilize our economy just to give the super rich and wealthy more influence, more power, more wealth.
		It takes from the poor, from the disabled, from the sick, from the hungry, and gives to the wealthy.
		This bill is cruel.
		It is immoral.
		It is a crime about to happen.
		It is draconian.
		It is dangerous.
		It is criminal.
		So if you want to stop crime, vote no, as I will, and I yield back.
		Gentleman Yields, gentlemen from Missouri is recognized.
		Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. LaHood, for the purposes of a colloquy.
		Gentleman from Illinois is recognized for one minute.
		Mr. Speaker, I rise to enter into colloquy with the gentleman from Missouri regarding the termination of the Commercial Clean Vehicles Credit in the One Big Beautiful bill.
		Is it your understanding and intent, Chairman Smith, for the purposes of this provision, vehicles shall be treated as, quote, acquired, unquote, as of the date on which a written binding contract is entered into for their acquisition and a payment has been made?
		I yield to Chairman Smith for a response.
		Mr. Speaker, yes, it is the legislative intent that vehicles shall be treated as acquired as of the date on which a written binding contract is entered into for their acquisition and a payment has been made.
	Mr. Speaker, I associate myself with the comments of the managers.
	I am pleased to know their legislative intent.
	Mr. Speaker, in closing, I urge my colleagues to support this common sense legislation, and I yield back.
	Gentleman Yields, gentlemen from Massachusetts.
	Mr. Speaker, I'd like to yield one minute to the gentlelady from California, Congresswoman Sanchez.
	Gentlelady from California is recognized for one minute.
	Thank you.
	Mr. Speaker, I flew overnight through thunderstorms and flash flood warnings to be here to stand up for my district this morning because Republicans refused to stand up for theirs.
	I've been in Congress for over 20 years and I've never seen such cowardice from my colleagues across the aisle.
	Time and time again, we see Republicans fold like cheap lawn chairs.
	Senator Murkowski said it was a bad bill, then why the hell would you vote for it?
	I'm here to stand up against a bill that kicks 17 million Americans off of their health care.
	A bill that cuts school lunches and food assistance to children who go to bed hungry every night.
	A bill that includes billions of dollars for ICE, an already bloated agency that has been upending due process and racially profiling people in my district for weeks.
	To my colleagues across the aisle, have you no decency?
	Have you no humanity?
	It's not too late to do what you know is right by your constituents and by your country.
	Vote no on this one big steaming pile of crap, and I yield back.
	Gentlewoman yields, gentlemen from Missouri is recognized.
	I yield one minute to the gentleman from Kansas, Mr. Estes.
	Gentleman from Kansas is recognized for one minute.
	Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the Kansas families, workers, and small businesses who will benefit from the One Big Beautiful bill.
	By extending and improving the TCGAA, working-class families in my district will pay $10,900 less in taxes and see increased wages of $7,200 on average.
	It contains my bipartisan legislation to make research and development expensing permanent, a jobs provision ensuring America continues to lead the world entirely on innovation.
	It eliminates fraud and waste in Obamacare, and it builds on President Trump's successes at securing the border.
	Despite the misleading spend from my colleagues on the left, this bill delivers on what Americans voted for in November.
	It's time to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill.
	With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back.
	Gentleman Yields, gentlemen from Massachusetts.
	Mr. Speaker, I'd like to yield one minute to the gentlelady from Alabama, Congressman Woman Sewell.
	Gentlelady from Alabama is recognized for one minute.
terri sewell ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, this so-called big, beautiful bill is nothing but a big, ugly betrayal of Alabama families and the big handout to billionaires.
		There's nothing beautiful about stripping health care from working families.
		There's nothing beautiful about taking food off the table of the most vulnerable neighbors.
		And there's nothing beautiful about putting rural hospitals on life support in communities that can least afford it.
		Mr. Speaker, the cuts in this bill are not just numbers on a page.
		They are empty cupboards and shuttered clinics.
		They are hospital wings closed in small towns already struggling to keep their doors open.
		They are parents lying awake at night wondering how they will afford medicine for a sick child or how they'll keep food on the table if they lose their hours.
		Here are the facts.
		170,000 Alabamians will lose their health care.
		700,000 Alabamians will lose or reduce their nutrition assistance.
		Five Alabama hospitals will close and add $5 trillion to the national debt.
		On behalf of the 750,000 Alabamians that I represent in Alabama's 7th congressional district and the 5 million hardworking Alabamians, I say vote hell no on this bill.
		And I urge my colleagues to do the same.
unidentified		Gentleman from Missouri is recognized.
		I yield one minute to the gentlelady from West Virginia, Ms. Miller.
		Gentlelady from West Virginia is recognized for one minute.
		Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this big, beautiful bill.
		In 2017, President Trump signed the largest tax cut in history into law.
		Today, thanks to the hard work of the Ways and Means Republicans, we will make those tax cuts permanent and prevent an end-of-the-year tax hike.
		This bill gives the average working family a $1,300 tax cut and makes permanent the $199A small business deduction to keep our economy humming.
		This is a big win for our West Virginia businesses.
		It provides relief to gig workers by ending the Democrats' absurd 600-1099K reporting threshold and reverts back to the time-tested standard of $20,000 and 200 transactions.
		It will provide economic relief, secure our borders, and ensure American energy dominance.
		This legislation will make the life of the average American better, and I support getting it to President Trump's desk.
		I urge all my colleagues to do the same.
		Thank you, and I yield back.
		Gentlelady Yields, gentlemen from Massachusetts.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I would remind the gentlelady that in 2017, the Republican Party borrowed $2.3 trillion for that tax cut.
		I yield one minute to the gentlelady from Wisconsin, Congresswoman Moore.
		Gentlelady from Wisconsin is recognized for one minute.
gwen moore ▲ ● ▼		Thank you.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Ranking Member.
		If you are a Republican with misgivings with the massive debt that this bill creates, or if you're worried about stripping 17 million Americans of health care access, I tell you that now is your moment.
		A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.
		Shakespeare.
		So vote, your constituents, vote your conscience.
		This is how you will be remembered.
		Better to vote your conscience today and face an angry tweet than to have your legacy be one of equivocation and cowardice.
		By their deeds, you will know them.
		I urge all my colleagues to oppose debt, death, and hunger.
		Oppose this cruel legislation.
		And I yield back.
unidentified		Gentlelady Yields, gentlemen from Missouri.
		I yield 45 seconds to the gentleman from Iowa, Mr. Feenstruck.
		Thank you, Chairman.
		Iowa is recognized for 45 seconds.
		Thank you, Chairman Smith.
		President Trump's one big, beautiful bill will dramatically grow our economy and reduce our deficit.
		It's the largest tax cut in American history for families, farmers, workers, and small businesses.
		This bill will help our Main Street businesses grow, invest, hire, and increases the exemption for the death tax, which will help save 2 million family farms.
		Additionally, this legislation fully funds the border wall, hires more ICE and Border Patrol agents, and creates American energy independence.
		We must pass this bill to unleash economic growth and rural prosperity.
		Let's make President Trump's one big, beautiful bill the law of the land.
		Thank you, and I yield back.
		Gentleman Yields, gentlemen from Massachusetts.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentlelady from Connecticut, Congresswoman DeLaurel.
		Gentlelady from Connecticut is recognized for one minute.
rosa delauro ▲ ● ▼		My House Republican colleagues, have you no shame?
		This bill hands $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires in the biggest corporations.
		It takes health care away from 17 million Americans.
		People will die.
		42 million Americans will go hungry.
		This bill triggers $500 billion in Medicare cuts.
		It increases the budget deficit by $3.3 trillion.
		President Trump and House Republicans have abandoned their promise to lower the cost of living.
		They are making it worse.
		To my Republican colleagues, have the moral courage to oppose this bill.
		The consequences of this vote will come due.
		They will not wait until next November.
		It will come tomorrow and every day after, and every phone call and letter that your office answers when your constituents tell you they cannot find health coverage or afford groceries.
unidentified		And they ask what you have done to help.
rosa delauro ▲ ● ▼		And I hope you have the moral courage to tell them the truth that you did nothing.
rosa delauro ▲ ● ▼		Vote no, and I yield back.
unidentified		Gentlelady yields, gentlemen from Missouri.
		I yield 47 seconds to the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. Yachim.
		The gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 47 seconds.
		Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
		Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the One Big Beautiful bill.
		President Trump inherited a disastrous open-border policy from the Biden-Harris administration.
		There were nearly 9 million encounters at the southern border under President Biden, more than the last 14 years combined.
		You can plainly see the difference between the first five months of President Biden and the first five months of President Trump on this chart.
		As it turns out, all we really needed was a new president.
		And now the One Big Beautiful bill will permanently secure the southern border.
		It completes the wall, funds thousands of new border agents, and equips them with the cutting-edge tools that they need.
		I urge my colleagues to vote yes, because border security is national security.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield back.
		Gentleman Yields, gentlemen from Massachusetts.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentlelady from California, Congresswoman Chu.
		Gentlelady from California is recognized for one minute.
		I rise in opposition to Republicans' big, ugly bill because of my constituents like Lisa, whose son was diagnosed with a life-altering disease that left him unable to work by mid-age.
		Medicaid enables Lisa to be his full-time caregiver and ensures that he has the care he needs.
		Unfortunately for Lisa and her son, Republicans don't care.
		They've made it very clear over the past six months who they are fighting for.
		It's not for the most vulnerable like Lisa and her son, who may be two of the 17 million Americans kicked off their health care thanks to this bill.
		Instead, Republicans are fighting for billionaires like Donald Trump and the top 0.1 percent who will get an average tax cut of 309,000 per year, while those earning less than 50,000 get 68 cents a day.
		To my Republican colleagues, there are still time to join Democrats in preventing this despicable bill from becoming law.
		I yield back.
		Gentlelady Yields.
		Gentleman from Missouri.
		I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. Nodd.
		The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 30 seconds.
		Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill.
		After listening to the previous few hours, it should surprise no one that the party of open borders, the party of illegal aliens, and now the party of state-run grocery stores hates this bill.
		Because this bill secures America's borders.
		It protects America's farmers and America's businesses.
		It protects us from tremendous amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse.
		And it stops the largest tax hike in American history.
		This bill is a win for the American people.
		I yield back.
		Mr. Speaker, might I inquire as to how much time is remaining?
		Gentleman has six minutes.
		I yield one minute to the gentlelady from Oregon, Ms. Salinas.
		Gentlelady is recognized for one minute.
		Mr. Speaker, with this bill, my Republican colleagues are betraying the American people.
		In the dark of morning, they're trying to ram through legislation that will raise costs, strip away health care, take food off the table of working families, and increase energy costs for all Americans, all to give tax breaks to billionaires and corporations.
		Cuts to Medicaid will shutter rural hospitals, nursing homes, and health centers, leaving families with higher costs and nowhere to turn for care.
		As millions of families are right now struggling to put food on the table, this bill cuts funding for nutrition assistance, forcing children, veterans, and seniors to go hungry.
		And this bill raises costs on everything, from energy bills to prescription medications.
		This bill is a grave mistake.
		If it passes, my Republican colleagues may pay for it at the ballot box, but countless Americans will pay for it with their lives.
		I urge my colleagues to have the moral courage to oppose this bill.
		I yield back.
		Gentlelady Yields, gentlemen from Missouri.
		I yield one minute to the gentleman from Louisiana, the majority leader, Mr. Scalise.
		The gentleman from Louisiana is recognized.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank Chairman Smith for not just yielding, but for his leadership in getting us to this point.
		Mr. Speaker, we are at the precipice of the new golden age of America.
		And how do we get there?
		We get there by actually making the right decisions for those hardworking families who have been struggling.
		You know, if you listen to the people on the other side, Mr. Speaker, who have over and over again said they are against this bill and all the things that are in this bill for hardworking families, you would think the last four years things have been going great for middle America.
		I don't know what parallel universe they've been living in, Mr. Speaker, but we heard the message that the voters sent who said they're sick and tired of high inflation, of high gas prices, of not being able to fill up their grocery cart because of the spending in Washington for Washington at their expense.
		And so what does this bill do?
		It says we're finally going to turn that around and deliver a bill that focuses on families in America.
		You know, we hear a lot from the other side, Mr. Speaker, about billionaires, tax cuts for billionaires.
		You go look at this bill.
		Everybody's had an opportunity to read the bill.
		They actually read the whole bill on the Senate floor.
unidentified		Only took 14 hours.
unidentified		And if you listened, one of the things you'd find out, Mr. Speaker, is there are some new tax cuts in this bill, but not for billionaires.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		So then it would beg the question, why does the other side keep hiding behind billionaires as their excuse to vote no?
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Because they made a decision, Mr. Speaker, early off.
unidentified		They don't want to give people back their money.
		They want to keep that power in Washington.
		That's really what's at stake here.
		That's the big fight that has been going on for years.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		The other side won that fight the last few years by raising taxes, raising spending, growing Washington.
		And while they did that, families in America suffered.
		Inflation went up for those hardworking families while Washington grew.
		Interest rates grew up to the point they couldn't even afford to buy a first-time home because Washington grew.
		And we said it's enough that Washington has to finally start living within Washington's means so that families in America can finally start living the American dream again.
		That's what this bill focuses on, Mr. Speaker.
unidentified		And how do we do it?
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		We do it, number one, by locking in rates for everybody.
unidentified		Nobody's taxes go up, Mr. Speaker.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Nobody's.
unidentified		Now, the other side's upset about that, and I understand it because they don't want just the billionaires to go up, because they know in this bill, the income groups that get hit the hardest, if a no vote prevails, and we've heard them, they're all going to vote no, Mr. Speaker.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		But if a no vote prevails, the income groups that get hit the hardest are the lower and middle income groups of America.
unidentified		And they know that.
		They're watching this vote.
		And you can say billionaires all day long, but you know what the new tax cuts in this bill are?
		Because there are new tax cuts.
		For the waiter and waitress who's working maybe two, three shifts at a restaurant, at a diner, barely getting by, that's the new tax cut that we're putting in this bill.
		And so you would say, well, then how could the other side possibly vote against that?
		But Mr. Speaker, they are.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		And maybe a focus group told them that if they curse enough and if they say billionaires enough, those families will forget what's actually happening.
unidentified		But they're not going to forget because they're paying attention.
		You know what the average pay for a worker in America who makes tip money is under this bill?
		$32,000 a year.
		That's right.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Billionaires aren't even allowed to be eligible for that tax break.
unidentified		But the waitress who's working two, three shifts, barely getting by, making $32,000 a year, finally gets a little bit more money.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		And yes, every other, every Democrat has bragged over here that they're going to vote against that.
unidentified		They don't want that waitress to get that money back in her pocket.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		But we're going to make sure she gets that tax break, Mr. Speaker, because she's struggling.
unidentified		She maybe wants to put together a college fund for her kid.
unidentified		Maybe she wants to take her family on a vacation.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		And she's going to have that opportunity when this bill passes.
unidentified		You know who else we're going to give opportunity to, Mr. Speaker, in this bill?
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		The other tax cut.
unidentified		Sorry, it's not a billionaire again.
unidentified		It's that shift worker working overtime.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Not the billionaires.
unidentified		Person that's showing up at the factory making stuff in America who's paying taxes on the overtime, but they're away from their family.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		And they're looking at that check at the end of being away from their family for a few extra hours and they're trying to make ends meet for their family.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		And they go, geez, I've got to get all that extra money back to the government.
unidentified		Is it worth being away from my family?
		And we say, you know what?
		Yeah, normal tax rates apply on everything else, but if you work overtime, you're not going to pay taxes on that overtime.
		Somebody making $60,000 a year, not the billionaire.
		Say billionaire enough and maybe that shift worker won't know what you're doing, but Mr. Speaker, they do know.
		They do know what's about to happen because everybody's watching this vote.
		And that's a good thing.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Because that shift worker deserves that extra money back.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Might not seem a lot to somebody who deals with billions and trillions of dollars up here in Washington and grows agencies by 20, 30% every couple of years and just thinks if you double the size of an agency over five years, somebody's going to pay for that.
unidentified		Well, you know who's paying for it?
		That hardworking family.
		You know, we clean up waste, fraud, and abuse, and it's been mocked by the other side.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		They think it's cool to mock what we're doing to finally root out waste, fraud, and abuse.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Let the other party, Mr. Speaker, be the defender of waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington.
unidentified		But we're cleaning it up in this bill.
		USDA has pointed out that there's about $10 billion a year in waste just in the SNAP program.
		Fraud, improper payments.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Not going to children that you hear about on the floor and not all these other.
unidentified		It's going to improper payments to fraud.
		$10 billion a year.
		But Mr. Speaker, when you hear about the billionaires and you say, well, how could anybody vote against this bill?
		Think about what a no vote means.
		Because I'm proud of the yes vote that we're about to cast to help those families.
		But everybody who votes no, Mr. Speaker, make no mistake about it.
		Everybody who votes no is going to be asked a question by that waitress making $32,000 a year saying, why do you want me to pay more money in my tips so that $10 billion of fraud goes out in the SNAP program?
		Because you voted against cleaning it up and you voted against no tax on tips.
		That's the no vote.
		You can't hide behind the billionaire anymore.
		You're going to have to face the reality, Mr. Speaker, that this bill actually delivers for the working families of this country who have been struggling.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		They haven't been living on Easy Street the last four years, but they went to the polls in November and said, we want to try a different approach.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		And this is that different approach to give them more power, to give them more opportunity.
unidentified		You know, we're given opportunity, Mr. Speaker, too, in this bill.
		Again, if you're going to vote no, this is what the no vote will take away.
		We actually create something unique in this bill.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Hadn't been talked about yet, but it's in the bill.
unidentified		I'm real proud of it.
		We create opportunity in school choice for every, not billionaire, low-income families.
		Every low-income family in America will be eligible for a scholarship so that their kid can go to the school of their choice if they're in a failing school.
		Now, you vote no, Mr. Speaker.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		How do you tell that family that their kid doesn't have the same opportunity they deserve that every other kid in America can have?
unidentified		If somebody can afford it, they can go to a private school.
		But if that low-income family can't afford it, we're finally giving them a lifeline in this bill, Mr. Speaker, and saying you can have the same opportunity.
		But a no vote says that you don't think that that parent deserves the same opportunity.
		And then you hide behind billionaires.
		There's going to be no hiding, Mr. Speaker.
		We all know when this board lights up what the consequences are.
		And why do we say there's going to be a golden era in this country?
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		We're securing our border in this bill, too.
		We're opening up American energy in this bill.
		Everywhere from the north slope of Alaska to, yes, the Gulf of America, where President Biden had shut down American energy.
		He greenlighted Russia's Nord Stream pipeline so Russia could produce their energy, funding billions of dollars to go fund their war against Ukraine.
		But in America, we were shut down.
		We open it up in this bill, Mr. Speaker.
		American workers get to produce American energy, not just for America.
unidentified		It's going to lower the price at the pump.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Again, you're a middle-income family.
		The billionaire doesn't care what the cost of gasoline is.
		You know who does?
unidentified		That waitress making $32,000 a year saves that tip money.
		Maybe she can go on a trip and get in her car and drive and afford the gasoline now because we'll be producing more.
		We actually have lease sales in this bill for once we can produce energy in America.
		We have great natural resources.
		We just had them shut down for four years by an administration that said no to American energy, said yes to other countries' energy.
		Iran was able to sell their oil on world markets thanks to the previous administration.
		That party's over.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		And when America starts producing more energy, not only does it help lower the price for families here in America, not only does it create great jobs, great jobs here in America, but all the bad guys around the world, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, you name your country, they're not going to have a cartel-like exclusive license on global energy anymore because America is going to be back in the game.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Let's get this country back in the game.
unidentified		Let's get this country back on track.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Let's actually promote opportunity in the American dream again for anybody who wants it.
unidentified		You want to work?
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		There's going to be more opportunity than you've ever had before.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		If you're disabled on Medicaid right now, you've been crowded out of those programs by people turning down work, able-bodied people, 35-year-olds sitting at home playing video games.
unidentified		They're going to now have to go get a job.
		That's right.
		And by the way, that's a good thing for them.
		Their mom doesn't want them sitting in the basement playing video games anyway.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		But now it no longer will be crowding out Medicaid for the truly needy people who deserve it.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		The disabled people will not be getting crowded out of those programs by people who can actually go get a job and there are going to be a lot of great jobs, Mr. Speaker, a lot of great jobs in this country.
unidentified		America's coming back.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		You can vote no all day long and you can hide behind billionaires all day long, but we're going to keep moving forward because this country doesn't sit down in the fetal position.
		America's ready for a rebirth and we're going to deliver it.
		President Trump is at the helm now.
unidentified		It's a new day.
unidentified		World leaders know it.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		The bad guys know it around the world.
unidentified		But you know what?
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Those hardworking families who have been waiting for this relief for a long, long time are finally going to realize help is on the way because Republicans in Congress, any Democrats that want to join, Mr. Speaker, are free to, but they're bragging that they don't want to be a part of this.
		But you know what?
		The hardworking families of America are hungry, hungry for this kind of change.
		Take power away from Washington, give it back to the people, and watch what happens.
unidentified		Great things, great things are ahead for this country, greatest country in the history of the world.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		We are finally going to give and restore that great American dream and that hope for those families who have been waiting way too long.
unidentified		That help is coming.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		We're going to pass this bill.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		President Trump's going to sign it.
unidentified		It's going to be a great 4th of July.
steve scalise ▲ ● ▼		Let's pass the bill, Mr. Speaker.
unidentified		I yield back the balance of my time.
		Gentleman yields, gentleman from Massachusetts, gentleman from Massachusetts.
		Mr. Speaker, I yield myself one minute.
		Gentleman's recognized.
		I can't wait with the Republican Party to meet that waitress who's making $32,000 a year and tell her in this tax bill the Republican Party just gave her 68 cents more a day.
		Because that's the reality of what this tax bill is about.
		But we could also say in the next breath, if you made a million dollars last year, you're going to get $96,000.
		This is a fact-free argument.
		They're making this argument out that the person at the bottom is going to do well in contrast to the person at the top.
		There's simply no factual basis to that.
		And by the way, the party of fiscal rectitude, they're borrowing $5 trillion to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest amongst us.
		I yield back my time here.
		Will the gentleman reserve?
		I reserve, gentlemen reserves.
		The gentleman from Missouri is recognized.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I represent one of the poorest congressional districts in this country, and I can tell you this piece of legislation are for those working families, those small business owners, those farmers that are doing everything they can just to get by.
		It is not for the millionaires and the billionaires.
		How many waitresses who are tipped are billionaires?
		How many billionaires work hourly jobs and overtime?
		None.
		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentleman Reserves, gentlemen from Massachusetts.
		I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Beyer.
		Gentlemen from Virginia is recognized for 30 seconds.
		Mr. Speaker, from the Gospel of Matthew, I was hungry and you gave me food.
		I was thirsty and you gave me drink.
		I was a stranger and you took me in.
		I was naked and you clothed me.
		I was sick and you visited.
		I was in prison and you came unto me.
		In as much as you've done it under the least of my brothers, you've done it under me.
		Mr. Speaker, the bill before us takes food and drink from the mouths of the poor.
		It takes health care from the sick.
		And a vote for this bill betrays these gospel teachings.
		And in our heart, all of us know it.
		I yield back.
		Gentleman yields, gentlemen from Missouri.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentleman from Missouri Reserves.
		Gentleman from Massachusetts.
		How much time is remaining, Mr. Speaker?
		Three and a half minutes.
		I yield two minutes to the distinguished minority whip, the gentlelady from Massachusetts, Ms. Clark.
		Gentlelady from Massachusetts, recognized.
katherine clark ▲ ● ▼		Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the ranking member for his leadership.
		As we are here in the early morning hours, 60% of the families in this country cannot afford the basics.
		60% of Americans cannot afford that first run of the American dream.
		This is an existential failure of the wealthiest nation on earth.
		And now, with this big, ugly bill, Republicans are on the verge of moving that dream further out of touch, of making people sicker and poorer.
		We hear the message.
		If you do not have great wealth, you do not matter to the GOP.
		If you vote for this cruel monstrosity, you are condemning families to poverty.
		You are condemning seniors and veterans in this country to hunger.
		You are condemning children to sickness without treatment.
		You are voting to enrich billionaires at the expense of what makes us American, our freedom to build a better life for our families.
		The American people overwhelmingly oppose this bill, and they will not forget if you sell them out, sell out their freedom this Independence Day.
		I yield back.
unidentified		Gentlelady yields.
unidentified		Gentleman from Missouri.
jason smith ▲ ● ▼		I reserve.
unidentified		Gentleman from Missouri Reserves.
		Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
		I yield one minute to the distinguished Democratic leader, Mr. Jeffries.
		Leaders recognized.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		I thank the distinguished gentleman from the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Richie Neal, for yielding and for his tremendous leadership.
unidentified		Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to Donald Trump's one big, ugly bill.
		This disgusting abomination, the GOP tax scam that guts Medicaid, rips food from the mouths of children, seniors, and veterans, and rewards billionaires with massive tax breaks.
		Every single Democrat stands in strong opposition to this bill because we're standing up for the American people.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		Mr. Speaker, I've heard a lot from my Republican colleagues who've expressed pride in this accomplishment.
unidentified		I ask the question: if Republicans were so proud of this one big, ugly bill, why did debate begin at 3.28 a.m. in the morning?
unidentified		Republicans are once again, which has been the case, Mr. Speaker, through every step of this journey, tried to jam this bill through the House of Representatives under cover of darkness.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		But I'm here today to make it clear that I'm going to take my time and ensure that the American people fully understand how damaging this bill will be to their quality of life.
		Now, Republicans and Donald Trump promised that costs would go down on day one.
		Costs haven't gone down under Donald Trump and House Republicans here in the United States of America.
unidentified		In fact, costs have gone up.
unidentified		We believe that America is too expensive, that the cost of living is too high, that that's a priority that should be worked on in a bipartisan way.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		But from the very beginning of this Congress, our Republican colleagues have shown no interest in addressing the high cost of living in the United States of America.
unidentified		Not a single executive order has been issued by this administration, Mr. Speaker, to address the high cost of living.
		Not a single bill has been passed, Mr. Speaker, to address the high cost of living in the United States of America.
		And this bill, this one big, ugly bill, this reckless Republican budget, this disgusting abomination, is not about improving the quality of life of the American people.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		It will hurt everyday Americans in several different ways.
		This bill represents the largest cut to health care in American history.
		It's an all-out assault on the health care of the American people.
		An assault on Medicaid.
		An assault on Medicare.
unidentified		An assault on the Children's Health Insurance Program.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		An assault on the Affordable Care Act.
		An assault on Planned Parenthood and the health care of women all across the United States of America.
		An unprecedented assault on the American people and their health care.
		Almost $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid.
unidentified		This runs directly contrary to what President Trump indicated in January, which was that he was going to love and cherish Medicaid.
		Nothing about this bill loves and cherishes Medicaid.
		It guts Medicaid.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		It guts Medicaid in a way that's going to hurt children, hurt families, hurt seniors, hurt people with disabilities, hurt women, hurt everyday Americans.
		Hospitals will close, including all throughout rural America, Mr. Speaker.
		Nursing homes will shut down.
		By some estimates, one in four nursing homes will close as a result of this one big, ugly bill.
		And community-based health clinics, which are the lifelines in neighborhood after neighborhood all across this country, in urban America, in rural America, in suburban America, in small town America, in the heartland of America, will not be able to operate.
		And as a result of the lack of health care that will result directly from this one big, ugly bill, people in America will die.
		Unnecessary deaths.
		That is outrageous.
		It's disgusting.
unidentified		That is not what we should be doing here in the United States House of Representatives.
unidentified		Not what we should be doing.
hakeem jeffries ▲ ● ▼		In addition to the cuts to Medicaid, this bill will result in the largest cut to Medicare in American history.
		By some estimates, more than $500 billion in cuts to Medicare as a result of the Republicans' one big, ugly bill.
		This bill will also result in a devastating blow to the Affordable Care Act.
		That's no surprise because since 2010, Republicans, Mr. Speaker, have been trying to gut and destroy the Affordable Care Act.

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