[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




EFFECTS OF THE GOP'S CUTS ON NEW JERSEY'S EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today on behalf of New Jersey's 
Eighth Congressional District to highlight how the House GOP's debt 
limit demands will hurt our families. If the Republicans' bill is 
adopted into law, then over 20,000 families in our district will be 
affected by cuts to lifelines like SNAP.
  While the House Republicans leave town for Memorial Day, they are at 
the same time targeting 9,000 veterans in our district whose VA health 
resources will be cut, making it more difficult for them to access the 
care that they deserve.
  The Republicans' legislation would also devastate our public schools, 
cutting Federal funds that help support the education of over 100,000 
students in our district.
  Meanwhile, the 98,000 households in New Jersey that spend more than 
30 percent of their income on rent--working families--would face severe 
cuts to the Federal housing assistance programs that enabled them to 
stay in their homes.

  While House Democrats support investing in our communities, the House 
Republicans are looking to burn them with deep cuts to these essential 
programs.
  I stand with House Democrats in opposing the House GOP's reckless and 
cruel cuts, and I urge Speaker McCarthy to bring his Members back to 
have a vote on this important deal.

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