[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 19, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRUMP AND HIS EXTREME MAGA RETROGRESSIVE AGENDA

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Madam Speaker, this Women's History Month, we find 
ourselves confronted by the regressive forces of Donald Trump and 
extreme MAGA Republicans. This faction seeks to propel our Nation 
backwards at the sacrifice of centuries of progress and the well-being 
of American lives for their own self-serving interests.
  Their agenda aims to strip women of their reproductive freedoms 
nationwide, slash Social Security and Medicare, rip healthcare away 
from millions, and funnel even more wealth to the already wealthy 
through massive tax breaks for big corporations and billionaires. This 
radical agenda is something everyday Americans, including Virgin 
Islanders, who continue to receive the brunt of inequity in benefits 
and access to resources, simply cannot afford.
  Extreme Republicans and the former President attack not just the 
American people, including veterans and elected officials, but as we 
saw January 6, the democratic institutions that are a bedrock of our 
Nation when things don't go their way. Their actions are an unequivocal 
declaration of war against our democracy.
  Madam Speaker, Republicans must secure and defend our Republic and 
secure the rights and safety of all Americans, especially American 
women.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Foxx). The Chair reminds Members to 
refrain from engaging in personalities toward presumptive nominees for 
the Office of President.

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