    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H752]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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                  PROPOSED CUTS TO MEDICAID AND SNAP BENEFITS

      (Mr. SUBRAMANYAM asked and was given permission to address the House
    for 1 minute.)
      Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I am genuinely alarmed by the budget
    that we may be voting on this week.
      There is a lot not to like, but every American should be paying
    attention to the cuts being proposed to Medicaid and SNAP benefits.
    These cuts will hurt millions of Americans and create irreversible
    damage to our communities.
      Mr. Speaker, it will hurt my community, where tens of thousands of
    people benefit from these programs, but this is going to impact every
    community across every district and across Virginia and across the
    country. Is it because the richest country in the world can't feed
    hungry kids or can't get people the care they need?
      No. It is because this budget takes that money and it gives it to the
    very richest corporations at the expense of small businesses and
    working families. The unintended consequences of these cuts will hurt
    every American, even if they are not on Medicaid or SNAP, and force
    more middle-class families to live paycheck to paycheck while giving
    the ultrarich a tax break.
      Mr. Speaker, let's talk about a bipartisan budget that doesn't hurt
    Americans and is not a giveaway to companies who don't need it.

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