    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H750]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                              DRACONIAN DOGE CUTS

      (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
    minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
      Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, why is the Trump administration, Mr. Musk,
    and their secret meat grinder called DOGE hurting working Americans?
      Inflation is going up, unemployment is up, the stock market is
    rickety and went down again today, egg prices are up, and Walmart sales
    are down.
      So far, there is little evidence that DOGE is helping families.
    Indeed, they are causing more unemployment. They are not keeping us
    safer, and they are not helping anybody.
      A young U.S. Department of Agriculture specialist just moved to Ohio
    to assist local farmers sell produce locally. That job is gone.
      A young farmer with a newborn daughter and a single mother with two
    children just back from maternity leave were hired to help citizens
    understand how to save money through the Centers for Medicare and
    Medicaid Services. They are out in the cold too, and so will the
    American people be.
      The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects to be combating the bird
    flu which is spreading to cows and now even people, but guess what, Mr.
    Speaker? They don't have the vets to do the job. No. They were fired.
      A mom who spent her life working in our national parks and is trying
    to send her kids to college, does she still have her job? No, she is
    looking for work. This doesn't seem like a plan that is really helping
    the American people, and all the statistics show it.

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