[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 56 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            CUTS TO MEDICAID

  (Mr. PAPPAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because healthcare through 
Medicaid, covering more than 10 percent of residents and more than 30 
percent of all kids in New Hampshire, is on the line.
  Their access to lifesaving preventative care, long-term care, and 
mental health and addiction treatment will be put at risk by the cruel 
and fiscally reckless budget being proposed by Republicans in the 
House.
  In addition, New Hampshire's Medicaid expansion, established on a 
bipartisan basis, would end with any decrease in Federal funds, leaving 
68,000 Granite Staters uninsured and devastating our hospitals and 
community health centers.
  I have heard from literally thousands of Granite Staters on this 
issue, including a woman who contacted my office and shared her fears 
that cuts to Medicaid would leave her family homeless. She is a 
caretaker to two family members and worries they won't be able to 
survive on one income if they lose their health coverage.
  I will continue to do everything I can to stop a budget that places 
the burden of cuts on New Hampshire families like hers to finance 
massive tax breaks to the superrich. I urge my colleagues to stand up 
against this betrayal of working families and instead focus on how we 
can work together to make life safer, healthier, and more affordable 
for all Americans.

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