[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 62 (Monday, April 7, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H1424-H1425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         HONORING JANE CONOLEY

  (Mr. Garcia of California was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Mr. GARCIA of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
President Jane Close Conoley, of Cal State, Long Beach, for her 
exceptional leadership, friendship, and passion for her community.
  After nearly 50 years in higher education, she will retire at the end 
of this academic year, leaving a lasting impact on the Long Beach 
community.
  As the first woman to serve as president, she led Cal State, Long 
Beach through a period of incredible growth, including growing 
enrollment and fundraising over half a billion dollars for 
scholarships, academic programs, and campus improvements.
  Now, under her leadership, Cal State, Long Beach earned recognition 
as a high-research institution and received the Seal of Excelencia for 
its work with Latino students.
  Now, Cal State, Long Beach also receives more applications than 
almost any public university in the Cal State system and public 
universities, period, in the State of California. This is all thanks to 
her incredible leadership.
  President Conoley prioritized building strong connections between the 
campus and community and addressing student needs, from housing to food 
insecurity. She has been a partner, a friend, a supporter, and someone 
who has built an incredible academic reputation and partnerships across 
the country.
  As an educator myself, I have seen firsthand her dedication to 
student success and her efforts to strengthen the university's ties to 
the community.
  As she prepares for retirement, I know I join the entire Long Beach 
community in thanking her for years of service to Cal State, Long 
Beach, its students, and the community.


                         DISASTROUS MAGANOMICS

  Mr. GARCIA of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call out 
Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their disastrous MAGAnomics.
  Last week, Donald Trump and his Cabinet of billionaires recklessly 
imposed the largest tariff tax hike in American history. Now, look at 
the markets just today. They are crashing.
  Costs will now increase on all kinds of goods for the American family 
and people across this country. Working families can't afford to pay 
more for basic needs, for necessities. No one voted to pay for more 
expensive groceries, homes, cars, and household goods.
  That is all Donald Trump has to offer.
  Supply chains and small businesses are also right now being thrown 
into chaos, and hardworking people are going to lose their jobs.
  Not only do we have this incredibly large tariff tax hike, but we 
also know that the stock market is in a free fall. Retirement accounts 
are being wiped out. We have lost trillions of dollars in the stock 
market in just a few weeks.
  MAGAnomics hurts working people and gives huge tax breaks and 
giveaways to billionaires, to Elon Musk and all of their billionaire 
friends.

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  MAGAnomics is about more than just causing a recession. Donald Trump, 
Elon Musk, and House Republicans are trying to take away billions of 
dollars from Medicaid, which will threaten, as we know, care for 
millions of people. That means higher healthcare costs, with many 
losing coverage completely.
  MAGAnomics is slashing employees and programs from the Federal 
Government. It is about destroying the social safety net and the 
programs which we rely on, such as medical research, the Department of 
Education, air safety, and so much more. They are attacking the 
foundations of our economy and the foundations of our lives and our 
families.
  Republicans in Congress need to join us and say enough is enough.
  End the chaos. End the incompetence. Put American families first. 
Let's stop and reject Donald Trump and Elon Musk, and let's reject 
MAGAnomics right now.

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