[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H1897-H1898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CLEANING UP MEDICAID ROLLS

  (Mr. PERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, evidently, this is what gutting Medicaid 
looks like. You see it goes up 25 percent over 10 years. This only 
happens in Washington, D.C.
  Mr. Speaker, the difference between the last administration and the 
current one is the last administration restricted the States from 
cleaning up the Medicaid rolls and verifying eligibility. I don't know 
what coalition in the House of Representatives is for that. Apparently, 
it is the same one that is for over $100 billion lost annually to 
improper payments.
  There is a coalition here, Mr. Speaker, that wants to take tax 
dollars and pay $100 billion, losing it annually to improper payments. 
What we are asking the States to do is verify eligibility

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and issue payments to protect people in poverty, pregnant women, the 
disabled, and children.
  Mr. Speaker, what the Republican plan is doing is saving Medicare for 
the people it was intended to be there for.

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