[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PROTECT MEDICAID
(Ms. Rivas of California was recognized to address the House for 5
minutes.)
Ms. RIVAS. Mr. Speaker, as we speak, House Republicans are finalizing
an extreme budget plan that includes the largest cut to Medicaid in our
country's history.
This is an outright assault on the healthcare of nearly 14 million
Americans, including over 370,000 people in my district, California's
29th.
Additionally, hospitals like Olive View Medical Center in Sylmar,
where over 70 percent of patients rely on Medicaid, will suffer, and
services at health centers throughout my district, including El
Proyecto del Barrio and Northeast Valley Health Corporation will be
cut.
Republicans' attacks on Medicaid means Americans, including millions
who are already struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living,
will be forced to pay more for healthcare.
Republicans continue to show that they have no plans to make life
easier for anyone who is not a billionaire. In fact, while the rest of
the country gets sicker and poorer, Republicans are set to give their
billionaire donors new tax breaks.
Protecting Medicaid is essential to our communities. That is why
House Democrats and I are demanding an up-or-down vote to protect it.
I call on my Republican colleagues to join House Democrats in signing
our discharge petition to protect Medicaid for their constituents and
healthcare for children, seniors, and the disabled in their district.
National Science Foundation
Ms. RIVAS. Mr. Speaker, this week we should be celebrating the 75th
anniversary of the National Science Foundation and the countless
investments it has made to propel our country ahead in the
technological race.
However, since the start of the Trump-Musk administration, the NSF
has been in its crosshairs. In total, Elon Musk, DOGE, and this
administration have terminated over 1,400 meritorious grants totaling
more than $1 billion in funds.
Some of the projects that these funds would have supported include
giving middle school students opportunities to use math and design to
address agricultural issues; identifying the use of deepfakes and
curbing the spread of misinformation; and supporting and training the
next generation of quantum technicians.
Cuts to these programs, and many more, came with no transparency,
little communication, and zero accountability.
My colleagues on the Science Committee have repeatedly demanded that
the administration answer for their actions, even as recently as this
week. Each time we were met with radio silence.
This administration needs to answer for its unprecedented attack and
how it wiped out decades of progress for science, including decades of
progress for diversifying the STEM workforce.
This week, we should be celebrating the advancements NSF has
contributed to over the past 75 years and looking forward to a bright
and innovative 75 more years. Instead, we are fighting to save it from
the chaotic, reckless, and destructive actions of this administration.
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