[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E456]
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SUPPORTING THE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CAUCUS ON DEFENDING SNAP AND MEDICAID 
                                  CUTS

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2025

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to defend Medicaid and the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, from an 
ongoing Republican assault.
  In a few hours Republicans will meet to advance a bill that abandons 
Americans who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. It guts 
Medicaid, which covers health care for children, people with 
disabilities, seniors, and low-income workers, and it cuts nearly $300 
billion from agriculture and programs that combat hunger, including 
food stamps.
  This Republican bill cuts Medicaid, forcing states to pay more or 
cover fewer people--it cuts benefits.
  I think of the 64,000 people in Connecticut, including 27,000 
children, who can eat thanks to food stamps.
  If this program is pushed back to the states, who have fewer 
resources, the children will go hungry, and their families will not be 
able to afford healthy foods. In this cost of living crisis, the last 
thing we should be doing is making it harder for families to put food 
on the table. But that is exactly what Republicans are preparing to do. 
The results will be devastating--the largest cut to the most successful 
anti-hunger program in American history. All to pay for massive 
giveaways to billionaires.

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