[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                 GOP TAX SCAM HURTS WOMEN AND FAMILIES

  (Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ. There are a lot of Representatives here today 
because the Democratic Women's Caucus and my Democratic colleagues are 
here to stand against Republicans' bad bill and their budget.
  My Democrat colleagues are here to tell the stories of how the 
Republicans' slashing of Medicaid and SNAP will betray American 
families, women, and cause immense suffering.
  Vanessa's 6-year-old son, Alex, has hemophilia. The littlest cut 
could cost him his life. Imagine worrying about your child bleeding to 
death just for playing in the schoolyard.
  Alex can live an almost normal life with medicine, but it costs 
$700,000 a year.
  Vanessa works at the Taos schools, but in her words, without 
Medicaid, we would not be able to afford this medicine. Alex's mom is 
terrified to lose Medicaid because she is worried it means she will 
lose her son.
  Republicans, we need four of you, just four of you, to stand up 
against the billionaires and to stand with Alex and working moms like 
Vanessa.
  Who will join us to save Alex's life?

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