[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2182-H2183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 GOP TAX SCAM HURTS WOMEN AND FAMILIES

  (Mrs. SYKES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to uplift the story of a hero 
from Ohio's 13th Congressional District, Mariah Stacy Frederick.

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  Mariah is the voice and advocate for her daughter, who lives with 
spina bifida, a condition that occurs when the spine and spinal cord 
don't form properly.
  For Mariah and her daughter, Medicaid is a crucial resource without 
which they would not be able to afford the proper care that her 
daughter requires for her condition.
  In her message to my office, Mariah said: ``I am asking for the 
budget to not touch Medicaid funding. My daughter is 2 years old and is 
just starting to walk on her own. This is all with the support she 
receives at physical therapy and the Help Me Grow [program]. I would be 
lost without all of these resources for her.''
  Mariah's story is one of heroism, but not different than many of my 
other constituents', a mother working hard to provide for her daughter 
who was born and lives with a condition that requires the care that 
Medicaid provides.

  Mariah is fighting to make sure that her daughter is able to keep 
receiving that care alongside the 200,000 people in Ohio's 13th 
Congressional District.
  What makes this even more infuriating is that this bill is robbing 
the working poor to pay for tax cuts to buy a yacht or a second home.
  Mariah's story is inspiring, and she is not alone. Thousands of 
constituents from Ohio's 13th Congressional District have called and 
written to my offices in Akron, Canton, and here in D.C., imploring me 
to save Medicaid.
  That is exactly what I am going to do. I am going to fight for Mariah 
and Ohio's 13th Congressional District.

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