[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           SNAP AND MEDICAID

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Scripture calls us to help one 
another.
  In the Gospel of Matthew it says: I was hungry, and you gave me 
something to eat. . . . I was a stranger, and you invited me in.
  However, Republicans never come here to talk about poverty or hunger 
or the sick. It is always about tax cuts, the rich, and the 
billionaires.
  Tonight I rise for one of the Houston families they are attempting to 
hurt.
  Luisa and Roberto are seniors in my district. They have worked their 
whole lives, and now they are afraid. They are afraid of what happens 
when Republicans slash the programs they paid into and now rely on to 
stay healthy.
  It is not just them. We hear from moms with cancer, families with 
disabled children, or families with loved ones in nursing homes, and on 
and on. They are terrified of losing Medicaid and SNAP.
  What Republicans are doing is un-American, un-Christian, and 
unacceptable.
  Make no mistake, Mr. Speaker. The American people know the difference 
between leadership and cruelty, and they won't forget who chose 
cruelty.

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