[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRUMP'S ONE BIG, UGLY BILL

  (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to Trump's one 
big, ugly bill which would cut Medicaid by $715 billion and devastate 
access to healthcare for millions of Americans, like Victoria. She is a 
young graduate student in the Imperial Valley, a rural and impoverished 
region.
  She says: ``Medi-Cal is the only way I can access essential 
healthcare. It protects me from financial hardship and ensures I can 
get the care I need to live and thrive.''
  Victoria isn't alone. She speaks for millions who rely on Medicaid 
for basic services like birth control and cancer screenings. In fact, 
the Congressional Budget Office warns that this bill would cause at 
least 13.7 million people to lose coverage.
  Mr. Speaker, 42 percent of my constituents depend on Medicaid, and 60 
percent of children in the district depend on Medicaid. Republicans are 
choosing to strip healthcare from those who need it most to provide tax 
cuts to billionaires.
  Mr. Speaker, I choose to protect healthcare for working-class 
families, and I urge my colleagues to stand with Victoria and protect 
Medicaid.

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