[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REPUBLICAN BUDGET WILL MAKE US SICKER

  (Ms. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, it is hard not to feel like this 
administration is trying to kill us.
  The Republican budget slashes billions of dollars from Medicaid and 
food assistance programs. Millions will lose their health insurance and 
will be hungrier and sicker.
  It gets worse. In his 2026 budget, Trump has called for a 40 percent 
cut to the National Institutes of Health. He wants a 44 percent cut to 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and he is urging 
Republicans to cut billions of dollars from the National Cancer 
Institute.
  For over 50 years, every major medical breakthrough that has happened 
in the treatment of cancer has been linked to our Federal investments. 
Americans are not demanding that we cut money to fund cancer research, 
Mr. Speaker, I promise you that. They are not calling for these cuts.
  Of course, as the irrepressibly cheerful Joni Ernst reminded 
Americans last week, that is okay because we all are going to die. I 
just don't think Americans thought the Trump administration would be 
actively trying to speed up our deaths, but here we are.

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