[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 111 (Friday, June 27, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H3015-H3016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRUMP LEADS WITH SMOKE AND MIRRORS

  (Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, the United States airstrikes 
in Iran, which we hope to be briefed on today, is the latest in the 
signature chaos and erratic decisionmaking from the Trump White House.

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  I thank God that our extraordinary military appears to have 
exquisitely executed its mission. We can be grateful to our military's 
carrying out of a decision while we ask questions about that decision.
  While the news is inundated with reports of Trump's airstrikes, there 
are many concerns that we are not hearing about here at home: hostages; 
Ukraine; Federal institutions, like USAID and NIH, gutted; the big, 
ugly bill that would slash Medicaid for 14 million Americans, including 
110,000 of my constituents; and the cruel cuts at SAMHSA that will 
jeopardize the lives of those struggling with addiction and mental 
health.
  The Trump White House leads with smoke and mirrors, but they are 
doing incredible harm to my constituents and Americans across this 
country. I call upon my colleagues to not let them be successful in 
their attempts to obscure and distract.
  Thomas Jefferson said: When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes 
duty.
  Resist.

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