Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 114 (Wednesday, July 2, 2025)

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 2, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H3039-H3059]
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1, ONE BIG
BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call
up House Resolution 566 and ask for its immediate consideration.

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The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

H. Res. 566

Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be
in order to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 1)
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14, with the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider
in the House, without intervention of any point of order, a
motion offered by the chair of the Committee on the Budget or
his designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment.
The Senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as
read. The motion shall be debatable for one hour equally
divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on the Budget or their
respective designees and the chair and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their respective
designees.

point of order

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to section 426(a) of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I make a
point of order against consideration of the rule, House Resolution 566.
Section 426(a) of the Budget Act specifically states that the Rules
Committee may not waive the point of order prescribed by section 425 of
that same act. House Resolution 566 states that it is in order to
consider a motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R.
1: ``Without intervention of any point of order.''
Therefore, I make a point of order pursuant to section 426(a) that
this rule may not be considered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts makes a
point of order that the resolution violates section 426(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
The gentleman has met the threshold burden under the rule and the
gentleman from Massachusetts and a Member opposed each will control 10
minutes of debate on the question of consideration. Following debate,
the Chair will put the question of consideration as the statutory means
of disposing of the point of order.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, let me say this once again: We will not stand by and
watch Trump and his billionaire friends destroy this country without
putting up one hell of a fight.
Because this rule waives the point of order against unfunded
mandates, it is not in order to consider it on the floor.
The bill Republicans are attempting to jam through the House today
cuts nutritional assistance for moms and dads, kids, people with
disabilities, veterans, and senior citizens. It goes after the most
important people in our lives, our families, to fund massive tax breaks
for the richest people in the world. I think that that is wrong, and I
think it is immoral.
More than just a massive betrayal of the American people, this bill
is also a massive, new unfunded mandate on States. Don't just take my
word for it. The nonpartisan experts of the Congressional Budget Office
said title I of the bill, the Agriculture Committee's portion of this
awful bill, would impose intergovernmental mandates by requiring
States, for the first time ever, to provide State funding for food
assistance benefits, increasing the share of food assistance
administrative costs paid by States and requiring State agencies to
perform additional administrative duties. This massive, new unfunded
mandate would cost States a whopping $19 billion each year.
Mr. Speaker, where the hell are States going to come up with this
kind of money? They can't. What will happen is, people will get kicked
off of food assistance, and they will go hungry.
State after State has written to Congress begging us not to pass this
awful bill. They have made it very clear that if this bill goes
through, States will be forced to cut benefits, kick eligible people
off of food assistance entirely, or raise taxes to pay for this massive
new bureaucracy that Republicans are creating in every State in this
country.
The chairman of the Agriculture Committee's home State of
Pennsylvania would have to come up with over $1 billion to cover the
State's share of benefit costs. There is no State in this country who
is able to take on this kind of massive, unfunded mandate.
We are talking about basic needs for people. It is a food assistance
benefit of $2 per meal so people don't go hungry. By the way, that
money not only lifts people out of poverty, it improves health and it
uplifts local economies, too.
Hunger costs this country, and food assistance programs save us
money. People who have enough food to eat are more productive at work.
Kids who are not hungry are able to learn better at school. Seniors who
take their medication on a full stomach are less likely to go to
emergency rooms.
No American should go without food. This is a human rights issue. We
live in the richest country on Earth for God's sake. Not a single kid
in this country should go to bed hungry, not a single damn one,
especially not when Republicans are giving millionaires and
billionaires a big, fat tax break.
Mr. Speaker, what is wrong with my Republican colleagues? In this
bill, they provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but they
cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families, which, by the way, is on
average $2 per person per meal. Jesus Christ, what are you people
thinking?
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I claim time in favor of consideration of the
resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina is
recognized for 10 minutes.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the question before the House is: Should the
House now consider House Resolution 566? Though the resolution waives
all points of order against consideration of the motion to concur in
the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the Committee on Rules is not aware of
any violation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, nor has the
Congressional Budget Office identified any violation of the act.
The reason for this motion is plain and obvious. It is not a
legitimate attempt to question consideration, but simply a dilatory
tactic to further delay consideration of this historic legislation and
to give the Democrats more time to mislead Americans.
We must dispense with this question of consideration so we can move
the process forward and enact the agenda President Trump and the
American people have demanded.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, we have a letter from the Congressional
Budget Office confirming that there are unfunded mandates in this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms.
Brown).

Ms. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member McGovern for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this rule and the
underlying bill.
For the first time in history, this bill would force States to pay
for part of SNAP benefits, and it would require States to increase
their share of administrative costs.
This is an unfunded mandate, plain and simple.
Let's be clear. The costs are staggering, the consequences are
devastating, and the cruelty is deeply disturbing.
This policy punishes those who can least afford it: seniors on a
fixed income, veterans, and families already forced to choose between
gas and groceries.
States will be stuck in a corner. They will cut benefits, cut
eligibility, or cut public safety, education, housing, and mental
health programs just to stay afloat.
This isn't just a budgeting decision. It is a values decision, and
for what? All to take from the hungry and give it to the wealthy. To
slash SNAP benefits just $6 per day hands a quarter-million-dollar tax
break to the top 0.1 percent. That is not policy. That is plunder. The
math doesn't lie.
In North Carolina, it is $400 million. That is more than the entire
State budget for child development and early education. In Georgia, it
is $500 million, double what the State spends on child welfare. In my
State of Ohio, it is $300 million, four times the transportation
budget.
My colleagues are writing checks that the government can't cash. When
the money runs out, the food runs out. Children will go hungry. Seniors
will skip meals. Veterans, working moms, and working dads will be
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and turned away all because of a vote taken here today.
This mandate isn't just unfunded. It is unfathomable.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to reject this provision, reject
this rule, and reject this betrayal. Don't reward the rich on the backs
of hungry Americans.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Mrs. Hayes), a member of the Agriculture Committee.
Mrs. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today against the Republican
reconciliation bill, which would put 42 million Americans at risk of
losing their SNAP benefits.
These policies are untested, dangerous, and arbitrary. Congress did
not engage in a thoughtful process to make these changes to SNAP. The
majority has not held a single hearing on the Nutrition, Foreign,
Agriculture, and Horticulture Subcommittee on the cost-sharing
provisions or the impact of this legislation. They have not solicited
feedback from stakeholders or experts on what these changes would mean
to States and hungry families who rely on SNAP.
The Republicans did not examine these policies closely because they
knew it would take food away from hungry families and they didn't care.
They have chosen to provide tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals.
They know these changes will devastate State budgets.
In my home State of Connecticut, we could have to pay up to an
additional $221 million per year for SNAP benefits and an additional
$39 million for administrative costs.

{time} 0915

Connecticut, like most States, will have to come up with these funds
or deny basic services that they need for other things, like education,
public safety, healthcare, and providing for our roads and bridges in
our States. Notably, not every State will be subject to this change.
Late into the night, the Republican majority jumped through hoops to
exempt noncontiguous States from these policies to pass cruel
legislation. That is why we are up here writing legislation on the fly
to protect some Americans while going after others.
No one should go hungry, whether they live in Connecticut, Alaska,
Hawaii, or anywhere. It should not matter where you live or what kind
of deal your Senator made. Everybody deserves to eat.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to reject this irresponsible
legislation.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is
remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 2\1/4\
minutes remaining.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I don't think any of my Republican colleagues have read
this provision in the reconciliation bill. In fact, the Agriculture
Committee never even did a hearing on it. Yet, billions and billions of
dollars in new costs are going to be thrust upon States. States are
going to have to decide whether to cut other programs in order to make
sure that no one loses their nutrition benefits, or they are going to
have to cut people off their nutrition benefits.
The SNAP benefit, on average, is about $2 per person per meal. That
is it. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee in the Capitol with that. My
Republican friends are obsessed with trying to throw people off of this
benefit. I have no idea why.
Most of the people on the benefit are children and senior citizens.
They include veterans. Many of them are working full time and can't
afford to put food on the table. This benefit helps them provide for
their families.
My Republican friends have basically gone on an attack on this most
basic, effective program that is about food. You can live without a lot
of things, but you can't live without food.
Mr. Speaker, for those Republicans who think it is okay to give Jeff
Bezos a tax cut and, at the same time, cut food benefits for struggling
families, let me say clearly that we don't share the same values.
Unloading billions of dollars in new costs on States, money they do
not have, will force them to cut benefits and throw needy people off of
SNAP. It is a rotten thing to do.
I believe there is a special place in hell for people who take food
away from veterans, seniors, children, former foster youth, and hungry
families. This is sick. This is disgusting.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to vote ``yes'' on the
question of consideration of the resolution, and I yield back the
balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
The question is, Will the House now consider the resolution?
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 212,
nays 211, not voting 9, as follows:

[Roll No. 186]

YEAS--212

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Miller (IL)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NAYS--211

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Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NOT VOTING--9

Burlison
Dunn (FL)
Fitzgerald
Garbarino
Hern (OK)
Latimer
Meuser
Miller (OH)
Van Drew

{time} 1057

Messrs. GARCIA of California, GARCIA of Illinois, Mrs. McCLAIN
DELANEY, Messrs. CROW and SMITH of Washington changed their vote from
``yea'' to ``nay.''
Messrs. JACKSON of Texas and HARRIS of Maryland changed their vote
from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the question of consideration was decided in the affirmative.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina is
recognized for 1 hour.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the
customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr.
McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, during consideration of this resolution, all time
yielded is for the purpose of debate only.

General Leave

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from North Carolina?
There was no objection.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, Republicans stand ready to deliver H.R. 1
directly to the President's desk for his signature.
Late last year, the American people rallied en masse behind the
Republican vision for a renewed Nation. It is a nation no longer
blighted by the cataclysmic failures of the previous administration,
and a nation primed and ready to enter the golden age.
One of the many strong reinforced byproducts of our Republican vision
is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It is one of the most consequential
pieces of legislation that any party has ever passed and for good
reason.
The provisions interwoven in this legislation are monumental. They
are what the American people voted for in November: historic tax relief
for working families; massive investments to secure our Nation's
borders; capturing generational savings; and slashing waste, fraud, and
abuse in government programs so that they may run more efficiently for
those who truly need them.

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Mr. Speaker, I could opine at length about the wins that Republicans
have secured in this bill, wins that we have been highlighting to the
American people for months. Meanwhile, our Democratic colleagues have
resorted to fear-mongering and wailing from their bully pulpits in the
hopes of deceiving the American people.
For months, we have heard Democrats claim that the sky was falling,
that all hope is lost because H.R. 1 will bring about the end times,
and a litany of other outlandish and absurd claims. They are so
desperate to smear H.R. 1 and deny the American people the policies
that the American people overwhelmingly voted for in November.
Let's again focus on what this bill accomplishes. It yields the
single greatest cut in wasteful government spending in congressional
history by slashing far more than a trillion dollars of bloat. It
preserves the greatest battle-tested set of tax cuts for working
families that our Nation has ever seen or our economy has ever
realized. It doubles down on the border priorities of the most
successful enforcement efforts by a President in our Nation's history.
It realigns our economy in defense of American workers, American
energy, American businesses, and American job creators to unleash the
engines of our economy, raise the tide of our economic standards, and
bring a new definition of American greatness to the world.
Perhaps the reason why Democrats are so desperate to smear this
legislation is because they are caught in their own self-inflicted
malaise of denial. Perhaps they still can't accept that Americans chose
Republicans to lead the Nation instead of them.
That said, Mr. Speaker, Republicans are not distracted by that fear-
mongering and doomsaying of those who want H.R. 1 to fail. The facts
are on our side, and we have been cutting through the noise by bringing
those facts to the American people for months.
So that the record is clear, a vote against this legislation is a
vote to green-light the largest tax increase in American history being
levied against everyday men and women, to decimate millions of jobs
across America, and to kneecap the capabilities and readiness of the
Nation's military. This is not fear-mongering like what our colleagues
across the aisle have been engaging in. These are just facts.
Mr. Speaker, the pathway forward is crystal clear. The House must
pass this rule and pass the Senate amendment to H.R. 1 so that more
wins can be delivered to the American people. The American people
deserve to keep winning, and to deny them that opportunity is a
flagrant disservice.
This legislation is the embodiment of the America First agenda, and
we would all do well to remember that. Failure at this critical
juncture is not an option. This clock is ticking. The President and the
American people are waiting.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from North
Carolina for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself
such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, this process is an abomination, legislative malpractice.
Final text of this bill came out less than 24 hours ago. We met in
committee an hour after it was posted, and now, we are here considering
a rule that allows for only 1 hour of debate.
This bill is within the jurisdiction of 12 different committees. One
hour is ridiculous. Every minute, we are finding out new things that
were snuck into the bill, like a tax cut for whalers. Now, we are
learning about a gambling tax.
Republican leadership and the White House are jamming this bill down
our throats. For what? We are not on a deadline. There is no looming
crisis.
We are here because Donald Trump wants a Fourth of July party to
celebrate this garbage bill. He wants fireworks, flags, and cameras,
not for this country, but for himself. He says to close your ears,
close your eyes, and vote for this bill. Honestly, it sounds more like
a cult than a Congress to me.
Some Republicans promised their voters no cuts to Medicaid and no new
debt. Now, they are flipping faster than pancakes at a campaign
breakfast. The House passed it hoping the Senate would kill it. The
Senate passed it hoping the House would grow a spine.
Everyone is playing a game of legislative chicken, voting for a bad
bill and thinking the other Chamber will be the one to fix it. This is
nuts.
Trump says: ``Have fun, and Vote `YAY.' '' Have fun gutting Medicaid?
Vote ``yea'' on taking away food from poor families? Are you serious?
This bill is catastrophic. It is not policy. It is punishment.
Let's talk facts. It slashes Medicaid, cuts Medicare, and dismantles
the ACA. It shutters rural hospitals, closes nursing homes, and wipes
out health centers. It takes food off kitchen tables, throws clean
energy workers out of jobs, and spikes utility bills. Why? So
billionaires and oil companies can

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cash in. Big Oil gets handouts. Billionaires get tax breaks. Working
families get scraps, if that.
Jeff Bezos just had a $50 million wedding in Venice, and they want to
give him another tax break. Meanwhile, families making under $50,000 a
year get less than a buck a day in tax cuts. You can't even buy a cup
of coffee with that.
The cost? Over $3 trillion added to the debt and a $5 trillion debt
ceiling raise brought to you by the very people who won't shut up about
so-called fiscal responsibility.
This isn't tax reform to relieve the middle and working class. It is
a robbery that will result in the largest transfer of wealth from the
poor to the rich our country has ever seen.
Let's not lie to the American people. This is about taking from the
most vulnerable to pay off the already powerful. It is about pleasing
one man who is holding this Congress hostage with primary threats and
social media tantrums.
This bill is cruel. It is cowardly. It is a betrayal of everything
this country is supposed to stand for.

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Langworthy).
Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the
rule to consider H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The stakes for the American people could not be higher. We are
rapidly approaching a fiscal cliff. If we do nothing, the Trump tax
cuts, the most progrowth tax reforms in generations, will expire.
That means higher taxes on nearly every American. That means a gutted
child tax credit. That means small businesses will lose the tools they
need to survive and to thrive. That means less take-home pay for
working families that have already been crushed by the Biden-era
inflation.
This isn't some hypothetical scenario. This is the Democrats' game
plan. They want to raise taxes. They want to punish success. They want
more people dependent on government and fewer people building
independent lives. Republicans will not let that happen.
With H.R. 1, we are stepping in to lock in the Trump tax cuts
permanently and to provide targeted new relief to the workers and the
families who keep this country running: seniors, tipped workers, and
those putting in overtime to get ahead.
Mr. Speaker, this bill also takes a critical step to protect and
strengthen Medicaid, a vital program for millions of Americans.
Let me be very clear about something: This isn't anything radical. We
are restoring the same commonsense work requirements that President
Bill Clinton signed into law in the 1990s, one of the most popular
things he did.
Back then, a Democratic President worked with a Republican Congress
to say that if you are able-bodied and adult without dependents and
receiving government assistance, you should be expected to work, train,
or volunteer and participate in the economy. It worked. Poverty
dropped, employment rose, and millions of Americans moved from welfare
to work and independence.
Democrats today have abandoned that model. They want permanent
government dependency. They will oppose any form of accountability, and
they will vilify anyone who dares to suggest that opportunity should
come with responsibility. Republicans are standing up for what works
and what is right.

{time} 1110

We are saying Medicaid must remain a lifeline for the truly
vulnerable: children, seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income
parents.
However, for able-bodied adults without kids, yes, you should try to
work, just like in the 1990s, just like under President Bill Clinton.
This isn't extreme. It is not partisan. It is proven policy that
respects both taxpayers and lifts people up.
Mr. Speaker, this bill delivers economic relief, fiscal sanity, and
basic fairness. It secures the future of our economy and our safety
net.
Let's choose the path that has been tested and proven to work. Let's
approve this rule. Let's pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and let's
get this country back on track.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I want to alert all Members to something about this rule. It has a
mistake in it.
Republicans have rushed this process from the very beginning to meet
Trump's artificial July 4 deadline, and this rule is no exception.
We found an error in the rule at 2 a.m. after the Rules Committee
reported the rule. This is going to sound a little in the weeds, but
they forgot to do something called considering the previous question as
ordered on their big ugly bill.
Now, let me put that in English. What that means is they won't have
an escape hatch once they start debate on this bill. If they start it
and they realize they don't have the votes, they still have to take the
embarrassing vote. There are also other consequences, but this
Speaker's timeout authority is the one Republican leadership is most
afraid of.
Now, I expect they will try to fix this with an amendment, but I have
a question for Members. If this Republican leadership cannot get a one-
paragraph rule right, can we really trust them to get an 870-page bill
right?
Not only are we going to find things that were sneaked into this
bill, we are going to find massive mistakes that have unintended
consequences for people and industries across this country.
This whole process has been lousy, and this rule is no exception.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Austin Scott).
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the
opportunity to address the American citizens for just a couple of
minutes.
I know many of our citizens are concerned about some of the language
in the bill, and I think maybe the reason they are concerned is because
the people that are telling them what is in the bill never bothered to
read the bill, so I thought I would just read to them a part.
If the Democrats have read this, then they are lying to the general
public.
This excerpt is on SNAP. ``Exceptions. Paragraph (2) shall not apply
to an individual if the individual is-- (A) under 18, or over 65, years
of age;
(B) medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for
employment;
(C) a parent or other member of a household with responsibility for a
dependent child under 14 years of age . . .''
When the Democrats are telling you that we are kicking disabled
people off of SNAP or we are kicking disabled people off of Medicaid,
it is an absolute lie.
Look at pages 16 and 17 of the legislation. It will take about 60
seconds to read it. That is exactly what it says.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of low energy on that side.
I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Morelle), the
distinguished ranking member of the Committee on House Administration.
Mr. MORELLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend, the gentleman from
Massachusetts, the ranking member of the Rules Committee, for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, as we reach the apparent conclusion of this absurd
exercise, it is worth asking: What is the purpose of this bill? This
bill will strip away health insurance from nearly 17 million people,
devastating communities like mine in Rochester, New York. This bill
will recklessly eliminate food assistance for nearly 3 million
Americans, including nearly a million senior citizens. This bill will
explode the deficit by $3.3 trillion.
For what?
Well, Mr. Speaker, sometimes the simplest explanation is closest to
the truth. We all saw the gaggle of billionaires sitting behind Donald
Trump on Inauguration Day earlier this year. The driving force behind
this entire legislative effort has been to grant handouts to those same
billionaires and special interests all at the expense of hardworking
families.
Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will
stop and think again before voting for the worst piece of legislation
in generations. But I know one thing for certain, House Democrats will
never stop fighting for American families.

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Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McDowell).
Mr. McDOWELL. Mr. Speaker, today we take another big step toward
delivering a course correction for our country. The American people
sent us here with a mandate, to fight back and deliver on a promise.
That is what the One Big Beautiful Bill Act does.
Americans should first know what my colleagues in opposition to this
legislation are voting for and what they are voting against.
Not passing this bill means a $1,700 increase in taxes for the
average American family of four. Mr. Speaker, that might not be a big
deal to the elites in Manhattan or San Francisco, but it does mean a
lot to the people of my district in North Carolina.

Not passing this bill means our Border Patrol officers and our Coast
Guard won't have what they need to secure the border and stop the flow
of deadly fentanyl.
It doesn't stop there, Mr. Speaker. Opposing this bill also means
protecting waste over purpose, fraud over fairness, and foreign
interests over American strength.
Mr. Speaker, I want to make sure voters in my district know what
passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will mean for them. It means
they get to keep more of their hard-earned money. It means that small
businesses can spend more money on their employees instead of sending
it to Washington. This bill will make our communities safer by making a
historic investment in our border security. No more dangerous, illegal
aliens parading around with no consequences.
Mr. Speaker, this legislation is one of the most consequential items
we will vote on. It is President Trump's agenda, and it is what we all
told the people back home we would do.
Now the House must get it done. I urge all of my colleagues to vote
in favor of this rule. Let's choose our country over comfort and get
the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to the President's desk.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I know a Senator from North Carolina who
disagrees with everything the gentleman just said, including a lot of
hospitals in North Carolina that disagree with what he just said.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr.
Raskin), the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I found the preamble to this big ugly bill:
We, the billionaires and our king, in order to deform and sicken our
Union, establish injustice, ensure domestic servility, weaken our
people's defenses, undermine the general welfare, and reserve to
ourselves and our posterity staggering debt servitude for eternity, do
hereby instruct the Republicans in Congress to strip 17 million people
of their healthcare, increase copays, deductibles, and premiums for
everyone else, cut 42 million people off of nutritional assistance,
increase the national debt by $4 trillion, trash renewable energy
systems, increase our electric bills for the carbon kings, all to
weaken and destroy the Constitution of the people of these United
States of America.
Please include this preamble in the legislative Record.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
California (Mr. Garcia), the distinguished ranking member of the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mr. GARCIA of California. Mr. Speaker, my Democratic colleagues and I
believe in a country where we take care of our fellow Americans and the
wealthiest pay their fair share. However, Republicans are fighting for
the biggest rip-off in American history and the biggest attack on our
social safety net in decades.
If this bill passes, 16 million people are going to lose their health
insurance. They will take away basic food assistance from millions of
veterans, seniors, and kids. The poorest 10 percent of Americans are
going to lose $1,600 per person on average while the richest only get
richer because of this bill. It is a transfer from the poor and the
middle class to the wealthiest. It does all of this while increasing
debt over $3 trillion.
What happened to fiscal responsibility?
That means that our grandkids will fund a tax cut for Elon Musk. Now,
while I am proud that we are defeating a number of extremely concerning
provisions in this House bill, this is our last chance to stand up for
our values.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this big BS bill.
The American people are watching.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Haridopolos).
Mr. HARIDOPOLOS. Mr. Speaker, promises made, promises kept.
Voters wanted change for one simple reason: It was too expensive to
live in America for the last 4 years. Gas prices, rent prices, and food
prices were up radically. This bill is designed to help those very
people hurt over the last 4 years. People who earn tips or overtime, as
well as those who earn Social Security get a big tax cut.

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Mr. Speaker, let's be clear, so the American public hears it loud and
clear: The current tax rate on the wealthiest Americans is 37 percent.
Under this bill, it remains at 37 percent.
At the same time, we are protecting the most vulnerable. Please read
the bill. Seniors in nursing homes are unaffected. Persons who are
disabled are unaffected. Pregnant women on Medicaid are unaffected.
Low-income kids, whose parents aren't making much, are unaffected.
Isn't it nice to see that Washington actually keeps its promises from
the campaign trail? This is a welcome change. Donald Trump said that we
are going to bring America back by putting more money back in their
pockets, instead of sending it up here to Washington, D.C.
He promised a secure border. Mr. Speaker, there is a 99 percent
reduction in the number of people coming across the border illegally.
That is action. What are we putting in this bill? We are putting in the
money needed to make sure it stays that way.
I am proud to support this bill because I came to Washington for one
reason: I came to Washington to make promises, keep promises, and prove
that the Republicans can lead and are willing to make sure that the
great American comeback continues.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I read the bill, too. I want to know why
Jeff Bezos and multimillionaires and multibillionaires are getting tax
cuts.
Last night, I offered an amendment to let Trump's tax cuts expire
only for people earning more than $1 billion a year. Every single
Republican voted against it. What is that all about? Follow the money.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr.
Thompson), the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on
Homeland Security.
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for yielding time.
Mr. Speaker, Republicans are openly bragging about how the bill kicks
children and the elderly off Medicaid, nutritional assistance, and
more, all to pay for another tax break for wealthy Republican donors.
My Republican colleagues are not talking about the trillions and
trillions of dollars their political giveaway is going to cost. In
fact, Mr. Speaker, Vice President Vance has said historic levels of
Homeland Security funding in the bill sweetens the deal for the devil.
This deal means billions of American tax dollars to build a wall
Trump promised Mexico would pay for.
This bill means billions of dollars for masked ICE agents to
terrorize immigrant families who have been contributing to our country
for decades, including law-abiding marines and even American kids.
This bill means billions of dollars for DHS to continue obstructing
Congress and denying due process to legal immigrants.
My Republican colleagues may be fooled by the one big, ugly bill, but
the American people are not. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the
rule and the underlying bill.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from
Missouri (Mr. Alford).

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Mr. ALFORD. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Virginia (Ms.
Foxx) for her work on this.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the rule and in strong
support of H.R. 1, President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Today, Mr. Speaker, we face a watershed moment for the American
people. This Republican majority was given a clear mandate by the
American people, which is the America First agenda. This bill is our
opportunity to deliver on that agenda.
H.R. 1 stops the largest tax increase in U.S. history, while
providing the largest tax cut for working-and middle-class families
ever, with no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and tax breaks for
seniors.
H.R. 1 protects the 87,000 Missouri farms and countless family-owned
small businesses from double taxation by expanding the death tax
exemption.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act reverses 4 long years of Biden's open-
border policies with a generational investment in border security,
including funding to complete phase 2 of the border wall.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act modernizes our Armed Forces for 21st
century threats by properly funding our military and funding the Golden
Dome.
H.R. 1 ends the progressive left's war on American energy by
unleashing domestic oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy production.
H.R. 1 lowers energy costs, ensuring reliable and stable energy
sources. H.R. 1 renews not just energy independence but makes us energy
dominant once again.
Finally, H.R. 1 restores fiscal sanity by cutting almost $2 trillion
in Federal spending. It rescinds billions in green new scam funding. It
eliminates waste, fraud, and abuse from numerous Federal programs.
Mr. Speaker, this is a time for choosing. We can choose to side with
the illegal aliens, unelected rogue bureaucrats, and fear-mongering
from the America left or we can choose to side with the American people
and deliver on the mandate that they gave us back in November.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to put America first, support the
rule, and pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, cult much? That gentleman's poster says it
all. It is not about American families. It is about one big party for
Trump. It is about swelling up his ego.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms.
Pelosi), the Speaker Emerita.
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts
(Mr. McGovern) for his leadership.
Mr. Speaker, the gentleman just ended by asking us to vote for the
One Big Beautiful Bill Act. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder,
the GOP has a very blurred vision of what America is about.
Is it beautiful to cut off food from seniors and children? Is it
beautiful to cut off 17 million people from healthcare? Is it beautiful
to do this to give tax cuts to billionaires in our country? Is it
beautiful to take money from education and the rest? The list goes on
and on.

Nearly 60 years ago, Dr. King said: ``Of all the forms of inequality,
injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because
it often results in physical death.''
We come to this floor with the moral force of Dr. King's words in our
hearts. Let us not with this bill turn the American Dream he talked
about into a nightmare for America's seniors, the disabled, and our
children. Let us vote ``no'' on this shameful bill and throw a punch
for the children.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
California (Ms. Waters), the distinguished ranking member of the
Committee on Financial Services.
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, this big, ugly bill strikes healthcare from
17 million Americans, shutters hospitals, and starves 12 million people
by taking away their food stamps.
These cuts add up to $1.3 trillion, the exact cost of the tax cut
Republicans are handing out to the richest 1 percent of Americans. That
is not all. The entire bill will add a whopping $3.3 trillion to our
Nation's $35 trillion debt. So much for Republicans being the party of
fiscal responsibility.
They are also gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an
agency that returned $21 billion to families cheated by megabanks. They
are cutting housing funds during an affordability crisis and weakening
oversight of Wall Street. Maybe they have forgotten that the people
elected them, not Trump or the billionaire class.
Mr. Speaker, it will be a cold day in hell before we let Republicans
get away with this.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, if I could inquire of the gentlewoman, if
she doesn't have many speakers, maybe she can lend us some time. We
have a ton.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I would say nice try to the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern).
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I say that because here in Congress, we
measure how much people really believe in their position by whether
they are willing to come and join their leaders on the House floor.
I count 4 Members on the Republican side, and we have over 75 here.
If I were them, I wouldn't want to be associated with this bill either.
Mr. Speaker, I urge we defeat the previous question. If we do, I will
offer an amendment to the rule to consider amendment No. 156 offered by
Leader Jeffries, which strikes all provisions that will cause millions
of Americans to lose healthcare and food assistance.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my
amendment into the Record, along with any extraneous material,
immediately prior to the vote on the previous question.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
New York (Ms. Ocasio Cortez) to discuss our proposal.

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Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Speaker, President Trump issued some
statements throughout this process saying, urging, and insisting that
this bill does not cut Medicaid.
He has also said some things. He says he doesn't think I am too much
of a smart person. I will tell you one thing. It doesn't take a smart
person to know if you are being lied to.
President Trump, you are either being lied to or you are lying to the
American people because this bill represents, in the text of this bill,
the largest and greatest loss of healthcare in American history.
Seventeen million Americans will lose their healthcare with this
bill, not undocumented people, not the disgusting term ``illegal,'' but
17 million Americans will have their healthcare cut from this bill.
On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body
who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the
scam of that text, a little bit of the fine print there.
The cap on that is $25,000, while you are jacking up taxes on people
who make less than $50,000 across the United States, while taking away
their SNAP, while taking away their Medicaid, and while kicking them
off of the ACA and their healthcare extensions.
If you are at home and living off tips, you do the math. Is that
worth it to you? Losing all your healthcare, not being able to feed
your babies, and not being able to put a diaper on their bottom in
exchange for what?
This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt. It
militarizes our entire economy. It strips away healthcare and basic
dignity from the American people. For what? To give Elon Musk a tax
break, and billionaires, the greedy, taking our Nation.
We cannot stand for it, and we will not support it. You should be
ashamed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from
engaging in personalities toward the President, and Members are
reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas
(Mr. Nehls).
Mr. NEHLS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss an important
provision in the big, beautiful bill.
I was proud to introduce the Endowment Tax Fairness Act, which would

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tax the endowment profits of private, elite universities at 21 percent,
raising an estimated--listen to me--$70 billion to $100 billion over 10
years.
The Senate gutted this provision and reduced it to under $1 billion
annually to protect elite universities that take hundreds of millions
of dollars annually in Federal tax dollars.
We were given instructions to generate revenue to pay for President
Trump's wonderful priorities. We are not taxing the endowment itself.
Harvard has $53 billion. We are not taxing that. We are just going to
tax the net earnings on their investments at 21 percent, which is equal
to the corporate tax rate.
What did the Senate do? They reduced it to 8 percent, just under 8
percent.
It is about time that we get these universities to pay the same that
corporate America pays.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this vile
Republican plunder of working families, seniors, and veterans, all so
the richest Americans can be showered with even more wealth.
This billionaire bailout would strip healthcare coverage from 17
million Americans, nearly 2 million in my State of Florida. It would
push millions into crowded, costly emergency rooms and saddle them with
medical debt.
Trump's big, ugly bill also steals record food assistance from
millions of kids, seniors, and veterans.
It makes cancer screenings and prenatal care harder to get by
defunding Planned Parenthood.
It cripples solar and wind projects and kills millions of clean,
green manufacturing and construction jobs, all so the rich can get huge
tax breaks.
No family is unscathed because this bill also blows up the national
debt by $4 trillion, which drives up interest rates on car loans and
mortgages and triggers billions in Medicare cuts, cutting healthcare
for our seniors.
This bill makes life less affordable and more painful. Instead of
uplifting lives, it will end them.
When history looks back on this bill, its legacy will be: Trump lied,
and people died.
Vote ``no.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded, once again, to refrain
from engaging in personalities toward the President.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Rhode Island (Mr. Magaziner).
Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, when we say that the Republican Party has
turned into a cult, this is what we mean. Our Republican colleagues are
pushing a bill that would throw their constituents under the bus, a
bill that flies in the face of everything they claim to stand for, all
because Donald Trump wants a bill-signing photo op by the Fourth of
July.
My Republican colleagues know that this bill will cost 17 million
Americans their health insurance. They know that nursing homes in their
own districts will have to close down. They know that, under this bill,
$5 trillion of debt is being added that will be paid for by my
children, your children, and their children for generations to come so
that today's billionaires can get a tax break.
They know that this bill is unpopular. Many of their vulnerable
Members will lose reelection over it, but the cult leader has decided.
He wants his photo op on July Fourth, and our Kool-Aid-drinking
colleagues are going along with it.
They know this is wrong. They still have a chance to do right by
their constituents and their convictions.
Vote ``no'' on this bill.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the very distinguished
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson).
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman
Virginia Foxx of North Carolina for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, indeed, Republicans were elected last November, but with
promises made, promises kept.
Despite the extraordinarily ignorant lies on the other side, the
American people know that the bill that we will be voting on today
reduces taxes, creating jobs.
It is the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime. It provides for
securing the border. It provides for energy independence. It provides
for the ability to have peace through strength. All of this is in the
bill.
On compassion, it is not compassion to support programs that are
ultimately going to fail. Republicans want people who need assistance
to receive assistance.
Margaret Thatcher has identified what they are proposing, and that is
that socialism will work until you run out of other people's money to
spend.
They are putting the poor people of America at risk. We are the ones
with compassion.
Additionally, with promises made, promises kept by Donald Trump, I
have lived it. I led the delegation to move the Embassy from Tel Aviv
to Jerusalem. He did that. People at the State Department said that we
shouldn't do it because it leads to dislocation. No, it led to the
Embassy being in Jerusalem, and it led to the Abraham Accords.
We know that last week the President was advised not to bomb Iran,
that it would lead to World War III. No, it has led to a cease-fire and
the ability to have the Abraham Accords extended to other countries,
including Syria.
I am really grateful that Lindsey Graham was such an adviser. The
President acted despite the naysayers that we have all around us.
I just appreciate Donald Trump. Promises made, promises kept.

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Kennedy).
Mr. KENNEDY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I am an occupational therapist.
I helped people live the fullest life they could given the cards they
were dealt. I worked at a school for children with disabilities and a
nursing home, helping seniors maintain their independence.
I know exactly what it means to cut $1 trillion from Medicare,
Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, which is exactly what this big,
ugly bill does.
Taking away healthcare for 17 million Americans won't make us any
healthier. Stealing food away from the neediest children, seniors, and
veterans won't make us any stronger. Giving billionaires a tax break
won't make us any richer. Children will go hungry. Seniors will lose
their healthcare. Students will lose their financial aid. Hospitals
will close. Americans will die.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my Republican colleagues to stand up; grow a
spine; stop bowing down to your king, Donald Trump; represent your
constituents like you were elected to do; and vote ``no'' on this
horrible, big, ugly bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. For the third time, the Chair would remind
Members not to engage in personalities toward the President, or they
will be called out of order.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, if there are no other Republican Members
willing to speak for this bill, we can send some Members over to you
just to state the facts as to what is in this bill. Let's do the public
a service.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr.
Olszewski).
Mr. OLSZEWSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remind my colleagues that
this bill is more than words on paper. The policies we are debating
today have real impacts on real people, people like 4-year-old Amir
Rich, who visited my office earlier this month. Amir was born at just 2
pounds and spent 452 days in the hospital.
Today, although he still depends on feeding tubes and oxygen tanks,
he is thriving. He is walking and able to speak. He lit up my office
with energy. That is thanks to the care he received under Medicaid.
Christina was forced to leave her 16-year career in corrections to
become his full-time caregiver, placing a significant financial strain
on their family. In the face of rising costs for American families,
Medicaid has become a vital lifeline helping to cover the kind of care
Amir needs.
The bill before us guts these lifelines like Medicaid and CHIP. These
programs cover nearly half of all American children.

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For families like Christina and Amir, today's vote is a matter of
life and death. I encourage my colleagues to look at Amir. Look at him
and oppose this reckless bill. Protect the vital support systems that
serve millions of Americans.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Utah
(Mr. Kennedy).
Mr. KENNEDY of Utah. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be here and
speak in favor of the rule for the big, beautiful bill.
As a provider of healthcare myself, as a doctor, and as a recipient
of Medicaid services--my first three children were born on Medicaid--in
addition to the fact that as a child, I was receiving food assistance
not only from free school lunch programs but church programs,
recognizing the vital need associated with Medicaid as well as with
these food programs, we need to rightsize these programs.
Mr. Speaker, if we don't take a different trajectory, these programs
will collapse under the economic failures of prior administrations. The
reality behind this is, this bill that we are discussing today is
insisting on work requirements associated with the recipients of
Medicaid.
If you are an able-bodied, working adult, you should be able to go
out and find a job. If you can't find a job, you need to go to a
training program and try to find training so that you can get a job and
ultimately get off Medicaid.
One of the components about Medicaid, we all know, is that it was
formed in favor of pregnant women, disabled people, as well as the
elderly. What the Republicans are trying to do is rightsize the
Medicaid program so that it survives for the long-term, vital needs of
the people of the future.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, if you can't find a job, just enroll in a
training program. That is hard to do when Republicans are cutting and
gutting the training programs that exist in this country.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms.
Johnson).
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to this
debate, and I am struck by the appalling ability of the Members of the
other side who are so afraid of this President. They are willing to lie
to the American people because they fear the tweet of a President more
than they fear the wrath of the voters at the ballot box. This will
come home to roost because 17 million people are going to lose their
healthcare.
In Texas, we are one of the largest creators of clean energy jobs.
Texas is the energy State. I am proud to be an energy State. We have
vast amounts of oil and gas jobs, but we also are the largest creator
of clean energy jobs. We will lose millions of jobs in our State
because Republicans of this delegation are going to vote for this bill.
In response to Representative Nehls, I am a proud graduate of the
University of Texas. I think Texas A&M and our elite University of
Texas deserve to have the funding in our universities.
With this bill, we must vote it down. I condemn the Republicans in
the State of Texas who are going to harm our State with their support
of this bill.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Castro).
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Three years ago today, I was diagnosed with
neuroendocrine cancer. That day, my youngest child, my daughter, turned
2 months old.
There is a drug that I have to take every month, every 28 days, and
the first time I saw the bill for that, the list price on that drug was
$24,000 per injection. For people that don't have insurance or Medicaid
or aren't covered, they are not getting that shot. They are not going
to survive, some of them. This is a choice for some of you between your
career and saving people's lives.
There are so many folks who have reached out over the last several
months panicking about their disabled children, about their senior
citizen parents who are in nursing homes, people struggling with
cancer, Alzheimer's, dementia, sickle cell, diabetes, all of these
illnesses. You have the power today to make sure that they can live
with dignity and stay alive, or you can choose your career. That is
your choice.
We choose to keep people alive. We choose to have healthcare in this
country. We refuse to cut healthcare for 17 million people nationwide
and 1.6 million people in Texas because it is wrong and it is immoral
and we can take a different course.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Washington (Mr. Baumgartner).
Mr. BAUMGARTNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the big,
beautiful bill.
At its heart, the big, beautiful bill is a measure that will make
America both wealthier and safer. I am inspired in thinking about the
big, beautiful bill of not only this President but two of my favorite
former Presidents.
The first would be President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who realized--
getting the appropriate quote--realized the negative impacts of high
tax rates. Indeed, roughly 60 years ago, President Kennedy warned:
``The largest single barrier to full employment of our manpower and
resources and to a higher rate of economic growth is the
unrealistically heavy drag of Federal income taxes on private
purchasing power, initiative, and incentive.''
Indeed, I have little doubt that President Kennedy would be a big fan
of the big, beautiful bill.
Similarly, President Reagan realized peace through strength was how
America could defeat the communist Soviet Union. He realized how
missile defense was key to facing up to the challenge of the
communists.
Today, the big, beautiful bill puts much-needed funding into missile
defense through the Golden Dome system.
I encourage every American that cares about making our country
wealthier and safer to support the big, beautiful bill.

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Michigan (Ms. Stevens).
Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, this bill makes me sick to my stomach. I
have met with over 200 manufacturers in my district, and the one thing
that I hear over and over again is that the cost of everything is going
up.
This administration is now, yet again, trying to raise prices on
working Michiganders. This bill in Michigan will kick 750,000 people
off their Medicaid. It will eliminate critical investments in Michigan
manufacturing. It means, for Michiganders, that costs will continue to
go up and up.
As someone who served as the chief of staff on the U.S. auto rescue
in the Obama administration, I know what it means to see Michiganders
struggling. I know what it means when Michiganders have to choose
between paying their bills and paying for lifesaving healthcare, all
while billionaires get a tax cut.
This bill, Mr. Speaker, makes me sick to my stomach, and I urge
everyone to vote ``no.''
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I feel the excitement on the other side of
the aisle.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs.
Sykes).
Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose this terrible bill
that is a bad deal for Ohio, the residents of Ohio's 13th Congressional
District, and the people of the United States of America.
When I was first elected, I told the people of Ohio's 13th
Congressional District that it may be my name on the ballot, but when I
win, we are all going to Washington together. I made that promise
because, as a Representative of my district, it is my responsibility to
make sure that my constituents' needs are being addressed here in
Washington.
The people in Ohio's 13th Congressional District need lower costs.
The people in Ohio's 13th Congressional District need access to care.
The people in Ohio's 13th District need opportunity, opportunity to
work, to buy a house, and to live their American Dream. Yet, this bill
does none of that.
Instead, it kicks 17 million people off their healthcare and makes
life more expensive. People don't have extra money to pay for
billionaires' yachts and monthslong vacations.
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the rich. It takes food away from children, making their bellies
hungry.
In my district, Mr. Speaker, 30,000 jobs are in jeopardy. I don't
want to hear another word from Republicans about people not wanting to
work when they are sending them to the unemployment line.
Mr. Speaker, this is a bad bill. Do not allow the people in my
district to be unemployed, hungry, and without the ability to live
their American Dream.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, my Democratic colleagues continue to rail against
commonsense community engagement requirements, which require able-
bodied adults without an exemption to spend 20 hours per week working,
volunteering, enrolling in school, or participating in a work
development program.
Let's be perfectly clear. These work requirements apply only to able-
bodied adults without young dependents who don't have a disqualifying
condition.
Individuals who are exempt from these requirements include pregnant
women, individuals under the age of 19 or over the age of 64, foster
youth and former foster youth under the age of 26, members of Tribes,
individuals who are considered medically frail, and individuals who are
already in compliance with the work requirements under Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families, TANF, or the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, SNAP.
The list goes on, but our priority remains the same. It is to root
out waste, fraud, and abuse and to strengthen and sustain Medicaid for
those for whom the program was intended to serve: expectant mothers,
children with disabilities, the poor, and the elderly.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, Democratic Leader Jeffries has an
amendment to strike the devastating cuts to healthcare and SNAP, and I
yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Clarke), the chair of the
Congressional Black Caucus, for the purpose of a unanimous consent
request.
Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Womack). Does the gentlewoman from North
Carolina yield for that purpose?
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate,
and I do not yield for that request.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina does not
yield. Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana
(Mr. Carter) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. CARTER of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any Medicaid cuts and any cuts to SNAP.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate.
I do not yield for that request.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understands that the gentlewoman
from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the
unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Georgia
(Mrs. McBath) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Once again, the Chair understands that the
gentlewoman from North Carolina will not yield for that purpose.
Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota
(Ms. Omar) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. OMAR. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has
expressed a desire not to entertain the unanimous consent request for
that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be
entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Evans) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Given that the gentlewoman from North
Carolina will not accept the request for the unanimous consent agenda,
the purpose, therefore, cannot be entertained at this time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Meeks) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Once again, the Chair understands that the
gentlewoman from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose.
Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr.
Horsford) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey
(Mrs. Watson Coleman) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understands that the gentlewoman
from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the
unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs.
Beatty) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Once again, the Chair understands that the
gentlewoman from North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose.
Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North
Carolina (Mrs. Foushee) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. FOUSHEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair understands the gentlewoman from
North Carolina has not yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the
unanimous consent request cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Alabama
(Ms. Sewell) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. SEWELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Waters) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not

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yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, are you sure you don't want to check with
the gentlewoman from North Carolina just in case she changed her mind?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is pretty confident.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North
Carolina (Ms. Adams) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms.
Foxx) has not yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous
consent request cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland
(Mr. Mfume) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. MFUME. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida
(Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick) for the purpose of unanimous consent
request.
Mrs. CHERFILUS-McCORMICK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois
(Mr. Jackson) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms.
Crockett) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. CROCKETT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs.
Sykes) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from
Connecticut (Mrs. Hayes) for the purpose of a unanimous consent
request.
Mrs. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms.
Brown) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Virginia
(Ms. McClellan) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. McCLELLAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Simon) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. SIMON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon
(Ms. Bynum) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. BYNUM. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland
(Mr. Ivey) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.

Mr. IVEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey
(Mrs. McIver) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. McIVER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island
(Mr. Amo) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. AMO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Kamlager-Dove) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the
rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Missouri
(Mr. Bell) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Torres) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. TORRES of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana
(Mr. Fields) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, I request unanimous consent to amend the
rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Georgia
(Ms. Williams) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr.
Figures) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. FIGURES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid or SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois
(Mr. Davis) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rules to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.

{time} 1210

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington
(Ms. Strickland) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the
rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Green) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the
rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Bishop) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from
Pennsylvania (Ms. Lee) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr.
Frost) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois
(Ms. Kelly) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey
(Mr. Conaway) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr.
Carson) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. CARSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms.
Garcia) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon
(Ms. Bonamici) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon
(Ms. Salinas) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. SALINAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms.
Johnson) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the

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rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington
(Ms. Randall) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. RANDALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois
(Ms. Budzinski) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. BUDZINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Hawaii
(Ms. Tokuda) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. TOKUDA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York
(Ms. Meng) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. MENG. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Michigan
(Mrs. Dingell) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from
Pennsylvania (Ms. Houlahan) for the purpose of a unanimous consent
request.
Ms. HOULAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas
(Mrs. Fletcher) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. FLETCHER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Tonko) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from
Massachusetts (Ms. Pressley) for the purpose of a unanimous consent
request.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.

Parliamentary Inquiry

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary
inquiry.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, does one Republican Member have the power
to block an amendment to protect Medicaid and SNAP?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The manager of the pending resolution would
have to yield for any such amendment.
Mr. McGOVERN. That kind of seems like a silly rule.
Anyway, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.
Gillen) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. GILLEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota
(Ms. Morrison) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Brownley) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. BROWNLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Once again, the gentlewoman from North
Carolina has not yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous
consent request may not be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California
(Mrs. Torres) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms.
Kaptur) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California
(Mr. Lieu) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. LIEU. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not

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yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Chu) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. CHU. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York
(Ms. Velazquez) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon
(Ms. Dexter) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. DEXTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Johnson) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Kennedy) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. KENNEDY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Landsman) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Maryland
(Ms. Elfreth) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. ELFRETH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Delaware
(Ms. McBride) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. McBRIDE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Deluzio) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. DELUZIO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland
(Mr. Olszewski) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. OLSZEWSKI. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky
(Mr. McGarvey) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. McGARVEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Vermont
(Ms. Balint) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr.
Soto) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon
(Ms. Hoyle) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. HOYLE of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California
(Mr. Cisneros) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. CISNEROS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey
(Mr. Norcross) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi
(Mr. Thompson) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to

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amend the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California
(Mr. Takano) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California
(Mr. Ruiz) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida
(Ms. Castor) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend
the rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects
against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California
(Mr. DeSaulnier) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the
rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California
(Ms. Matsui) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New
Hampshire (Mr. Pappas) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Nevada
(Ms. Titus) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. Subramanyam) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the
rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Jersey
(Ms. Sherrill) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. SHERRILL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Mannion) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. MANNION. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) for the purpose of a unanimous consent
request.
Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South
Carolina (Mr. Clyburn) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I request that we allow a vote to let the
10-20-30 formula be applied to the low-income areas affected by this
bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman seek unanimous consent?
Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentlewoman yield for that purpose?
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I do not yield.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina does not
yield for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request cannot
be entertained.
Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman has been clear. She is not
entertaining any unanimous consent requests. She will not yield to that
point. Therefore, it cannot be entertained at this time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California
(Mr. Carbajal) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms.
Escobar) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. ESCOBAR. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington
(Ms. Jayapal) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee
(Mr. Cohen) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the spirit of Jesus as it is spoken in Matthew: He was
sick, and I healed him. He was hungry, and I fed him.
Medicare, healthcare, SNAP payments, and nutrition payments should
not be taken away from fellow passengers on this Earth.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Further, the Chair would advise Members that although a unanimous
consent to consider a measure is covered by the Speaker's guidelines
for recognition, embellishments constitute debate and, as such, can
become an imposition on the time of the Member who is yielded for that
purpose.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from North
Carolina (Ms. Ross) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California
(Mr. Whitesides) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. WHITESIDES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the
rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New
Hampshire (Ms. Goodlander) for the purpose of a unanimous consent
request.
Ms. GOODLANDER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the
rule to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against
any cuts to Medicaid and to SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California
(Mr. Thompson) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to
amend the rule and to make in order the amendment at the desk that
protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois
(Mr. Schneider) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Rhode Island
(Mr. Magaziner) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Casar) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. CASAR. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose. Therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr.
Stanton) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Mr. STANTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule
to make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any
cuts to Medicaid or SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and, therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished woman from
California (Ms. Pelosi) for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to
make in order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts
to Medicaid and SNAP.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has not
yielded for that purpose, and, therefore, the unanimous consent request
cannot be entertained.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, over 100 Democratic Members just asked to
allow an amendment to protect Medicaid and SNAP, to just give us a
vote. That is all I ask.
I will say that we are here standing up for the American people, no
matter where they live, and this is what it looks like to fight for the
American people, to make sure that this administration and this
Republican Congress don't rip away their healthcare and their food
benefits. That is disgusting.
In the gentlewoman from North Carolina's district alone, 142,000 of
her constituents would lose some or all of their SNAP benefits, and
five rural hospitals are at risk of closure.
My Democratic colleagues and I are here to help people, not to screw
them over.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, wow, that gambit was riveting.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is
remaining.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 7
minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 7\3/4\
minutes remaining.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Florida
(Mr. Fine).
Mr. FINE. Mr. Speaker, as I sat here and listened to that panoply of
speeches or motions over the last few seconds, I was reminded of the
fact that when we say there should be no cuts to Medicaid, we are
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cuts to illegal immigrants who are getting Medicaid.
We live in a world where we spend more money than we bring in, and it
is not fair to actual Americans to be forced to take on additional debt
to give benefits to people who are not in this country legally.
Mr. Speaker, I note that the Democrats have not proposed a solution
that would allow us to continue to give benefits to people who
shouldn't be here anyway and pay for them without our children going
into future debt. We must keep that in mind.
I am here to fight for Americans, and that is what this bill does.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I don't know if the gentleman has ever
read the Medicaid statute, but undocumented immigrants are not entitled
to receive Medicaid benefits, and they don't.
Our solution to make sure that our children are not saddled with debt
is to not give billionaires, millionaires, and corporations big tax
cuts. Jeff Bezos doesn't need a tax cut.
Why don't you come down here and explain to people why it is so
important that you protect his tax cuts? We tried to go after the
billionaire tax cuts in the Rules Committee last night, and every
single Republican voted ``no.''
That is how we are going to do it. We are going to invest in people
who need help. We are going to make sure people have healthcare. We are
going to make sure people have food assistance. We are not going to
screw them over.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr.
DeSaulnier).
Mr. DeSAULNIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts
for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, this bill would cause household resources for the
poorest Americans to decrease while the obscenely rich will get richer.
I offered two amendments in the Rules Committee, one to prevent
people with disabilities from being kicked off Medicaid and one to help
low-income students afford an education that they earned.
Unfortunately, Republicans refused to consider them, as they yet
again worked through the dead of night to rip off hardworking Americans
and give tax breaks to the richest Americans who don't need them.
Even FOX News reports that it is projected to increase the Federal
deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade.
This bill is nothing more than a vanity project for the President,
and it betrays the American people. I strongly oppose this reckless
legislation and urge my colleagues to do the right thing.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).
Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in very strong support of H.R.
1, President Trump's one big, beautiful bill.
Here we are, despite months of our Democratic colleagues' best
efforts to delay, fearmonger, and mislead the public about this bill,
and we are ready to deliver for the American people.
Here is the thing about fear-mongering. You can only say ``the sky is
falling'' so many times before folks start waking up and seeing for
themselves exactly what is going on.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act secures our border. It prevents the
single largest tax increase in American history and refocuses safety
net programs for those who truly need them, not the ones shamming.
Then, it reinvigorates our Armed Forces, where we saw a diminution for
4 long years under the Biden administration.
Mr. Speaker, it is high time that we deliver this to the President's
desk for a signature. This is promises made and promises kept, and I am
very proud to support this bill.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the big, ugly bill is going to throw 16
million people off of healthcare and give people like Jeff Bezos,
millionaires and billionaires, a tax cut. If that is what you are
about, I hate to tell you, that is not what the American people voted
for.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr.
Riley).
Mr. RILEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, where I come from, we make
things. Generations woke up before the crack of dawn, went off to the
factory, punched a clock, worked their hands to the bone, and came home
and counted nickels to make sure they could keep a roof over the kids'
heads and keep food on the tables.
We have kept our heads down. We have kept our sleeves rolled up. We
have kept our shoulder to the wheel. All we have asked for is a fair
shot and for this place to stop screwing us over, but you can't help
yourselves.
You got us into terrible trade deals that made Wall Street rich and
shipped all of our jobs overseas. You bail out the banks while
neglecting rural America. You have rigged the economy so the corporate
PACs that are funding your campaigns make huge profits, jacking up
costs on folks who can't afford it, and now this.
This bill will kill good, blue-collar manufacturing jobs that we need
to rebuild the economy in this country, close rural hospitals, and
defund healthcare, all to give trillions of dollars in tax cuts to your
cronies.
Don't tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you are
doing is shitting on the middle class.

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind both sides of two
things. Please direct your remarks to the Chair and avoid vulgar speak.
We do have families here. The gentleman will not be recognized.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, thank you for reminding us of the language we
should be using in this Chamber.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I hope when the President comes here next,
you will admonish him for the language he uses.
Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentlewoman from Delaware (Ms.
McBride).
Ms. McBRIDE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this big, ugly
bill. Let's be clear: This bill is TrumpCare. And TrumpCare means 17
million more Americans will be uninsured and all the rest of us will be
paying higher costs and driving further to get care.
Over the last several months, I have met with hundreds of
Delawareans--parents, patients, providers, hospital leaders, teachers,
nurses, people from all across the State of Delaware--and everyone was
asking us, pleading with us, to kill this bill.
Are my Republican colleagues meeting with their constituents? Are
they ignoring them? Do they even care?
Every ``yes'' vote shows very clearly that they don't. This bill is
trickle-down cruelty, and people will die because of it.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, as the President has said numerous times,
there will be no cuts to Medicaid. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
protects and strengthens Medicaid for those who rely on it--pregnant
women, children, seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income
families--while eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act removes illegal aliens, enforces work
requirements, and protects Medicaid for the truly vulnerable.
For our colleagues on the other side who say illegal aliens are not
receiving this, we understand that 1.4 million people do not meet
citizenship and immigration status requirements for Medicaid enrollment
but would be covered under current law and programs funded by the
States. We know that because we have a CBO score.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
California (Mr. Khanna).
Mr. KHANNA. Mr. Speaker, I never want to hear the Republicans lecture
about fiscal responsibility again. The last President to actually
balance this budget was Bill Clinton. Today, Bob Rubin and Larry
Summers wrote an op-ed in The New York Times that every American should
read.
Their budget will take the deficit up to 8 percent of GDP. It is
historically unprecedented in the history of our country during
peacetime. We never had a more reckless, deficit-exploding bill than
what they are proposing.
The Democrats have a proposal to bring the deficits back down under 4
percent. Bob Rubin and Larry Summers were the last ones who have done
it. Hakeem Jeffries is leading with a sensible proposal to lower
deficits.
If you care about debt in this country, if you care about our
grandkids

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being burdened with debt, if you care about a bond market devastation,
then you need to recognize that this bill hurts America, and you need
to support the Democratic plan for deficit reduction.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from
Kentucky (Mr. Barr).
Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President
Trump is once again keeping his promises to the American people. He
promised he would stop the largest tax increase in America history. He
promised he would make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent. He promised
he would deliver the largest tax cut for hardworking taxpayers in
American history, and he promised to eliminate taxes on tips, overtime,
and Social Security benefits.
President Trump is keeping his word. He is delivering much-needed
relief for the American people, and this will produce an investment
surge, driving real median incomes up by $10,000 relative to the
scenario in which the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is allowed to expire.
To my friend from California, if he cares about fiscal
responsibility, stopping a $4.5 trillion tax increase stops a
recession. You cannot balance the budget without growth.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
I don't want to close, but I am prepared to close.
Mr. Speaker, this bill is a moral failure. It rips healthcare away
from millions. It pushes more families into hunger, and it leaves
seniors stranded all so billionaires can keep more of what they will
never spend.
Republicans say: If you lose your job, too bad. If hospitals shut
down, good luck. If you can't afford groceries or insulin, figure it
out. But if you are Big Oil, a CEO, or trust fund baby, don't worry, we
have got you covered. This bill is about who matters and who doesn't.
Guess what. Working people didn't make the cut.
I want my Republican colleagues to know they don't have to do this.
They don't have to sell out their own communities. They don't have to
vote for a bill that goes against fundamental things they claim to
believe in.
Crazy as it sounds, they don't have to hurt people to keep Trump
happy. Find a spine. Find a conscience, for God's sake, because the
American people are watching. They know the difference between real
leadership and bootlicking.
A vote for this bill is a vote for cruelty. It is a vote for fiscal
irresponsibility and a vote to screw over your constituents to give
more to the ultra wealthy. This bill is a middle finger to working
people.
We can still stop this. We can still do the right thing. Vote ``no.''
Go back to the table. Work with us on tax relief for people who are not
making millions and billions of dollars. Don't let this be your legacy.
That so many of you are blindly going along with this just to please
the guy in the White House is shameful. You have a responsibility to
care for the people in your districts, and you are voting for a bill
that is going to throw millions off of healthcare and rip food off
kitchen tables all across the country. It is shameful. It is shameful.
I am disgusted that we are here debating this trash.

Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the rule and a ``no'' vote on
the bill. I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Once again, I remind both sides to direct
your comments to the Chair.
Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
People who have supported the Democratic Party policies for years
cannot come to this floor and question the morality of Republicans.
President Trump has his pen in hand and is waiting for the House to
complete its work. We have championed this legislation for months, have
guided it through the appropriate processes, and now we are on the 1
yard line.
America deserves to move even further into the golden age. H.R. 1
unlocks the opportunity to do that. It is time to get this done.
Let's be crystal clear about the content of this historic bill. We
are restoring our borders once left defenseless and without redress. We
are protecting our great Nation by investing in our military and
military families. We are preserving tax cuts that made the United
States economy the envy of the world just 8 years ago. We are reviving
our Nation's fiscal outlook by finally cutting wasteful spending and
unleashing our economy from harmful restraint--restore, protect,
preserve, and revive. The failure to act would yield only the opposite.
Our Democrat colleagues would tear down the border wall and return us
to open-border policies. They would have us oversee a continued decline
in our military readiness despite unprecedented theaters of global
conflict. They would destroy our economy in their unending appetite for
continued tax increases to feed their spending binges.

{time} 1300

Mr. Speaker, the choice is clear. We must deliver. We must deliver a
renewed, restored, and revived Nation and grant voters the America they
stood for just 8 months ago.
Mr. Speaker, in a moment, I will offer an amendment to the
resolution, which would correct a technical error in the rule.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the previous question,
``yes'' on the amendment, and ``yes'' on the rule.

Amendment offered by Ms. Foxx

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment to the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:

At the end of the resolution, add the following:
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
motion to its adoption without intervening motion.

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I urge support for the resolution, as amended.
Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, and still I rise now, as I did
during the Joint Address to Congress when I told the President and the
Nation that there is no mandate to cut Medicaid. The waste, fraud, and
abuse argument is a facade, because no empirical evidence has been
presented to justify cutting more than $1 trillion from Medicaid,
Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act. These deep cuts will allow the
richest Americans to receive, on average, an additional $30,000
annually, while the poorest Americans will lose approximately $700
annually.
This legislation is a complete betrayal of the American people,
extending additional tax breaks to the wealthiest individuals in this
country while cutting lifesaving, urgent services for the most
vulnerable among us. The cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) alone will take health
care and food assistance away from millions of veterans, seniors, and
families across the country.
Congressional Democrats offered many amendments to ensure that
critical services would not be cut. I submitted an amendment to ensure
that individuals who have had their SNAP benefits stolen are able to
receive a reimbursement. I also submitted an amendment which would help
raise awareness of the risk of renal medullary carcinoma, an aggressive
form of kidney cancer found in young individuals with the sickle cell
trait. These common-sense amendments would not substantially add to the
deficit, yet they were still rejected by Congressional Republicans,
alongside all other amendments submitted to make this bill less cruel.
With H.R. 1, President Trump and Congressional Republicans have shown
that they want a billionaire bailout at the expense of working
families.
The material previously referred to by Mr. McGovern is as follows:

An Amendment to H. Res. 566 Offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts

Strike everything following the resolved clause and insert
the following:
That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order
to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 1) to provide
for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14,
with the Senate amendment thereto, and to consider in the
House, without intervention of any point of order, a motion
offered by the chair of the Committee on the Budget or his
designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment with
the amendment specified in section 2 of this resolution. The
Senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read.
The motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided
among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member
of the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees
and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Ways and Means or their respective designees. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its
adoption without intervening motion.
Sec. 2. The amendment referred to in section 1 is as
follows:
In subtitle A of title I, strike sections 10101 through
10108.
Strike subtitle B of title VII.

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I
move the

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previous question on the amendment and on the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous
question on the amendment and on the resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-
minute votes on:
Adoption of the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North
Carolina (Ms. Foxx), if ordered; and
Adoption of the resolution, if ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 214,
nays 212, not voting 6, as follows:

[Roll No. 187]

YEAS--214

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NAYS--212

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

NOT VOTING--6

Burchett
Dunn (FL)
Meuser
Ogles
Roy
Tiffany

{time} 1406

Mr. VARGAS changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the previous question was ordered.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Womack). The question is on adoption of
the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms.
Foxx).
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.

Recorded Vote

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220,
noes 212, not voting 0, as follows:

[Roll No. 188]

AYES--220

Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Green (TN)
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke

NOES--212

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint

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Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

Parliamentary Inquiries

Mr. NEGUSE (during the vote). Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary
inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary
inquiry.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that Republican
leadership has issued a notice to their Members that they aren't
required to be on the floor, essentially an informal adjournment,
notwithstanding that this amendment vote is pending. Is it appropriate
under the Rules of the House of Representatives' procedure or
Jefferson's Manual to keep a vote open while simultaneously declaring
to Members that they are free to leave?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. What the Chair will say to the gentleman
from Colorado is that, under clause 9 of rule XX, the minimum--
underline minimum--time for voting is 5 minutes on this vote. This vote
remains open, so the minimum time is 5 minutes, and there is not a
maximum time, nor to this Chair's knowledge is there a requirement
that, during the vote, the Members remain on the floor.
As the gentleman from Colorado would surely know, it is customary for
Members to vote in the middle of a vote series, leave the floor, and
then come back for additional votes later.
I hope that clears up any misunderstanding the gentleman from
Colorado would have.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, it does, and I appreciate the Speaker's
response. Is it customary for a vote to go over 1 hour?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is not unprecedented, though the Chair is
not a historian, and so you would have to talk to people who are
engaged in the history and the proceedings of the House of
Representatives to be able to ascertain that answer. Sorry.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, my final parliamentary procedure request:
Would it be permissible, Mr. Speaker, or would the Speaker entertain a
motion to adjourn, given that Republicans don't intend to complete this
vote?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. That would not be in order. The gentleman
rose for a parliamentary inquiry. That answer has been given, and that
would be the limitation to the gentleman's ability on the floor.
Mr. NEGUSE. I thank the Speaker.

Parliamentary Inquiry

Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his inquiry.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that House Republicans
have kept this vote open longer than any other Congress in the history
of the House of Representatives.
At what point will the Speaker ascertain whether this practice is
violative of rule XVII with respect to the order of the House or rule
XX with respect to the voting procedures of the House?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. What the Chair would tell the gentleman from
Colorado is that, once again, as I said a few hours ago--
Mr. NEGUSE. Nine hours ago, Mr. Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore.--the presiding officer is not a historian
and so, therefore, cannot opine as to whether or not historical
precedent is in order or whether this will be a condition of the House
going forward.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I asked whether or not it was violative of
rule XVII or rule XX for Republicans to keep this vote open longer than
any other Congress in the history of the United States House of
Representatives.
We know for certain that this, in fact, is a new precedent that has
been broken by Republicans. This is the longest--yes, Mr. Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. To the gentleman from Colorado, as was
stated, again, several hours ago, the rule provides for a minimum
amount of time for voting, not a maximum time for voting. That minimum
time is, obviously, part of that rule.
Besides that, the Chair doesn't have any other information he could
share with the gentleman from Colorado that would be useful in this
discussion.
Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, I conclude simply by saying: Is it
permissible under the rules for this vote to be held open for 24 hours,
48 hours, 3 months? How long, in the Speaker's judgment, is it
permissible to hold the vote?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is posing hypotheticals, and
the Chair is prepared to move on the vote that we are currently in.
Therefore, the conversation ends.

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So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution, as
amended.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 219,
nays 213, not voting 0, as follows:

[Roll No. 189]

YEAS--219

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Meuser
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Womack
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NAYS--213

Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)

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Mr. MASSIE changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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