[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            BUDGET BETRAYAL

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, Republicans rammed through Trumps' big 
budget betrayal with the largest cut to healthcare in American history. 
It will cut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act by over $1.1 trillion.
  In Michigan, in my State alone, over 450,000 people are now at risk 
of losing their healthcare coverage, including children, seniors, and 
people with disabilities in our district.
  These cuts will also impact EMS and ambulance services across our 
Nation. This budget will shrink the funds available to these 
departments and make it impossible for them to keep operating.
  The impact will also be felt in rural areas where hospitals and 
community health centers will close because they rely heavily on 
Medicaid reimbursements.
  We all know we have sick care in our country, and Medicaid is the 
only Band-aid right now to keep it all together. This bill is a death 
sentence, and over 50,000 people will die as a result of it.
  Madam Speaker, you will see. Republicans gave away trillions of 
dollars to the richest people on the planet and are letting our 
children and seniors die from the lack of healthcare coverage.
  They should be ashamed.

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