[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 153 (Thursday, September 18, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ENSURING FUNDING FOR COMMUNITIES

  (Ms. McCollum of Minnesota was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, Republicans say they have a mandate. 
President Trump has told his party, don't even bother working with 
Democrats. Congressional Republicans wanted to go it alone when they 
passed President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
  The American people are now finding out it is really a pretty big, 
ugly mess, especially when it comes to their healthcare and their 
everyday lives.
  Republicans made devastating healthcare cuts to Medicaid and the 
Children's Health Insurance Program. They made $990 billion worth of 
cuts. We are now just 2 weeks away from a government shutdown.
  Speaker Johnson is, once again, refusing to work across the aisle 
with Democrats. Democrats want to prevent exploding health insurance 
premiums. They have already started to show up in some people's mail. 
That is because the Affordable Care Act subsidies are about to expire. 
Oh, that was part of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to ensure that the funding Congress passes is 
actually delivered to the people in our communities, and I don't want 
it to be illegally cut or withheld by the Trump administration. We are 
seeing cuts in CDC, NIH, and the Department of Education. We all know 
what happened to the State Department and USAID. It was basically just 
stamped out from existence.
  If House Republican leadership wants to go it alone on Federal 
funding to keep our government open, well, that is their prerogative. 
They shouldn't expect my vote.

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