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Kathy Castor
@kathycastor· Democratic · FL· Jun 19, 2018

the first priority of the Congress right now should be stopping the family separation policy.

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Kathy Castor
@kathycastor· Democratic · FL· Jun 19, 2018

this is kind of a boondoggle. I think people are really seeing through the fallacy of, boy, this is going to help the average American.

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Kathy Castor
@kathycastor· Democratic · FL· Jun 19, 2018

they promised. They said that this tax bill, people are going to get thousands of dollars into their paycheck.

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Kathy Castor
@kathycastor· Democratic · FL· Jun 19, 2018

This is the fallacy of the trickle-down economic theory.

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Kathy Castor
@kathycastor· Democratic · FL· Jun 19, 2018

$2 trillion added to the debt. And then the Republican budget comes out yesterday, and what do they do? Huge cuts to people that rely on Medicaid for healthcare and to Medicare.

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Paul Tonko
@paultonko· Democratic · NY· Jun 19, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Medicaid Reentry Act, and I urge all Members to support its swift passage in the House. This bill is about saving lives, pure…

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Maxine Waters
@maxinewaters· Democratic · CA· Jun 19, 2018

This giveaway to wealthy individuals, Wall Street banks, and big corporations, explodes deficits by trillions.

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Maxine Waters
@maxinewaters· Democratic · CA· Jun 19, 2018

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, 11 million rental households in the United States pay over 50 percent of their income on rent.

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Maxine Waters
@maxinewaters· Democratic · CA· Jun 19, 2018

Unfortunately, under the Republican tax scam, the value of these tax credits has decreased.

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Maxine Waters
@maxinewaters· Democratic · CA· Jun 19, 2018

This law has been very intentionally engineered by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to benefit huge corporations on Wall Street.

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Maxine Waters
@maxinewaters· Democratic · CA· Jun 19, 2018

It is alarming how virtual currencies, especially newer ones, are being used to finance terrorism, launder money, and purchase drugs and weapons on the dark Web.

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Maxine Waters
@maxinewaters· Democratic · CA· Jun 19, 2018

The tax scam contains massive giveaways to the Nation's largest banks.

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Brett Guthrie
@brettguthrie· Republican · KY· Jun 19, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 6042, which will ensure the proper implementation of the electronic visit verification system, or EVV, in State Medicaid…

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Brett Guthrie
@brettguthrie· Republican · KY· Jun 19, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this bill, cosponsored by myself, Representative Griffith, Representative Fitzpatrick, and Representative Blackburn, requires Medicaid providers to check the prescription…

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Brett Guthrie
@brettguthrie· Republican · KY· Jun 19, 2018

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 195, nays 152, answered ``present'' 1, not…

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Brett Guthrie
@brettguthrie· Republican · KY· Jun 19, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend Representative Kinzinger, Representative Clarke, Representative LaHood, and Representative Davis for their work on this important bipartisan bill…

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Brett Guthrie
@brettguthrie· Republican · KY· Jun 19, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the Record on the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request…

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Brett Guthrie
@brettguthrie· Republican · KY· Jun 19, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5590) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an action plan on recommendations for changes under Medicare and Medicaid to prevent opioids…

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