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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

That is our job, and that is what we are doing. CMS' own estimates show that Medicaid and CHIP state expenditures would increase by $40 million.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

If there is any individual that believes in stripping Medicaid from DACA recipients, I would like to know if they are willing to give the $6.6 billion that DACA recipients pay in Federal taxes back to them.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

What I think people are irritated with... is we have three co-equal branches of government to do that.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

In my opinion, you altered the law in direct contradiction to the decision of the Federal court judge which stated that DACA was unlawful.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

When you are making it harder for people to be healthy, you are going to have a tough sell that you are in it for the people.

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Dan Kildee
@dankildee· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

I was unable to attend votes due to a flight cancellation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 329 (S. 111) and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 330 (H.R. 813). PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

Even President Obama understood this much when his Administration determined in 2012 that DACA recipients should not be eligible for Medicaid.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

I am curious on how we are going to pay for this. Last I checked, we have a major deficit in this country, and I have yet to hear any explanation of how we are paying with this.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

I think what it has to do, to answer your question, is incentives. I think people are logical and people do things that they believe is in their best interest, and we incentivize people and we incentivize their behaviors, so that is what…

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

Instead, they are proposing a rule with dubious legal basis to provide taxpayer-funded Federal health benefits to individuals who have entered this country illegally.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

This Administration has chosen to reward those who enter the country illegally, with release from custody in many cases.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

What I think people are irritated with, and I can speak for myself, what I am irritated with is we have three co-equal branches of government to do that.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

Today, we are, again, conducting oversight of yet another disastrous policy by the Biden Administration that will only exacerbate the crisis along the Southern border.

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Shri Thanedar
@shrithanedar· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

It is essential that the United States support robust international organizations to foster cooperation in the region.

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Shri Thanedar
@shrithanedar· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

The Arctic has never been more central to America's national security.

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Shri Thanedar
@shrithanedar· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

With a dramatically-changing climate and growing aggression from other nations, the Arctic has never been more central to America's national security.

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Shri Thanedar
@shrithanedar· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

It is essential that Congress continues to invest in the Coast Guard's capabilities in the Arctic.

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Shri Thanedar
@shrithanedar· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

Rising threats from China and Russia pose a serious risk to American prosperity and security.

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