Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the chair of the Budget Committee said something moments ago to the effect of: This is about giving the people their money back. That is not so. This is about the one in three Americans on Medicaid who are at risk of losing it because what is in this budget plan in black and white are the largest cuts to Medicaid in American history and cuts to other programs like SNAP, school lunches, and Head Start. Why is that? It is to deliver tax cuts, 83 percent of which go to the richest 1 percent of Americans. That is what this plan is about. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), my friend and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, as ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, I am responsible for funding programs and services that the American people rely on. I also see the importance of programs like Medicaid, which help tens of millions of people afford health insurance. After all of their talk of lowering the cost of living, Republicans wasted no time in making their real priorities clear. For this majority, billionaires and the biggest corporations always come first. Elon Musk and President Trump are hard at work trying to gut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, which helps nearly 100 million Americans afford health insurance, medications, and lifesaving care.…”