Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I remind the gentleman that this bill would put 1 million people in South Carolina at risk of losing Medicaid. I appreciate the previous speaker's candor. He is saying he wants $5 trillion worth of cuts. To quote him, this is only the beginning. I hope that every middle-class American hears that and knows what is coming. By his own words, this is just the beginning. This is bad enough. What are we talking about? We are talking about $880 billion worth of cuts to Medicaid and the ACA, $230 billion worth of cuts to nutrition programs, $330 billion worth of cuts to student loan programs, Pell grants, Head Start, school lunches, and more. Why? It is all so tax cuts worth $4.5 trillion can go to the richest 1 percent of Americans. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Ms. Pou), a wonderful new Member of this body and a distinguished member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.”