Greg Casar: “I was here alongside all of you during the State of the Union when my Republican colleagues stood up and started…”

“I was here alongside all of you during the State of the Union when my Republican colleagues stood up and started jeering, booing, yelling, and complaining saying that indeed, they weren't interested in cutting Social Security or Medicare. However, in the weeks since, it has become clear to me that was all talk and no votes, or as we say in Texas, all hat and no cattle. In fact, this week the Republican head of appropriations just said that she wants to see even deeper cuts to critical Federal programs. That means bigger classroom sizes for our students and our struggling teachers and longer wait times for our veterans seeking healthcare, all to finance bigger tax cuts for billionaires and multinational corporations. Social Security and Medicare are not safe until we step up and vote to make sure they are safe. That is why I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that we can vote for H.R. 178, which would put our money where our mouth is. I urge my Republican colleagues to prove me wrong because what we are planning on voting on this week are things like a ludicrous gas stove bill of rights. Are they kidding me? What we are talking about voting on this week is deregulating gun accessories that have been used in mass shootings across the country. Really? It is disrespectful, it is dangerous, and it is a distortion of our oath and our job that we have committed to doing here today.…”