[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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              PROPOSED CUTS TO MEDICAID AND SNAP BENEFITS

  (Mr. SUBRAMANYAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I am genuinely alarmed by the budget 
that we may be voting on this week.
  There is a lot not to like, but every American should be paying 
attention to the cuts being proposed to Medicaid and SNAP benefits. 
These cuts will hurt millions of Americans and create irreversible 
damage to our communities.
  Mr. Speaker, it will hurt my community, where tens of thousands of 
people benefit from these programs, but this is going to impact every 
community across every district and across Virginia and across the 
country. Is it because the richest country in the world can't feed 
hungry kids or can't get people the care they need?
  No. It is because this budget takes that money and it gives it to the 
very richest corporations at the expense of small businesses and 
working families. The unintended consequences of these cuts will hurt 
every American, even if they are not on Medicaid or SNAP, and force 
more middle-class families to live paycheck to paycheck while giving 
the ultrarich a tax break.
  Mr. Speaker, let's talk about a bipartisan budget that doesn't hurt 
Americans and is not a giveaway to companies who don't need it.

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