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Gop Tax Scam Hurts Women and Families

Floor Speech

Date: May 20, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, in just a few hours, the Rules Committee will be making the final touches to America's worst budget ever. They are doing it in the middle of the night to hide the fact that this bill will make Americans sicker and poorer.

Take SNAP, the most effective antipoverty tool we have. This bill is the deepest cut to food assistance in history, making it harder to put food on the table for seniors, families, and veterans, including 74,000 people in my district.

Vivian, in New Rochelle, said: I have been delivering food to seniors and people in need since 2009. I do this every day because I know what it is like to be in need myself. I had to stop working when I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and now I rely on SNAP, and it is still not enough. If those benefits are cut, it would be devastating.

Republicans are taking food assistance and healthcare away from those who need it the most to give tax breaks to those who need them the least.

Try to spin it any way you want. Everyday Americans will suffer.

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