Gop Tax Scam Hurts Women and Families

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Mr. SORENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise with my colleagues today to call out the House GOP's big billionaire bailout at the expense of my neighbors back home in Illinois-17.

Their bill would take away food from hungry families and kick people off their health insurance, all so the richest people who walk the face of the Earth get a bigger tax break.

The other side claims to be fiscally responsible, but they are blowing a $5 trillion hole in our national debt to do it.

What am I supposed to say to Mary Anne from Morrison, Illinois, who says she can't feed her kids without SNAP, or a veteran like Mike, who stopped in for his one meal a day at the veteran drop-in center in Rockford?

Republicans in committee voted unanimously against our amendment that would protect veterans from cuts.

They are saying this is about waste, fraud, and abuse? Give me a break. This bill is a disaster for anyone who is struggling to make ends meet, and it will be a disaster for our country, all so the filthy rich get richer. Vote ``no.''

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