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Cuts to Healthcare and Food Assistance

Floor Speech

Date: June 4, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of my constituents and the thousands of folks that have called our office begging Congress not to cut their healthcare or their food assistance all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

One of the calls came from a single mother who just moved to Cincinnati to escape domestic violence. She is raising a daughter with disabilities and relies on Medicaid and food assistance. She relies on both to survive.

There is a 62-year-old woman on a fixed income. Food assistance is the only way she has enough food.

These stories matter because Trump and congressional Republicans are pushing this bill that cuts $300 billion from food assistance and over $1 trillion from healthcare. Mr. Speaker, 16 million Americans will lose their healthcare. Why? To pay for tax cuts for the superwealthy and big corporate investors.

It is a terrible bill. It is deeply unpopular. It will cost people their lives. Kill the bill. Save Americans.

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