One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Floor Speech

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Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I flew overnight through thunderstorms and flash flood warnings to be here to stand up for my district this morning because Republicans refuse to stand up for theirs.

I have been in Congress for over 20 years, and I have never seen such cowardice from my colleagues across the aisle. Time and time again, we see Republicans fold like cheap lawn chairs.

Senator Murkowski said it was a bad bill. Then why the hell would she vote for it?

I am here to stand up against a bill that kicks 17 million Americans off of their healthcare, a bill that cuts school lunches and food assistance to children who go to bed hungry every night, a bill that includes billions of dollars for ICE, an already bloated agency that has been upending due process and racially profiling people in my district for weeks.

Mr. Speaker, I say to my colleagues across the aisle, have you no decency? Have you no humanity? It is not too late to do what you know is right by your constituents and by your country. Vote ``no'' on this one, big, steaming pile of crap.

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