Breaking the Gridlock Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, every day, more Americans are being hurt by the Republican healthcare crisis. Tax credits that help working people afford healthcare are vanishing, and Americans are watching billionaires get huge tax cuts while the cost of living goes up.

My Republican friends knew that refusing to renew these tax credits would cause healthcare costs to skyrocket.

Mr. Speaker, they decided to cancel work for 2 months and simply ignored the affordability problem. President Trump even called it a hoax.

Democrats put forward this bill to help the American people. Thanks to a few sensible colleagues on the other side, we were able to force a vote on it.

While Trump continues his self-dealing corruption and growing fondness for attacking foreign countries, his administration is lawlessly killing and lying about the death of an unarmed woman in Minneapolis.

Republican leadership in Congress had to be forced to even allow a vote on this bill. Democrats here are focused on a bill to lower costs for tens of millions of Americans and prevent many from losing healthcare.

Mr. Speaker, we speak about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We can't be free, it is hard to be happy, and lives are cut short with no healthcare.

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