House Republicans are working to secure support for a $4.5 trillion tax cut bill, dubbed the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' by President Trump. However, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is employing a chamber rule to deliver an extended speech against the bill. Jeffries argues that the proposed cuts to Medicaid and healthcare access will lead to medical facility closures and significant harm to Americans. He condemns the bill's impact on essential services, asserting it benefits billionaires at the expense of everyday citizens and their quality of life.
"You're ripping health care away from millions of Americans, Mr. Speaker. Ripping food away from children and veterans and seniors. Raising the cost of utilities, of paying your energy bill by hundreds of dollars. Stripping away millions of jobs all across America and what is all of this being done for? To provide massive tax breaks to billionaires all across this country. We are better than that in the United States of America."
"From the start, Jeffries said he planned to take 'his sweet time' to tell the stories of the people who will be harmed by the bill, reading from a thick binder. The leader said that the steep cuts made to Medicaid and healthcare access will result in the closures of medical facilities and likely cause the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans, calling it a 'crime scene.'"
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