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Murphy: This Budget Is Just A Massive Transfer Of Wealth To The Ultra Wealthy

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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to oppose Republicans’ budget proposal, which will hand billionaires and corporations a massive tax cut paid for by slashing Medicaid, SNAP and other programs that millions of working American families rely on.

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THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE

SENATOR FROM CONNECTICUT.

MR. MURPHY: THANK YOU, MR.

PRESIDENT.

THE BUDGET WE'RE DEBATING REALLY

COMES DOWN ONE SIMPLE IDEA --

THE MASSIVE TRANSFER OF WEALTH

AND RESOURCES FROM THE POOR AND

THE MIDDLE CLASS TO THE ULTRA

WEALTHY.

WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE

SENATE RIGHT NOW IS STUNNING IN

ITS SCOPE.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A PIECE OF

LEGISLATION THAT HAS SUCH DEEP

CUTS TO MEDICAID -- THIS IS THE

PROGRAM THAT ENSURES 24% OF

AMERICAN FAMILIES, ONE-QUARTER

OF AMERICANS GET THEIR HEALTH

INSURANCE FROM MEDICAID.

YOU DON'T KNOW IT AS MEDICAID

BECAUSE IT'S CALLED SOMETHING

DIFFERENT IN EACH STATE.

IN CONCOUNTS CALLED -- IN

CONNECTICUT, IT'S CALLED HUSKY.

BUT IN EVERY STATE, ABOUT A

QUARTER OF THE POPULATION GETS

THEIR INSURANCE THROUGH A

MEDICAID-FUNDED PROGRAM.

MOST OF THOSE FOLKS ARE WORKING

FULL-TIME BUT FOR ONE REASON OR

ANOTHER, THAT'S WHERE THEY GET

THEIR INSURANCE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT KICKING

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OFF OF THAT

PROGRAM, AND FOR WHAT?

FOR WHAT?

TO RACK UP THE BIGGEST BILL EVER

ON THE CREDIT CARD OF THE MIDDLE

CLASS, AN EXPLOSION IN DEBT, BUT

ALSO TO FUND A TAX CUT FOR THE

FABULOUSLY WEALTHY.

THIS IS THE 2017 TAX CUT, WHICH

IS ESSENTIALLY GOING TO BE

MIRRORED, WE BELIEVE, BY THIS

TAX CUT.

THE TOP 1% OF EARNERS GOT TAX

CUTTINGS 852 TIMES BIGGER THAN

WORKING FAMILIES IN AMERICA.

WE DON'T KNOW OTOFINAL SHAPE OF

THIS TAX CUT, BUT IT WON'T LOOK

FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM

THAT.

THIS IS A REALLY BAD TIME TO BE

A WORKING MOM OR DAD IN AMERICA.

THIS WEEK WE ARE PASSING

APPARENTLY A MASSIVE CUT IN

HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR WORKING

FAMILIES IN ORDER TO PAD THE

POCKETS OF THE WEALTHY.

BUT WE ARE ALSO DEALING WITH THE

TRUMP TARIFF PLAN, WHICH IS --

WHICH HAS BEEN A KEYSTONE

COP-LIKE ROLLOUT THAT WILL

ULTIMATELY RAISE PRICES FOR

EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.

TARIFFS COULD WORK AS PART OF A

COORDINATED, THOUGHTFUL APPROACH

TO TRYING TO REBUILD AMERICAN

INDUSTRY, BUT THEY ONLY WORK

WHEN YOU PARTNER THOSE TARIFFS

TOGETHER WITH INDUSTRIAL POLICY,

INCENTIVES TO HELP PROMOTE THE

INDUSTRY THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO

PUNISH WHEN THE PRODUCTS COME

FROM ABROAD.

I'M NOT REFLEION CIVIL -- I'M

NOT REFLEXIVELY OPPOSED TO THE

USE OF TAKERS BUT THIS USE OF

TARIFFS IS ABOUT A IN A IN AS

BECAUSE IT IS NOT PAIRED WITH

ANY INDUSTRIAL POLICY, MEANING

THAT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GET

THE DOWN SIDE, THE MASSIVE

INCREASE IN COSTS FOR CONSUMERS,

WITHOUT THE UP SIDE -- JOB

CREATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA.

AND SO BEFORE I GET TO THE

INSULT TO MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES

THAT WILL COME THROUGH THE

BUDGET, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH

THESE TARIFFS.

WE KNOW HOYTS GOING TO WORK

BECAUSE WE -- WE KNOW HOW IT'S

GOING TO WORK BECAUSE WE SAW IT

IN THE FIRST TERM.

IN TRUMP'S FIRST TERM HE

PROPOSED A 20% ESCALATING TARIFF

ON WASHING MACHINES AND THE IDEA

WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT

WASHING MACHINES TO BE MADE

INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

BUT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T PAIR THAT

TOGETHER WITH ANY MORE

COMPREHENSIVE HELP FOR THE

WASHING MACHINE INDUSTRY IN THE

UNITED STATES, IT WAS ONLY DOWN

SIDE.

AND IT WAS ONLY DOWN SIDE NOT

JUST BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF A

COMPREHENSIVE POLICY BUT ALSO

BECAUSE THERE WERE NO CHECKS ON

THE CORPORATIONS THAT SAW THE

TARIFFS AS A MEANS TO GOUGE

CONSUMERS.

YOU HAVE TO ALSO PARTNER TARIFFS

TOGETHER WITH SOME

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CORPORATIONS,

FOR THE GREEDY CORPORATIONS THAT

GET WIDE-EYED WHEN THEY SEE THE

TARIFFS AND REALIZE THAT THIS IS

AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST PASS

THE TARIFF ALONG BUT JACK UP THE

PRICE ALL ALONG.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED ON WASHING

MACHINES.

YOU GOT A 20% ESCALATING TARIFF.

WE HAVE THE DATA.

WE SAW WHAT HAPPENS.

THE ECONOMIC DATA TELLS US THAT

THE WASHING MACHINE COMPANIES

PASSED ALONG THE 20% TARIFF AND

THEN PADDED THE PRICE INCREASE,

SOMETIMES BY 15%, SOMETIMES BY

50%.

BUT IT'S WORSE THAN THAT.

THE PRICE INCREASE WAS NOT JUST

FOR IMPORTED MACHINE EVER

WASHING MACHINES.

THEY ALSO INCREASED THE PRICE OF

THE DOMESTIC WASHING MACHINES

THAT WEREN'T SUBJECT TO THE

TARIFF.

MENT NOT?

WHY MOTT?

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WON'T

HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.

NO ONE REALLY LOOKS TO SEE

WHETHER THE WASHING MACHINE WAS

MADE IN AMERICA OR NOT.

WE'LL JUST RAISE THE PRICE ON

EVERYTHING.

WHAT DO YOU BUY WHEN YOU BUY A

WASHING MACHINE AS WELL?

A DRIER.

SO GUESS -- A DRYER.

THE PRICE GOT JACKED UP ON THE

DRYERS AS WELL.

THE PRICE UP 50%.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, PRICES WENT UP

FOR EVERYTHING.

NOW, TRUMP COLLECTED A BUNCH OF

MONEY IN TARIFFS.

$HE 80 BILLION.

BUT THAT WAS LITERALLY JUST

MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE PAYING THE

ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO THE COMPANY

AND THE COMPANY PASSING IT

ALOPPING TO THE GOVERNMENT.

SO IT WAS JUST A TAX.

IT WAS JUST A TAX.

OKAY, MAYBE YOU COULD LIFE WITH

THAT IF IT REVITALIZED THE

DOMESTIC WASHING MACHINE

INDUSTRY.

IF THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS

OF PEOPLE GOING BACK TO JOBS IN

THAT INDUSTRY.

BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I THINK THERE WERE ONE OR TWO

DOMESTIC WASHING MACHINE

FACTORIES THAT OPENED UP AND

TRUMP, OF COURSE, MADE A BIG

DEAL.

YOU KNOW HOW MANY JOBS IT WAS IN

TOTAL?

LESS THAN 2,000 JOBS.

LESS THAN 2,000 JOBS WERE

CREATED FOR A TARIFF THAT JACKED

UP COSTED FORS FOR EVERY -- THAT

JACKED UP COSTS FOR EVERY

AMERICAN THAT.

WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $800,000 PER

JOB.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S COMING AT

SCALE, NOT JUST ON WASHING

MACHINES BUT ON VIRTUALLY EVERY

CONSUMER PRODUCT.

A BIG PRICE INCREASE, LITTLE TO

NO DOMESTIC JOB CREATION, ALL

THE PAIN ON THE MIDDLE CLASS.

TARIFFS CAN WORK, BUT THIS IS

NOT THE WAY THAT THEY WORK.

AND SO THIS WEEK SENATE

REPUBLICANS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO

HELP CONSUMERS DEAL WITH THE

IMPACT OF THESE TARIFFS -- I

MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUGE

PRICE INCREASES COMING FOR

AMERICAN FAMILIES.

THIS WEEK WE COULD BE SITTING

HERE VOTING FOR BILLS THAT

CANCEL THE TARIFFS OR TRY TO

HELP MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES IN A

WAY.

WE'RE DOING EXACTLY THE

OPPOSITE.

INSTEAD OF HELPING FAMILIES DEAL

WITH THE IMPACT OF THE TARIFFS,

INSTEAD OF HOLDING THE GREEDY

CORPORATIONS IN CHECK, AS THEY

READY TO GOUGE CONSUMERS, WE ARE

DEBATING A BILL THAT WOULD CUT

ALMOST A TRILLION DOLLARS OUT OF

MEDICAID, THE PROGRAM THAT

PRIVATIZED INSURANCE FOR

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, THAT WILL

RESULT IN RAISING HEALTH CARE

COSTS FOR TENS OF MILLIONS OF

AMERICANS, AND WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT GIVING A MASSIVE TAX BREAK

TO THE BILLIONAIRE CEO'S OF THE

COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE

DOING THE PRICE GOUGING, AND TO

THE COMPANIES THEMSELVES.

THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS THAT HE

OUTRAGEOUS.

IF YOU ARE A REGULAR, ORDINARY

AMERICAN, WHAT YOU ARE BEING

TOLD IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

HAVE TO PAY HUGE NEW PRICE

INCREASES ON EVERYTHING YOU BUY.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE YOUR

HEALTH CARE DISAPPEAR, AND

CORPORATE PROFITS AND TAKE-HOME

PAY FOR CEO'S ARE GOING TO

SKYROCKET.

WHO'S ASKING FOR THAT?

WHAT AMERICAN IS ASKING FOR

PRICES TO GO UP, MY HEALTH CARE

TO BE CUT AND BILLIONAIRES TO

GET A BIG TAX BREAK?

6 LET'S START TALKING ABOUT

THESE TAX CUTS, OKAY?

THEY'RE THE CENTER OF THIS BILL.

RIGHT?

EVERYTHING IN THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION SEGREGATION ABOUT

A SIMPLE STORY.

HOW DO I HELP MY MAR-A-LAGO

BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS?

SO THIS IS THE OLD TAX CUT,

BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE

DETAILS OF THE NEW ONE.

IF YOU LOOK AT SORT OFF THE

POOREST AMERICANS VERSUS THE

RICH AMERICANS, THE TAX CUT IS

852 TIMES BIGGER.

BUT HERE'S A BACK-OF-THE-NAPKIN

ANALYSIS.

HERE'S WHAT IS IT'S ABOUT TO

LOOK LIKE IF IT PERFORMS LIKE

THE OLD ONE.

INSTEAD OF TAKING THE POOREST

INSTEAD OF THE RICHEST, INSTEAD

LET'S LOOK AT SORT OF THE BOTTOM

60% OF INCOME EARNERS IN THIS

COUNTRY.

THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT EVERYBODY

WHO MAKES $90,000 OR HESS.

$90 THO NOW -- $90,000 IS A

FAMILIAR INCOME.

IF IT LOOKS LIKE THE OLD ONE,

AND THAT'S THE SIGNAL WE GET,

HOUSEHOLDS IN THE TOP ONE

PERCENT ARE GOING TO GET AN

AVERAGE TAX CUT THAT'S 120 TIMES

BIGGER THAN THE TAX CUT GIVEN TO

PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING $90,000 OR

LESS.

SO THAT'S 152 TIMES BIGGER THAN

THE VERY POOR.

BUT LET'S TAKE SOMEBODY MAKING

$60,000O THE RICHEST 1% ARE

GOING TO GET A TAX CUT THAT IS

120 TIMES BIGGER.

HOW IS THAT FAIR?

YOU'D SAY, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY

MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY.

SO OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO

GET A BIGGER TAX CUT.

BUT LET'S DO THE MATH A

DIFFERENT WAY.

AS A SHARE OF AFTER-TAX INCOME,

THE TAX CUTS AT THE TOP ARE

STILL MORE THAN TRIPLE THE TOTAL

VALUE OF THE TAX CUT RECEIVED

FOR PEOPLE WITH INCOMES IN THE

BOTTOM 06%.

SO EVEN IF YOU ADJUST FOR MAKING

MORE MONEY, THEY ARE STILL

GETTING A TAX CUT THAT IS THREE

TIMES AS BIGGER THAN FOLKS

MAKING A MIDDLE INCOME IN THIS

FAMILY.

AND WHY?

DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE IN

TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS ANYMORE?

IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY

DISCREDITED.

AND, A AGAIN, WE HAVE THE 2017

TAX CUTS AS EVIDENCE.

DONALD TRUMP TROTTED OUT A BIG

PROMISE.

HE SAID THESE TAX CUTS FOR

CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES

AND MILLIONAIRES, THEY'LL

TRICKING DOWN.

THE AVERAGE WORKER WILL GET A

$4,000 SALARY.

THAT WAS THE PROMISE.

THE MONEY WILL TRICKLE DOWN.

THE CORPORATIONS WILL BE SO

GENEROUS.

THEY'LL TAKE GIANTING IT THE

BIGGER THAN THEY EVER ASKED FOR.

THAT'S A NICE CHART, THAT MAKES

SENSE IF THE CORPORATIONS ARE

TAKING THEIR LOWER TAX LIABILITY

AND TURNING IT AROUND TO THE

WAGES.

INSTEAD, THEY'RE NOT.

THEY'RE KEEPING IT FOR

THEMSELVES E -- THEMSELVES.

FOR THEIR EXECUTIVES, TOP

SHAREHOLDERS.

THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THAT

PROMISED $4,000 SALARY INCREASE

AS A RESULT OF THE TAX CUTS

WASN'T $4,000, IT WASN'T $100.

IT WAS ZERO.

BECAUSE ALL OF THAT MONEY

VIRTUALLY ALL OF THAT MONEY

ENDED UP GETTING GOBBLED UP BY

THE CORPORATIONS, MAINLY FOR

STOCK BUYBACKS.

DIDN'T GO TO INCREASE

COMPENSATION FOR THEIR

EMPLOYEES.

SO IT'S NOT TO RAISE WAGES.

I GUESS IT'S JUST TO MAKE RICH

PEOPLE RICHER.

FROM 2017 WHEN THAT TAX CUT

PASSED, THAT FIRST TRUMP TAX CUT

PASSED, UNTIL 2023 ELON MUSK'S

WEALTH GREW BY 1,122%.

JEFF BEZOS' GREW BY 96%,

ZUCKERBERG BY 50%.

MURDOCH BY 50%.

I USE THOSE NAMES BECAUSE THOSE

WERE THE BILLIONAIRES AT TRUMP'S

INAUGURATION CHEERLEADING HIM

INTO OFFICE BECAUSE THEY KNOW

ANOTHER BIG TAX CUT FOR THEIR

COMPANY AND FOR THEM PERSONALLY

IS COMING.

NOW, I WILL ADMIT TO YOU, MEDIAN

INCOME GREW FROM 2017 TO 2023.

SO EVERYBODY WAS MAKING MORE IN

2023 THAN THEY WERE MAKING IN

2027.

BUT MEDIAN INCOME WAS NOT

GROWING BY 50%, 90%, OR 1,222%.

SO THIS IS A MASSIVE TAX CUT.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT GOING TO

THE VERY, VERY WEALTH

TEST.

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN HARDER

TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT SENATOR

WHITEHOUSE LAID OUT FOR YOU.

MOST OF THIS IS JUST GOING ON

YOUR CREDIT CARD.

MOST OF THIS IS JUST BEING

BOR

BORROWED, AND THAT HAS A

CONSEQUENCE.

THE NATIONAL DEBT POTENTIALLY

DOUBLING AS A RESULT OF THIS

MASSIVE TAX CUT FOR THE VERY,

VERY WEALTHY.

AND IT'S JUST SO HEARTBREAKING,

THE HYPOCRISY.

I COULD STRING TOGETHER A

24-HOUR LONG VIDEO OF MY

REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TALKING AD

NAUSEAM ABOUT THE DANGER OF

DEBT, THE RISING DEFICIT.

WE CAN'T SPEND MONEY ON KIDS.

WE CAN'T SPEND MONEY ON CLIMATE.

WE CAN'T SPEND MONEY ON SCHOOLS.

WE CAN'T HELP PEOPLE GO TO

COLLEGE.

NO, NO, NO, WE CAN'T DO ANY OF

THAT BECAUSE THE DEBT, THE

DEFICIT.

AND YET WHEN IT COMES TO A

BILLIONAIRE TAX CUT, A CORPORATE

TAX CUT, WE'RE GOING TO

POTENTIALLY DOUBLE THE DEBT.

NOBODY IS CARING ABOUT THE DEBT.

IN FACT, THEY'RE RIGGING THE

RULES OF THE SENATE, BREAKING

THE RULES OF THE SENATE JUST SO

THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH A MASSIVE

INCREASE IN DEBT AND DEFICIT.

BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE

THEY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE CAN'T BORROW THE WHOLE THING.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE

WE'RE CUTTING SOME SPENDING, SO

LET'S CUT SOME SPENDING TO MAKE

IT AT LEAST LOOK LIKE IT'S NOT

ALL BORROWED.

BUT LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE

SPENDING WE'RE CUTTING ONLY

HURTS POOR PEOPLE AND THE MIDDLE

CLASS, BECAUSE GOD FORBID WE CAN

CUT SPENDING THAT CAN HURT RICH

OR THE AFFLUENT.

GOD FORBID WE TAKE AWAY SOME OF

THE TAX BREAKS THAT HELP THEM.

SO WHERE ARE THE CUTS COMING?

MEDICAID.

$880 BILLION IN A HOUSE BILL,

SIMILAR AMOUNT CUTTING MEDICAID.

MEDICAID, AS I SAID, IS THE

PROGRAM THAT ENSURES 24% OF

AMERICANS.

AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE ARE

WORKING, WORKING FULL TIME.

THEY JUST DON'T HAVE HEALTH

INSURANCE THROUGH THEIR

EMPLOYER, SO THEY HAVE TO GET IT

THROUGH MEDICAID.

AND SO WHEN REPUBLICANS DECIDED

THAT THEY COULDN'T BORROW THE

WHOLE THING, WE'LL DOUBLE THE

NATIONAL DEBT BUT WE'RE NOT

GOING TO TRIPLE THE NATIONAL

DEBT, THEY TARGETED THE CUTS TO

HURT THE MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR

PEOPLE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO END BY

TELLING YOU WHAT THIS MEANS IN

REALTIME.

I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IT

MEANS TO GIVE BILLIONAIRES

ANOTHER $50,000 IN TAX BREAKS.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT

MEANS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LIFE IS

LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO

HAVE SEVEN HOUSES AND FOUR

YACHTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT A BILLIONAIRE

DOES WITH AN EXTRA $50,000.

I CAN'T ACTUALLY EXPLAIN THAT TO

YOU.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT KIND OF

RAPACIOUS GREED.

WHAT I DO KNOW IS WHAT HAPPENS

TO POOR PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO

LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE

SOUTH END OF HARTFORD WHEN THEY

LOSE THEIR MEDICAID.

LINDA LIVES IN SHERMAN,

CONNECTICUT, A SMALL TOWN IN

WESTERN CONNECTICUT.

FOLLOWING THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN

IN 2008, LINDA HAD TROUBLE

FINDING WORK AND NOW IT'S TOUGH

FOR HER BECAUSE SHE'S A CANCER

SURVIVOR.

SHE HAD HIGH HEALTH CARE

EXPENSES AND SHE NEEDED WORK.

SHE WAS UNDEREMPLOYED.

SHE WORKED IN PLANT NURSERIES IN

AGRICULTURE.

HER HUSBAND AT THE SAME TIME

LOST HIS JOB AS AN AUTO

MECHANIC.

THEY LOST THEIR HEALTH CARE

INSURANCE.

BUT THEN WHEN THE AFFORDABLE

CARE ACT PASSED, MEDICAID WAS

EXPANDED.

MORE PEOPLE WERE MADE ELIGIBLE

FOR MEDICAID.

AND IN 2010 SHE WAS ABLE TO SIGN

UP FOR MEDICAID.

SHE SAID, QUOTE, I HAD SO MUCH

ANXIETY ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW

TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE.

WE WERE GOING THROUGH ALL OF OUR

MONEY, AND WE JUST THOUGHT THIS

ISN'T RIGHT.

PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY

ABOUT JUST BEING BASICALLY

HEALTHY.

BUT P ONCE SHE GOT HEALTH CARE,

SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART HER

LIFE.

LINDA WENT BACK TO SCHOOL,

BECAUSE NOW SHE HAD HEALTH CARE.

SHE GOT A NEW DEGREE.

SHE FOUND A JOB TEACHING

AGRICULTURE AT A LOCAL HIGH

SCHOOL.

BUT THAT PROGRAM DIDN'T PROVIDE

HEALTH CARE, SO SHE STILL NEEDED

THAT MEDICAID.

MEDICAID, SHE SAYS, JUST

PROVIDES SUCH A BASELINE FOR

SOCIETY.

IT ALLOWED ME TO MAINTAIN MY

HEALTH SO I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE

WORKING.

THE MEDICAID CUTS THAT THEY ARE

TALKING ABOUT WILL DESTROY

MEDICAID EXPANSION.

IN FACT, SOME STATES WILL

AUTOMATICALLY CANCEL THE

MEDICAID EXPANSION PROGRAM WHEN

THESE CUTS ARE MADE MEANING

PEOPLE LIKE LINDA ACROSS THE

COUNTRY ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR

HEALTH CARE.

FOR WHAT?

FOR A MASSIVE TAX CUT FOR THE

WEALTHY.

EMILY GRENELLI IS A WORKER AT

ONE OF CONNECTICUT'S BIGGEST

SUBSTANCE ABUSE P PROVIDER.

EVERY DAY SHE TALKS TO PEOPLE

WHO RELY ON MEDICAID SO THEY CAN

GET HELP FOR THEIR SUBSTANCE

ABUSE DISORDER.

WE ALL HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR LIFE

WHO HAVE A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH

OR SUBSTANCE DISORDER.

SHE WROTE ME ABOUT THE FACT THAT

THE CONVERSATIONS IN THEIR

THERAPY GROUP IN THE LAST GROUP

FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT DOING

THERAPY ANY LONGER FOR MENTAL

HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

THEY ARE NOW DOING THERAPY FOR

THE ANXIETY ALL THESE PEOPLE

HAVE KNOWING THEY'RE ABOUT TO

LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.

ONE CASE MANAGER TOLD ME, SHE

WRITES, THAT SHE WAS WORKING

WITH A CLIENT TO FIND HOUSING

AND THE CLIENT NOW JUST WANTS TO

STOP LOOKING BECAUSE SHE FEELS

LIKE THERE IS NO POINT BECAUSE

SHE'S GOING TO LOSE HER

MEDICAID.

REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO STRIP

HER MEDICAID FROM HER.

SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET HER

MEDICATION AND SERVICES.

SHE FEELS HOPELESS.

THE CLINICIAN TOLD ME ABOUT AN

HOUR-LONG SESSION SHE HAD THE

DAY BEFORE.

75% OF IT WAS FOCUSED ON THE

CLIENT'S FEAR OF LOSING HER

BENEFITS AND WHAT THAT WOULD

MEAN FOR HER AND ALL THE OTHER

CLIENTS.

SHE SHARED WITH ME THAT IF THERE

WAS A WAY FOR HER TO LEAVE THE

COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, SHE WOULD.

AT THIS PROVIDER, 35% OF THEIR

CLIENTS WOULD LIKELY LOSE ACCESS

TO MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE

ABUSE SERVICES IF THESE CUTS P

GO THROUGH.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

WHY ARE WE CHOOSING, WHY ARE MY

COLLEAGUES CHOOSING TO DESTROY

HEALTH CARE FOR MILLIONS OF

AMERICANS IN ORDER TO PASS A TAX

CUT THAT BASICALLY HELPS

CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES

AND MILLIONAIRES?

IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY IMMORAL.

AND I HAVE TO BELIEVE LIKE IN

2017 WHEN REPUBLICANS WERE

TRYING TO DESTROY THE AFFORDABLE

CARE ACT, WHICH INSURED 20

MILLION AMERICANS, THAT THERE

ARE A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICANS WHO

KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T RIGHT.

WHO MAYBE AREN'T READY TO STOP

IT TODAY.

TONIGHT'S VOTE ISN'T THE FINAL

VOTE.

BUT MIGHT BE WILLING TO STAND UP

TO THIS THIEVERY BEFORE IT'S TOO

LATE.

THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY WHO

ARE GETTING KILLED BY HIGHER

PRICES THAT ARE COMING BECAUSE

OF THE TARIFFS AND ARE GOING TO

BE HURT BY THESE MEDICAID CUTS

AND ARE GOING TO BE FURIOUS WHEN

THE RICH BECOME RICHER AT THEIR

EXPENSE, THEY ARE COUNTING ON

JUST A SMALL HANDFUL OF MY

REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES T

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