‘There’s No Cutting … No Slashing’: Andy Harris Vows Medicaid Will Remain Intact Under GOP Budget

During Tuesday’s remarks on the House floor, Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) spoke about talks of Medicaid cuts in the Republicans' budget resolution.

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00:00Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

00:01Mr. Speaker, a lot of times on this floor and in the press,

00:04you hear about how the Republicans somehow are cutting Medicaid or slashing Medicaid.

00:10But the facts are that in the Republican budget resolution,

00:15we increase Medicaid expenditures by at least 25% over the next 10 years.

00:21Yes, we will fight fraud, waste, and abuse.

00:24We think the American people agree that fraud, waste, and abuse robs the Medicaid system

00:30from covering the people like the disabled, the elderly, pregnant women, children.

00:35It robs money from those programs and wastes it.

00:40So even after we eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse,

00:43we have enough to increase Medicaid expenditures by at least 25% over the next 10 years.

00:50Those are the facts.

00:52There's no cutting going on.

00:53There's no slashing.

00:55There's elimination of fraud, waste, and abuse.

00:59And it's about time that happened to the U.S. government bureaucracy,

01:04not only in Medicaid, but across the government.

01:07I yield back.

01:10Under the Speaker's announced policy of January...