Brendan Boyle Cites Opposition From Josh Hawley To The Republican 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

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On Friday, at a House Budget Committee markup of 'One Big Beautiful Bill', Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) spoke about Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-MO) remarks about the legislation.

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00:00Five minutes to my friend and ranking member, Mr. Boyle from Pennsylvania.

00:06Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. We will agree this is a big bill for billionaires.

00:14Now, we will hear over the course of this hearing a vigorous debate.

00:21And frankly, there is a strong divide between Republicans and some other Republicans.

00:27There is also a divide between both sets of Republicans and this side of the dais.

00:37I can speak at least as to why it is every Democratic member will be voting no on the bill for billionaires.

00:45Simply put, besides all of the other important issues involved in this bill,

00:53this is the overarching truth.

00:58It is the biggest tax cuts for billionaires in American history,

01:02paid for by throwing 13.7 million Americans off their health care coverage.

01:09Now, those aren't my claims. That is not subjective.

01:13The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office just this week confirmed

01:18that at least 13,700,000 Americans will lose their health care

01:26if the GOP bill for billionaires becomes law.

01:31That is bad economics. It is unconscionable.

01:36Even conservative Republican Senator Josh Hawley called it morally wrong.

01:41I can't believe I'm saying this, but Josh Hawley is right.

01:46Now, as to the part where I say this bill is for billionaires,

01:52you will hear throughout this debate,

01:55as we heard often over the course of the long markups of this week,

02:01Republican after Republican members say they must pass this bill,

02:05otherwise the tax cuts won't be extended for the American people.

02:12That's a disingenuous argument.

02:15And Democrats, in the Ways and Means Committee, proved it.

02:19Here's what I mean.

02:21Over the course of an 18-hour debate,

02:25a markup that began early afternoon and lasted until 8 a.m. the following morning,

02:29this side of the aisle offered amendment after amendment

02:34to protect the tax cuts for every single American

02:39making less than $1 billion.

02:44Do you know those who make $1 billion a year or more

02:47are less than 0.001% of the American people?

02:53Every Democrat voted for that amendment.

02:55Every Democrat voted to protect the tax cuts

02:58for at least 99.999% of the American people.

03:03And every Republican voted against it.

03:06The reality is,

03:09this is delivering the biggest bounty of tax cuts

03:15for multimillionaires and billionaires in American history,

03:19paid for on the backs of the poor

03:21and the working poor

03:23and the middle class in this country.

03:26The American people were asked in a poll I saw not too long ago,

03:30do you support cutting Medicaid

03:32in order to pay for tax cuts?

03:3581% of the American people said no.

03:38A majority of Democrats,

03:40a majority of independents,

03:42and here's the thing,

03:43a majority of Republicans

03:44even said they oppose this radical agenda.

03:48So you can see why Democrats have proudly stood united

03:53against this piece of legislation.

03:56This will do real damage to the American people.

04:01You know, our Republican colleagues

04:03have been on a 15-year quest

04:05to repeal Obamacare.

04:08In this piece of legislation,

04:10they will come closer to their ultimate goal

04:13than ever before.

04:14I referenced the 13,700,000 Americans

04:18who will lose their health care

04:20if this bill passes.

04:22About half of that

04:23comes from decimating the Affordable Care Act.

04:29Folks, we know what happened eight years ago.

04:32They had their repeal of the ACA passed,

04:35the House of Representatives.

04:37But then in the Senate,

04:38a few brave Senate Republicans stood up

04:41and gave it a famous thumbs down.

04:44I hope there'll be a few House Republicans

04:47who will join with us either today

04:49or on the floor if it gets that far next week

04:52and protect the health care

04:56of millions of Americans.

04:59Say no to the big bill for billionaires.

05:02With that, I yield back.

05:03I thank the right...

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