During House floor remarks on Tuesday, Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) slammed proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
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00:00Objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute.
00:07Mr. Speaker, Medicaid and SNAP are lifelines for hundreds of thousands of people in mid-Michigan.
00:14148,000 people in my district rely on SNAP to put food on the table.
00:19Over 224,000 people in my district get health care through Medicaid,
00:24including over 87,000 children, 19,000 seniors.
00:28Every one of these individuals is now at risk of losing their lifeline because of these cuts.
00:34Rhonda from Genesee County has a 28-year-old son with Angelman syndrome
00:38whose intensive care is heavily funded by Medicaid.
00:42Rhonda had to quit her job to care for him and receives money through a Medicaid-funded program for caregivers.
00:47There are thousands of stories just like Rhonda in my district and millions more across this country.
00:53This budget will be devastating for the very people we swore to serve.
00:59That's why I'm offering an amendment to address how these cuts will hurt maternal health outcomes in this country.
01:04Slashing SNAP, limiting access to prenatal care, and kicking expecting mothers off their insurance
01:09will only worsen the mental health crisis in this country and lead to more suffering.
01:15Working families, children, mothers, and seniors deserve a budget that works for them, not the ultra-wealthy.
01:22I yield back.
01:24The gentleman.