Teresa Leger Fernandez Rails Against Republicans’ ‘Bad, Billionaire Budget’ On The House Floor

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On Tuesday, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) delivered remarks on the House floor about the House Republicans' budget, which ultimately passed in the House early Thursday morning.

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00:01There are a lot of representatives here today because the Democratic Women's Caucus and

00:06my Democratic colleagues are here to stand against Republicans' bad billionaire budget.

00:14And we are here to tell the stories of how the Republicans' slashing of Medicaid and

00:19SNAP will betray American families, women, and cause immense suffering.

00:25Vanessa's six-year-old son, Alex, has hemophilia.

00:29The littlest cut could cost him his life.

00:32Imagine worrying about your child bleeding to death just for playing in the schoolyard.

00:40Alex can live an almost normal life with medicine, but it costs $700,000 a year.

00:46Vanessa works at the Taos School.

00:50But in her words, without Medicaid, we would not be able to afford this medicine.

00:56Alex's mom is terrified to lose Medicaid because she's worried it means she will lose her son.

01:04Republicans, we need four of you, just four of you, to stand up against the billionaires

01:11and with Alex and working moms like Vanessa.

01:15Who will join us to save Alex's life?

01:19The gentlewoman's time has expired.

01:21I yield back.

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