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Katherine Clark Slams Republicans For Ceding U.S. 'Power To Our Rivals' With Foreign Aid Cuts
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6/13/2025
During Thursday's debate on the House floor, Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) spoke in opposition to HR 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025.
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is recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sunday is Father's Day, and what do dads want? They want a
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fair shot. They want to know if they work hard, they can provide for their families. But right now,
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most families in America can't even afford the basics. 60% of families in the richest nation
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on earth cannot afford the first rung of the American dream. So what are my Republican
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colleagues doing about that? They voted for a big, ugly bill that makes it even harder to raise a
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child in America. Takes away health care from 16 million Americans. Takes food benefits from
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working parents. They're cutting half a trillion dollars from Medicare, and they're hiking costs
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of everyday items with their tariffs. All to fund, all to fund tax breaks for the billionaire class.
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That alone is a betrayal of working families. But the GOP is not stopping there. They're not stopping
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at dismantling people's financial security. Today, they're threatening their physical security.
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Because when you defund public broadcasting, you are defunding emergency broadcasts. During hurricane
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season, tornado season, wildfire season. And that's not even enough. They have to take even more.
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Today, you are also voting to dismantle our national security. There are three shields that defend our
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homeland. Defense, diplomacy, and development. When you destroy our capacity to address famine, control
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disease, and build infrastructure in developing nations, you are ceding our power to our rivals.
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You are planting the seeds of future wars. A prominent Republican said this week he just couldn't justify
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these investments. And in this debate, I have heard that this is about putting America first. What are you
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talking about? You just cut food programs and healthcare for American families. And here's what you
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fundamentally don't seem to understand. There is no security for billionaires in this country without security
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for a hungry child. There's no security for the ultra-rich donors without security for working parents. In the words of
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President Kennedy, if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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Please vote no. I yield back.
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