'Follow The Money!': Plaskett Slams 'Lucrative Opportunities For Private Contractors' In GOP Budget

During remarks on the House floor, Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) spoke about the GOP's reconciliation package.

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00:00From the Virgin Islands, he's recognized for one minute.

00:02Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

00:04I have repeatedly told people when asked about the rationale for actions of this administration

00:09to follow the money.

00:12Yesterday in the House Budget Committee, we heard alarming testimony from expert witness Robert Gordon.

00:18He reminded of those motives in the Republicans' reconciliation bill

00:23when he explained the lucrative opportunities for powerful private contractors

00:28to profit off of the red tape and the bill created in Medicaid.

00:33Republicans' beautiful bill for billionaires requires increased work check-ins

00:38for people to retain that Medicaid.

00:41For employment data, states are likely to use the work number from Equifax,

00:46which costs over $20 per person per search.

00:50Under the bill, more than 18 million people would have to be checked every month.

00:55That equates to $360 million per month, and that is $4.32 billion per year,

01:04or roughly $43 billion over the bill's 10-year budget.

01:09Going to the vendors who make money, who are going to be processing this,

01:13follow the money.

01:15I'm going to go to sarà the money.

01:15But why do we think that the buying of the rubble believe this?

01:15We'll see all of them at this.

01:16So now, I'm going to look at the money.

01:17Let's go with a try.

01:18Okay.

01:19Let's look at the losers who take benefit from Higuaret,

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01:26and then we're going to be located here.

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01:29people.

01:30So remember you can see.

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