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During debate on the House floor, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ripped into the Big Beautiful Bill and House Republicans' effort to advance it.
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00:00The gentleman is recognized for two minutes.
00:01Thank you, and I thank the chairman.
00:03You know, President Trump had issued some statements throughout this process saying
00:09and urging, insisting, that this bill does not cut Medicaid.
00:14He's also said some things.
00:16You know, he says he doesn't think I'm too much of a smart person.
00:20And I'll tell you one thing.
00:22It doesn't take a smart person to know if you're being lied to.
00:26So, President Trump, you're either being lied to or you are lying to the American people
00:34because this bill represents in the text of this bill the largest and greatest loss of
00:42health care in American history.
00:4517 million Americans will lose their health care on this bill.
00:50Not undocumented people, not quote-unquote the disgusting term illegal, but 17 million
00:57Americans will have their health care cut from this bill.
01:02On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off
01:08of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam of that text, a little bit of the
01:13fine print there.
01:14The cap on that is $25,000, while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000
01:25across the United States, while taking away their SNAP, while taking away their Medicaid,
01:32while kicking them off of the ACA and their health care extensions.
01:36So if you're at home and you're living off tips, you do the math.
01:40Is that worth it to you?
01:42Losing all your health care, not able to feed your babies, not being able to put a diaper
01:48on their bottom in exchange for what?
01:50This bill is a deal with the devil.
01:54It explodes our national debt.
01:57It militarizes our entire economy.
02:00And it strips away health care and basic dignity of the American people for what?
02:08to give Elon Musk a tax break and billionaires the greedy taking of our nation.
02:14We cannot stand for it and we will not support it.
02:18You should be ashamed.

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