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'The Costs Are Devastating': Shontel Brown Slams GOP Over 'Unfunded Mandate' In Big, Beautiful Bill
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7/2/2025
During debate on the House floor, Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH) tore into the GOP's Big Beautiful Bill.
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To the gentleman from Ohio, Ms. Brown.
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Gentleman's recognized for two minutes.
00:06
Thank you, Ranking Member McGovern, for yielding.
00:09
I rise in strong opposition to this rule and the underlying bill.
00:13
For the first time in history, this bill would force states to pay
00:17
to pay for part of SNAP benefits,
00:20
and it would require states to increase their share of administrative costs.
00:24
This is an unfunded mandate, plain and simple.
00:28
And let's be clear, the costs are staggering,
00:31
the consequences devastating, and the cruelty deeply disturbing.
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This policy punishes those who can least afford it,
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seniors on fixed income, veterans and families
00:43
already forced to choose between gas and groceries.
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States will be stuck in a corner, cut benefits, cut eligibility,
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or cut public safety, education, housing, and mental health programs
00:56
just to stay afloat.
00:59
This isn't just a budgeting decision, it's a values decision.
01:03
And for what?
01:05
To take from the hungry and give it to the wealthy.
01:10
To slash SNAP benefits, just $6 per day,
01:13
and hand a quarter, a quarter million dollar tax break
01:17
to the top 0.1%, 0.1%.
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That's not policy, that's plunder.
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The math doesn't lie.
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In North Carolina, it's $400 million,
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more than the entire state budget for child development and early education.
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In Georgia, it's $500 million,
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double what the state spends on child welfare.
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And in my state of Ohio, it's $300 million,
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four times the transportation budget.
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My colleagues are writing checks that the government can't cash.
01:48
And when the money runs out, the food runs out.
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Children go hungry.
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Seniors skip meals.
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Veterans, working moms and dads will be turned down and turned away.
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All because of a vote taken here today.
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This mandate isn't just unfunded, it's unfathomable.
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So I urge my colleagues, reject this provision,
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reject this rule, reject this betrayal.
02:15
Don't reward the rich on the backs of hungry Americans.
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And with that, I yield back.
02:21
Gentlemen from North Carolina.
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