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'Sounds More Like A Cult Than A Congress': Jim McGovern Laces Into GOP Over Big Beautiful Bill
Forbes Breaking News
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7/2/2025
In remarks on the House floor Wednesday, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) spoke about the Big Beautiful Bill.
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I yield myself such time as I may consume.
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Gentleman's recognized.
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Mr. Speaker, this process, an abomination.
00:07
Legislative malpractice.
00:09
Final text of this bill came out less than 24 hours ago.
00:12
We met in committee an hour after it was posted.
00:15
And now we're here considering a rule that only allows for one hour of debate.
00:20
This bill is within the jurisdiction of 12 different committees.
00:23
One hour is ridiculous.
00:25
And every minute we're finding out new things that were snuck into the bill.
00:28
A tax cut for whalers.
00:30
And now we're learning about a gambling tax.
00:34
Republican leadership and the White House are jamming this bill down our throats.
00:38
And for what?
00:39
We are not on a deadline.
00:41
No looming crisis.
00:42
We're here because Donald Trump wants a 4th of July party to celebrate this garbage bill.
00:48
He wants fireworks and flags and cameras.
00:50
Not for this country, but for himself.
00:53
So he says close your ears, close your eyes, and vote for this bill.
00:57
Honestly, sounds more like a cult than a Congress to me.
01:01
Some Republicans promised their voters no cuts to Medicaid, no new debt.
01:06
Now they're flipping faster than pancakes at a campaign breakfast.
01:10
The House passed it hoping the Senate would kill it.
01:13
The Senate passed it hoping the House would grow a spine.
01:16
Everyone is playing a game of legislative chicken, voting for a bad bill, and thinking the other
01:21
chamber will be the one to fix it.
01:23
This is nuts.
01:25
And Trump says have fun and vote yay.
01:28
Have fun gutting Medicaid?
01:30
Vote yay on taking away food from poor families?
01:33
Are you serious?
01:34
This bill is catastrophic.
01:37
It is not policy.
01:38
It is punishment.
01:39
Let's talk facts.
01:41
It slashes Medicaid.
01:42
Cuts Medicare.
01:44
Dismantles the ACA.
01:45
It shutters rural hospitals.
01:47
Closes nursing homes.
01:49
Wipes out health centers.
01:50
It takes food off kitchen tables.
01:52
Throws clean energy workers out of jobs.
01:55
Spikes utility bills.
01:56
And why?
01:57
So billionaires and oil companies can cash in.
02:00
Big oil gets handouts.
02:02
Billionaires get tax breaks.
02:04
Working families get scraps, if that.
02:07
Jeff Bezos just had a $50 million wedding in Venice, and they want to give him another
02:13
tax break.
02:14
Meanwhile, families making under $50,000 a year, well, they get less than a buck a day
02:19
in tax cuts.
02:20
You can't even buy a cup of coffee with that.
02:23
And the cost?
02:24
Over $3 trillion added to the debt and a $5 trillion debt ceiling raise.
02:30
Brought to you by the very people who won't shut up about so-called fiscal responsibility.
02:37
This isn't tax reform to relieve the middle and working class.
02:41
It is a robbery that will result in the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich
02:46
our country has ever seen.
02:48
So let's not lie to the American people.
02:51
This is about taking from the most vulnerable to pay off the already powerful.
02:55
It is about pleasing one man who's holding this Congress hostage with primary threats
03:01
and social media tantrums.
03:03
This bill is cruel.
03:05
It is cowardly.
03:06
It is a betrayal of everything this country is supposed to stand for.
03:09
I reserve my time.
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