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During debate on the House floor, Rep. Josh Riley (D-NY) unleashed on House Republicans for their support of the Big Beautiful Bill.
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00:00The gentleman from New York is recognized for one minute.
00:02Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Where I come from, we make things. Generations woke up before the crack of dawn, went off to the factory, punched a clock, worked their hands to the bone, came home and counted nickels to make sure they could keep a roof over the kids' heads, keep food on the kids' tables.
00:20We've kept our heads down, we've kept our sleeves rolled up, we've kept our shoulder to the wheel, and all we've asked for is a fair shot and for this place to stop screwing us over.
00:32But you can't help yourselves.
00:35You got us into terrible trade deals that made Wall Street rich and shipped all of our jobs overseas.
00:40You bail out the banks while neglecting rural America.
00:43You've rigged the economy so the corporate PACs that are funding your campaigns make huge profits, jacking up costs on folks who can't afford it.
00:52And now this.
00:54This bill will kill good blue-collar manufacturing jobs that we need to rebuild the economy in this country.
01:01It closes rural hospitals, it defunds health care, all to give trillions of dollars in tax cuts to your cronies.
01:06Don't tell me you give a shit about the middle class when all you're doing is shitting on the middle class.
01:10That's it.
01:14Sorry.

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