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Katherine Clark: Big Beautiful Bill 'Kicks 17 Million Americans Off Of Their Health Care'
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7/2/2025
At a House Democratic press briefing, Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) slammed the Big Beautiful Bill.
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thank you mr. leader and good morning this week we will celebrate our nation's independence we
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will celebrate our freedom the fact that we are not ruled by a king but that the power belongs
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to the people we will celebrate the fundamental promise of the American dream the idea that if we
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work hard we can provide for our families we can have a life of dignity a fair shot so it's especially
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shocking that the Republicans are rushing to sign this cruel bill by the 4th of July the largest cut
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to health care in our history the largest transfer of wealth from working families to the billionaire
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class a bill that makes Americans sicker and poorer a bill that takes food from the hungry there is no
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freedom in this bill unimaginably this bill is worse than when it left the house it cuts Medicaid by one
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trillion dollars it kicks 17 million Americans off of their health care it threatens hundreds of hospitals
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with closure along with a quarter of all nursing homes it hikes the cost of electricity it hands a 3% pay
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cut to hard-working people of this country and hands their children five trillion dollars in debt does that sound
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like freedom to you or does that sound like a government of by and for the rich so who would vote for this bill
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bill why would David Valadea vote for this bill over 65,000 people in his district will lose access to health care if this
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passes 60,000 households will lose access to their food assistance and over 3600 energy jobs will be lost just in California
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2022 but why would young Kim and California 40 vote for this bill either over 31,000 people in her
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communities will lose their health care and 15,000 households could lose access to food assistance why
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indeed but we've been told exactly where we stand the vice president said these cuts are
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immaterial Mitch McConnell says people will get over it Joni Ernst reminded us we're all gonna die
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anyway so a lot of time when most households are struggling to afford the basics Republicans have a clear
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message for American families you don't matter the people that power America are nurses are
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first responders our first responders our small business owners our veterans under this bill the
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Republican Party views you as expendable and that opportunity is reserved for the elite freedom isn't
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something abstract it's something you do it's something you empower people to do you cannot shackle
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shackle opportunity for the American people you cannot restrain their ability to be free and then drape
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yourself in the American flag on Independence Day so this fourth of July House Democrats are going to
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stand in unity with millions of people across this country we are going to do what Americans have done for
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250 proud years we are going to defend our freedom we will defeat its enemies and we will put the power
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with the people and now it is my great pleasure to welcome ranking member of energy and commerce Frank Pallone
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Hooray!
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