'Vote Hell No On This Bill': Terri Sewell Tears Into Big Beautiful Bill

On the House floor, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) slammed the Big Beautiful Bill.

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00:00One minute to the gentlelady from Alabama, Congresswoman Sewell.

00:04The gentlelady from Alabama is recognized for one minute.

00:06Mr. Speaker, this so-called big, beautiful bill is nothing but a big, ugly betrayal of Alabama families and the big handout to billionaires.

00:17There's nothing beautiful about stripping health care from working families.

00:20There's nothing beautiful about taking food off the table of the most vulnerable neighbors.

00:24And there's nothing beautiful about putting rural hospitals on life support in communities that can least afford it.

00:32Mr. Speaker, the cuts in this bill are not just numbers on a page.

00:36They are empty cupboards and shuttered clinics.

00:40They are hospital wings closed in small towns already struggling to keep their doors open.

00:46They are parents lying awake at night wondering how they will afford medicine for a sick child

00:52or how they'll keep food on the table if they lose their hours.

00:57Here are the facts.

00:59170,000 Alabamians will lose their health care.

01:03700,000 Alabamians will lose or reduce their nutrition assistance.

01:09Five Alabama hospitals were closed and add $5 trillion to the national debt.

01:14On behalf of the 750,000 Alabamians that I represent in Alabama's 7th Congressional District

01:21and the 5 million hard-working Alabamians, I say vote hell no on this bill.

01:27And I urge my colleagues to do the same.

01:30The gentleman from Missouri is recognized.

01:32I yield one minute to the gentlelady from West Virginia.

01:35I yield two digits.

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01:54There's a thing that we build over 50 million dollars and we go through.

01:58And we're early on this point in this catchment on asking questions.

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