During remarks on the House floor on Wednesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) discussed the proposed GOP budget and cuts to social programs.
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00:00Mr. Speaker, this budget resolution isn't about fiscal responsibility, it's about enriching
00:09the ultra-wealthy and betraying working people.
00:13It's about gutting Medicaid and SNAP so that the rich can continue to hoard more tax breaks.
00:20These cuts do not make our country stronger, they make it sicker, hungrier, and more unfair.
00:27But this time, Republicans are not even pretending to pay for it.
00:31Senate Republicans are rewriting the rules and inventing fake budget math to claim that
00:36these tax cuts will not cost us anything.
00:40In truth, they cost the American people $7 trillion in total.
00:46All of this is being done to pave the way for a Trump term built on fear, lawlessness, and
00:53vengeance.
00:55President Trump is firing public servants, slashing critical programs, and enacting
01:01chaotic tariffs that will raise costs.
01:04This chaotic administration is trying to drag us into a recession, and instead of stopping
01:10it, Congressional Republicans are acting as willing accomplices.
01:17President Trump from Pennsylvania.
01:21President Trump is calling us.
01:23President Trump is