massive gap alone? >> you know what i do know is that there has been a stewardship issue in california as it pertains to taxpayer dollars. and as i was there meeting with local authorities and leadership there, that's the point that a raise, is that whats are you doing with the resources that you do have? because the people of california are not being served properly. and so to throw more money if i may, to throw more money at a situation when the money that has been said has not been distorted as well as something i believe that we've -- >> i'm to reclaim a time because you are talking about wasting federal dollars, but yet you're coming from administration that seems to only care about the top 1%.nl let me tell you, the federal minimum wage in case you don't know is $7.25, peer can you tell me where in the u.s. can someone making those wageses rent a one-bedroom apartment -- >> we believe this and go live

to the u.s. of capital on this monday morning. senators are expected to continue consideration of president trump's tax-and-spend kneecaps built after a a rare weekend session lasting more than 35 hours. the upper chamber will now start voting on amendments to the bill. on this and every day they're in session we have live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty and everlasting god, you have been our help in ages past. you are our hope for the years

to come. you are our shelter from the stormy blast; you are our eternal home. lord, today, keep our lawmakers from being so busy that they have no time to listen to your voice. keep them from permitting the voice of their own desires to make them deaf to your word. lord, keep us all from sometimes forgetting that your commands are meant for us, and your promises are true. we pray in your marvelous name. amen.

the president pro tempore: please join me in the pledge. be i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 1, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 107, h.r. 1, an act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 2 of h. con. res. 14.

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: i recognize the democratic leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, today senate republicans have to de decide, choose the american people or bow down to donald trump and his coterie of billionaires because this bill, as we have said for months, steals people's health care, jacks up their electricity bill to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. for months -- can we have order, mr. president. all month senate democrats have put this bill on trial in the court of public opinion. we've exposed how it steals medicaid from more than 16 million americans. we've sxhoefd how it takes -- exposed how it takes away food

benefits for millions of hungry kids. we've exposed how this bill increases the debt by $3.5 trillion to bankroll billionaire tax breaks. we've shown how this bill increases the debt $1 trillion more than the house bill. we've shown how this bill cuts medicaid even more than the house bill. we've shown how this bill kills climate jobs even more than the house bill. with every rewrite senate republicans have made their bill more extreme, pro-billionaire and more hostile to people's health care and livelihood. why did they do that? there's a small group on that side of the aisle, maga hard-right wingers who are dictating what's happened and all the rest on the republican side who know it's wrong go along. a small group, they don't represent more than 10% of the american people, but they're dictating what this body does, a, because of the rules we have. a simple majority. but, b, because our colleagues

on the republican side lack the courage of their convictions to do the right thing for the american people. it's outrageous. cutting people's health care, causing people to get sicker and to even die. cutting people's health care so that it's certain almost that more people will die. just to give tax breaks to billionaires. it is so destructive for republicans to pass a bill like this at a time when people pay more for groceries, when people pay more for rent, pay more for child care, pay more for medication. it makes no sense to reward the billionaire class and special interests at the expense of everyone else. look, there's nothing wrong with being wealthy, but they don't need another tax break and they certainly shouldn't get a tax break by taking food from the mouths of hungry children.

how outrageous, how cruel, how mean, how heartless, how uncaring, all to help the billionaires who they're enthralled to. and no surprise, make no surprise about it, many republicans themselves don't seem all happy about the bill in front of them. we heard what our colleague from north carolina had to say about this bill. my guess is about half, maybe even more than half of the republicans in the senate totally agree with him. but he had the courage to speak the truth. the backbone to speak the truth. but not our other colleagues. senator tillis spoke candidly. he was one of the few truth tellers on the other side. the bill devastates his state, but make no mistake about it, it will be devastate the state of almost every republican here. and year and month, week after

week, month after month, year after year when this bill passes, the treaties will be all over their states, people losing their job, people's costs going up, people losing health care, hungry kids not getting food. it's a piece of legislation that tillis can't sell back home, and you won't be able to either, my republican colleagues. how can any senator go home and tell their constituents, i'm sorry, i took away your health care because i wanted fo give tax breaks to billionaires. and yet republicans are dead set on walking off a cliff by passing a bill they know will be ruinous to their own constituents. that's why democrats, senate democrats forced this chamber to read the bill cover to cover. that's why we debated all day yesterday. and now it's the republicans' turn to vote.

later this morning, very soon we will begin the vote-a-rama process. senate democrats will bring one amendment after the other again and again and again to put republicans on the record. we'll begin this morning with a motion to appeal the ruling of the chair to try and reverse senate republicans' brazen attempts to deceive the american people about the true cost of the bill. republicans are doing something that has never been done before in the senate by deploying fake math and budgetary hocus-pocus to make it seem like their billionaire giveaways don't cost anything. that's obviously outrageous and it's absurd that the budget chair is taking the senate down this fact-free road. he is helping erode, even destroy the senate. every senator will soon have an opportunity to reject this -- the presiding officer: i remind the senator of rule 19. mr. schumer: every senator will

soon have an opportunity to reject this nonsense and vote for commonsense budgeting. americans will be watching. and later this morning i will offer a very simple amendment to send this bill back to the finance committee so that we can get rid of any provision that raises health care costs for families and small businesses to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. and my colleagues will offer many other amendments here too. and we will see once and for all if republicans really meant all those nice things they have been saying about strengthening medicare, about protecting middle-class families. or if they were just lying. the american people will find out in a few hours. republicans have said they don't want to cut medicaid. today we'll give you the chance. republicans say they want to prioritize the middle class. today we'll give you the chance. our amendments will give republicans so many chances to defend medicaid and snap and

good-paying jobs and clean energy that if they say no, they'll regret it long after this debate is done. finally, to my republican colleagues, let me offer a warning in good faith. you all know that donald trump makes things up. he has no regard for the truth. when he talks about this bill, he's lying. when donald trump says this bill won't cut medicaid, he's lying. when he says this bill will grow the economy, he's lying. when he says this is the best thing congress could pass for our country, he's lying. so what are my colleagues on the republican side going to do? listen to someone who just makes things up? listen to someone who peddles lies and fantasies? follow donald trump off a political cliff by passing a bill that will be disastrous for the people back home? or will my colleagues stand up

for the american people, stand up to protect health care, good-paying jobs, middle-class families. the american people will not forget what republicans do in this chamber today. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: to my colleagues, it's going to be a long day, and i want to remind everybody the rules of the senate, rule 19, no senator to debate shall directly or indirectly by any form of words impute to another senator or other senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming of a senator. mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: i recognize the majority leader. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, we're going to vote here real soon on a bill that's been worked on for many, many months, and i want to start by thanking the staff on the

committees, the relevant committees, the floor staff, everybody that's been around that has to put in the hours and get us to where we are today. they are extraordinary people who are very dedicated in their jobs to public service and we're grateful for that. and i will say too, because we went through the reading of the bill, which the democratic leader just pointed out was important for people to hear, through the middle of the night. you know, i don't think there was a big american audience for that. i think a lot of people were at their jobs working their shifts, people like nurses and firefighters who are going to benefit under this bill. to think that they were sitting there in their jobs watching the bill be read on the floor for endless hours in the middle of the night, i'm not sure what that achieved. but i'll tell you what the senator said, the democrat leader back in 2021 when a republican senator required that to be done. he said this, and i quote, it will accomplish little more than a few sore throats for the

senate clerks who work very hard day in, day out to help the senate function. end quote. and those clerks are here today, and one of the reasons we tried to give them a break last night is because they had to stay here the night before to read through the bill. in the dead of the night, nobody watching, but they did it. so hopefully they got a little bit of rest last night so we can start this off. mr. president, the tax cuts and jobs act was one of the most successful economic policy pieces of legislation in history, and the data bears it out. you look at what happened after the tax cuts and jobs act passed unemployment hit a 50-year low, poverty levels at record-level lows, and incomes grew, incomes and wages increased most among lower-income americans. we started to narrow the wage gap as a result of the passage of the tax cuts and jobs act. so what is this about?

this is about extending that tax relief so the same people that benefited from it back in 2017 and for the last eight years don't end up having a colossal, massive tax increase hitting them in the face come january 1. now who are those people, mr. president? it's people, it's families making less than $400,000 a year on whom the bulk of this would fall. $2.6 trillion flth tax hike -- of this tax hike that they're supporting would hit families making less than $400,000 a year. it would hit small businesses to the tune of $600 billion in tax increases. these are pass-through businesses. the businesses out there creating jobs every day. if we don't do this, they're going to face a $600 billion tax increase. that's what we're talking about. if you want to put it in plain terms, if you're one of those families making less than

$400,000 a year, the child tax credit would be cut in half, the standard deduction would be cut in half, and you wouldn't get the benefit that many taxpayers are going to get under the legislation we're going to be debating today, which would allow tips to go untaxed, allow overtime to go untaxed. those nurses and firefighters working the long shifts, not watching the bill be read here on the senate floor, actually get something out of this that makes their families more able to cope with the challenges they face every day. the tax cuts and jobs act was a massive, by any stretch of the imagination, success. probably no better evidence of that than the fact that the congressional budget office, which has been quoted a lot here in the last few hours, actually underestimated the amount of revenue that would come into the federal government by $1.5 trillion. estimated the -- underestimated, the amount of growth in the economy by 5.4%.

dramatically underestimated, what would generate in terms of revenue and what it would generate in terms of growth. so, let's just say what this is. by the way, billionaires next year will pay the same tax rate they're paying this year. the people are going to get hit with a tax increase if we don't do something, those families making less than $400,000 a year, who will see their child tax credit cut in half, standard deduction cut in half, rates go back up to what they were 2017, and in my state of south dakota the average family is going to pay $2,500 more. if we don't do something to extend the tax relief passed in 2017. now, the other thing democrat leader talked about is they're going to be cutting medicaid. mr. president, there are a lot of government programs that haven't been looked at in a long time. we all acknowledge 75% now of

federal spending is what we call mandatory spending, entitlement programs, things that congress doesn't annually appropriate for. it continues to grow at an uncontrollable rate. the growth in the rate of medicaid spending the last five years has been 50%. that's not sustainable. we know that's not sustainable. in the time i've been here, we have never, ever done anything to reform and improve and strengthen these programs that are growing at an unsustainable rate, that will wreck our economy and our country if we don't start making some changes. so, yes, there are some improvements and reforms to medicaid to make it more efficient, to make sure the people who are supposed to benefit from medicaid do, and that it doesn't go to people who shouldn't be on medicaid. most of the increase in spending in medicaid has been the expansion population, and that's the number of people out there for whom states get a 90%

reimbursement from the federal government. so, that has grown dramatically. what does that represent? it's a lot of able-bodied adults, people who should be working, people who are per perhaps -- who don't need to be getting the assistance, it's designed for disabled or low-income elderly and pregnant moms. that's what medicaid was about. states have, with the federal government, a partnership shared for the years at a traditional rate. the expansion population is 90% paid for by the federal taxpayers. what do states do? they game the system to get more federal money, they add more people to the rolls. you have people on the rolls today here illegally or not eligible for the program, and for whom there is no work requirement. what this does, it makes reforms, one of which includes work requirements.

i don't think that's a novel concept. it certainly isn't a concept i think most americans disagree with. in fact, it was a dem president, back in the -- it was a democrat president, back in the 1990's, there was something called welfare reform. bill clinton, a democrat president, proposed work requirements for welfare recipients. you want to know something? the work requirements in the welfare reform act passed in 1996, and signed into law by democrat president bill clinton, had stronger work requirements than are included in this bill. stronger work requirements in a bill passed, signed into law by a democrat president, than what's in this bill, and proposed, i might add, by a democrat president. so that's one of the reforms we're making. these are reforms, mr. president, that are going to make this program stronger, more effective, more efficient, improve it in a way that it gets the assistance to the people for

whom it was intended, and not to people who are gaming the system. yes, we address the issue of provider taxes, which has been ab abused. no question about it. it's another way to leverage federal money, get more federal money into the state covers. the state -- into the stay coffers. you have states like new york and california who game the system. the whole issue of what we're doing with the medicaid program is to get rid of the waste, fraud, abuse, make it work in the way it was intended, to cover the people for whom it was intended, and to make sure we have work requirements included there. to the current policy baseline. everybody got up last night, clamoring, yelling, very animated speeches about how the republicans are using a current policy baseline, how could they ever do that? well, you know what? back in 2012, president obama, and one of the people working for him at the time named jeff

zeinst, used the current policy baseline to make permanent the bush tax cuts. the way he described it, jeff zeinst, he called it the alternative fiscal scenario. he translated it, he said what it is, it's a current policy baseline. so the democrats have used this before. in fact, they kind of, you could argue, pioneered it. but current policy baseline has been used by both sides. spare me the hypocrisy and the noise about current policy baseline. alternative fiscal scenario, he called it, then he went on to explain current policy baseline. finally, with regard to the issue of the deficits, it is rich to hear democrats all of a sudden concerned about debt and deficits. really?

i mean, i've been here a long time, i've not been involved in a single spending debate and fight in which republicans were trying to spend less time and democrats were trying to spend more, with one exception, with one exception, and that's knowledge security. democrats are always willing to cut defense, but never want to cut anywhere else. that's my experience. i think it was borne out a couple years ago when democrats had then what we have now, which is unified control of the government. they had house, senate, white house, so they had an opportunity to use reconciliation, which they did tw twice. one ever the bills cost $2 trillion. the other bill cost $1 trillion. and it was all spending. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the fundamental difference between us here, and i understand that. we have different views about the role of government. democrats like government. and one of the things we know

about government is when you send money to washington, money is power. and when you send money to washington from the american taxpayers, that means washington has more power, it has more control. republicans fundamentally have believed it's better if you allow the american people to keep their own money, that you distribute power out of washington, d.c., back to state and local governments who are closer to the people and can make better decisions that are more informed by what's actually happened in their individual states. so when we use reconciliation to keep taxes low, and by the way, that's all we're doing here is extending current tax policy, we are preventing an over $4 trillion tax increase on the american people. when you vote against us, that's what you'll be voting for. a good example of this spending issue was the 2011 budget control act, authored by a number of people, including senator mcconnell, they crypted a super -- they created a super

committee, equally represented on both sides of the aisle. they met to come up with ways to reform entitlement programs. what happened? they deadlocked. because every democrat voted against it, every republican voted for it. it even included some revenue increases, which is something democrats are always for. so getting up and talking about deficits all of a sudden, honestly, it's kind of mind-blowing, coming from this side of the aisle. but we're doing -- what we're doing here is extending existing tax policy, using a current policy baseline, which was used by the democrats, president obama, jeff zients, a little more than ten years ago. so mr. president, it's time to vote, and democrats get a chance to offer all their amendments, they'll attack this thing as cutting taxes for billionaires. what we're doing here is

extending tax relief for the american people, keeping the rates low, making sure they don't have their child tax credit cut in half, their standard deduction cut in half, including new provisions that provide more relief wore working families, which is what president trump campaigned on, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, lower taxes for seniors, for social security li recipients. these are all targeted at working americans, working families. that is, first and foremost, what this is about. this, mr. president, will make this country safer, stronger, and more prosperous. it addresses military modernization. it addresses securing our border. it addresses restoring energy dominance. it extends tax relief for the american people so they can avoid a $4 trillion tax increase at the end of the year. yes, it includes savings associated with reforms that are made in a way that targets assistance from federal programs

to where it was intended to go. and yes, we have work requirements. work requirements that were initiated by bill clinton in the clinton administration during welfare reform back in the 1990's. only, i would say again, they're not as strong. the work requirements included in this bill back in the 1990, what we have in this bill are not as strong. mr. president, let's vote. this is good for america. this is good for the american people. it is good for working families. it's been a long debate. i know people are weary, but at the end of the day, we want to get this done so this country is safer and stronger and more prosperous, not only for today but for future generations of americans. i ask that there be two minutes equ equally divided prior to all

amendments on h.r. 1. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: okay, so -- the presiding officer: i recognize the democrat leader. mr. schumer: well, we're about to vote on something that we have never seen before in the senate. and rather than be honest with the american people about the true costs of these billionaire giveaways -- and, by the way, i didn't hear donald trump campaigning on tax breaks for billionaires, which is the main thrust for this bill, he wouldn't tell them about that. but republicans are doing something the senate has never done before -- deploying fake math, accounting gimmicks to

hide the true cost of the bill. look, republicans can use whatever budgetary gimmicks they want to try to make the math work on paper, but you can't paper over the real-life economic consequences of adding tens of trillions to the debt. and that's what this does. make no mistake about it and it's the way we've always calculated thing. so to make yes -- so to vote yes on this will further erode the senate. i urge a no vote. mr. graham: mr. president, i feel great. i have never felt better. i've been wanting to do this for a long time. i'm a very happy budget chairman. as to what we're talking about right now, we're not overruling the parliamentarian because she said it was up to the budget

chairman to set the baseline. the chair made a decision that was right. the budget resolution gives me the authority that we all passed to do this. in 2008 senator conrad changed the baseline to accommodate the farm bill, and the republican former chairman, judd gregg, said the chairman of the budget committee declared the new baseline. the budget chairman has a right to do that. that's what i'm doing. in 2022, senator sanders directed cbo to write a new scoring rule, changing the baseline to get head start money into the budget. so this has been done. in 2012 in a bipartisan fashion as the bush tax cuts were about to expire, they extended them using current policy. back home what i'm trying to do -- and i'm very happy about it -- is make sure the tax cut don't expire ten years from now. i want you to go to bed knowing

that the tax cuts are permanent unless one day my democratic colleagues change it through reconciliation. so if you're for open borders, this bill is your worst nightmare because we control the border. if you want higher taxes, which apparently they do, this bill is your nightmare because we're going to keep tax cuts low. if you want to have a weak military, this is a bad bill for you because we give the military tear $150 billion. if you think washington should control spending, this is a good bill for you. if you think the government is running just perfectly and nothing should be changed, this is your nightmare. so for those big liberal folks who i like personally, this bill is a nightmare for you. this bill is good for the american people who work hard. they got to work if they can, that's a good thing. if you want taxes low, we deliver. if you want to secure the border like president trump has done, we make it that way forever by

having $175 billion spent to get it controlled forever, not just right now. this is a good bill. we're doing nothing that we haven't done before. vote yes to uphold the ruling of the chair. we're starting a process that is long overdue in this town -- controlling spending, keeping taxes down, making the military strong, and finally, finally looking at a way to get efficiency in government. vote yes. the presiding officer: the question is shall thes decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the senate? the yeas and nays were previously ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks.

the clerk: mr. bennet. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker.

mr. boozman. the clerk: mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. i just want to hammer home exactly what's going on in the senate for the people back home. republicans are about to pass the single most expensive bill in u.s. history

the clerk: mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. look republicans can use whatever bugetary gimmicks they mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith.

mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. s . paul. mr. peters.

mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. when the republican majority is going to the floor, they're hiding trillions in handouts to corporations in the wealthy. trillions of dollars, if you measure the bill the way we measure every other reconciliation bill, it simply doesn't comply with the rule. the republican majority figured out a trick that allowed them to side step the parliamentarian and left the filibuster for

trump's entire legislative agenda in one fell swoop. it is fakery, the deficits are real. the prospect of a catastrophic spiral is real. and inflict on tens of millions of americans is real so my parliament inquiry, the title of the senate substitute which the senate asserts with this destruction on the use of two baselines. current policy for taxes and current law for health provisions like medicaid. >> yes. >> i recognize the senator from washington. >> mr. president, parliamentarian inquiry. >> the senator with the inquiry. >> are the remaining nine titles of the senate substitute cbo using current law for the baseline. >> yes. >> mr. president.

>> i recognize the senator from washington. >> mr. president, i've been here a long time. not only have i been the budget chair, i am the longest serving democrat on that committee and in my 33 years here in the united states senate, things have never, never worked this way where one party so egregiously ignores precedent, process and the parliamentarian and does that all in order to wipe away trillions of dollars of costs, for a bill that could just be the most expensive legislation this body ever passes. forget senate procedure for a minute. math, mr. president, has never worked that way. i taught school and even our littlest kids know the difference between a trillion and zero. it doesn't take a pre-schooler to tell you they're using magic math or that you can't just ignore the rules you don't

write. how many times have my colleagues cried about the debt? how many times have they told me, i know you want to invest in child care patty, but we've got to get this budget under control. now that it's tax cuts for billionaires and corporations, suddenly, the budget doesn't matter anymore. suddenly the rules do not matter anymore. suddenly, a couple trillion goes away with a sprinkle of fairy dust and by passing the parliamentarian and precedent isn't really by passing if you just close your eyes and pretend real hard. have you no shame? if you think you can look the american people in the face and tell them, we have to bring down the debt after passing what might be the most expensive bill in history, if you think you can do that and then be taken seriously, well you know what? if you believe that, maybe you are foolish enough to think that

zero and a trillion is the same. mr. president, i can't believe this is what we're doing today because i can tell you right now, if this happens, we will all laugh you out of the room because we have never seen anything like this, not in my time here in the senate, not in my time on this planet. we are not going to let anyone forgot forget that you're trashing the rules in order to pass this egregious bill. >> mr. president. >> i recognize the senator from oregon. >> i've made these points on the floor, generally it's empty and in here now, in 1974, 100 senators agreed on reconciliation as fast track only for one person, reducing the deficit. it had two, reduce the deficit over a 10-year period. second, reduce the deficit in each and every year after that

10-year period in each title of the bill and third, use honest numbers. in 1996, the republican team was in the majority and decided on a nuclear option to allow that reconciliation process to be used to increase deficits in the 10-year window. that was unfortunately, it destroyed the agreement all 100 senators agreed to in 1974. now today, if we proceed with this current policy baseline, there are two other pillars you're destroying of the architecture to create fiscal discipline. the second pillar was no deficits after the 10 year period has been destroyed and the third was to use honest number from the congressional budget office on a current law basis comparing each provision of the bill as compared to not being in the bill. so, here we are.

taking the step that as significant as it was in 1996. all three pillars will be brought down. not by democrats, but by republicans, it's not necessary to do this to get what you want within the 10-year period, why tear down these additional two pillars about honesty about the numbers, no more smoke and mirrors and creating deficits after the 10-year period? it's extremely fortunate if you press forward in the bill. >> mr. president, recognize the senator from oregonments oregon. i want to pick up the point. this is the nuclear option, it's hidden behind a whole lot of washington d.c. lingo. the only difference instead of pressing an a big nuclear button at the beginning of the congress, republicans decided

they'd hide behind a cloak of senate procedure and go nuclear for every individual bill they want to pass on party lines. and i just say to my colleagues, there's going to be a lot of horrendous messes to clean up after this legislation. but my colleagues need to understand the moves, as my colleague from washington state said, cuts both ways. i yield the floor. >> mr. president. >> i recognize the democrat leader. the come off the bill unless otherwise-- >> without objection. >> mr. president. >> i recognize the senator from rhode island. >> in this place where big money now rules and in which fakery is now the order of the day, and numbers no longer have to be

real, there is one point that stands out and that is that the fakery on the floor is belied by the language of the bill. if these assertions were true, they would not need to raise the debt limit. all of this fun and games, all of this parliamentary mischief that's happening right now crashes into the fact that in real markets, in the real world outside of this fakery, the debt limit is actually a real thing. and i will take a moment to read from page 754 of this midnight monstrosity, what it actually says, where it collides with the real world.

subtitle c, increase in debt limits. section 72001, modification of limitation on the public debt. line 20, the limitation under section 3101b of title 31 united states code, as most recently increased by section 401b of public law 1185, 31usc, 3101 note, is increased by $5 trillion. $5 trillion. that's the real number here. that's where the rubber hits the road in real life. the maneuver that is being

pulled right now to avoid that fact. the fact that the debt limit has to be increased by $5 trillion so the republicans can give immense tax breaks to billion billionaires has not been used for this before. i used it once. in the year 2000, a deal had been struck on how to score activities of the power marketing administration. does anybody really know about the power marketing administration? it's a small thing. over the years, the congressional budget office started scoring the program differently than the senate had agreed to in 2000. so in 2023 and 2024, senate budget chair, me, and the house budget chair, jodey arrington on a bipartisan basis invoked this section to have cbo return to

the original senate agreement and not the variation that they had created. this is what section 312 has been used for, to resolve technical ambiguity to advance a bipartisan appropriation deal. not to create senate floor fakery be lied by the $5 trillion deficit hike on this huge billionaire blowout we're forcing through the senate now. i yield the floor. >>

the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. warner, no. mr. sanders, no. mr. schiff, no. the debate on the big beautiful bill, we'll have a debate worthy of a great country, what they think and what we think and we are going to vote on this bill in the coming days and i'm excited about that, i've worked a long time with my colleagues to get to where we are today so the american people, the debate is is beginning right now regarding the big beautiful bill and i'll tell you why that's good news for you. let me take a bill bit of time

current policy versus current law, i know everybody is on the edge of their seat at home. here is what i would tell you about numbers and budget chairman. i'm not the first budget chairman. there have been those that came before me. in 2008, chairman kent conrad, a really nice guy from north dakota used a new baseline in the budget so he could get the farm bill in the budget. and judd gregg, a smart guy, the chairman of the budget committee declares a new baseline under the budget. has the right to do that. that's what i'm doing, setting the numbers. and the parliamentarian said that's my job. that was voted to be the case.

we're not doing anything sneaky, we're giving the authority to do this and it passed. and i'm not the first chairman to change the baseline for different reasons, one to get the farm bill in, and another occasion, senator sanders changed the baseline in 2022 when he was budget chairman under budget reconciliation to issue a budget rule allowing the numbers to change to get more money for head start. so senator sanders, as budget chairman, directed the new rule be written to get more money for head start. so don't tell me you've never done this before in terms of changing the baseline as budget chairman. the budget chairman under 312 sets the baseline, this has been acknowledged by republicans and democrats, the baseline has changed in the past based on the budget committee chairman's

desire, one to get a farm bill in and another a new rule to get head start spending. so this has been done before, but i'll be the first to say what we're doing is historic in a good way. in 2017 we passed the trump tax cuts. they're due to expire in december, when is that? before i got here. the current law was the way to score or implement tax policy, after 10 years the tax cuts expired, current law. as budget chairman, i've decided to use current policy when it comes to cutting taxes. if you use current policy, they never expire so the policies that were created in 2017 would not end in december. they would continue and that's

the good thing for the american people. that's a good thing for the economy because it gives you certainty. i made a decision as budget chairman working with my colleagues, to look at tax cuts something important for the country to give certainty for businesses and individuals and make sure after 10 years they don't ash trarry go away. and i made that decision and my colleagues backed me up and that's in the resolution governing what we're here today. why do we want to make the tax cuts permanent? if they expire in december, the average family in south carolina will have a $1700 increase. i don't want that and i bet you people at home don't want that so we have to deal with that. that cliff is coming, and not only do i want to avoid that cliff, i don't want to put us in at that position ever again. so, the tax cuts have generated more revenue for the government

than cbo estimated in 2017. the one thing about our friends at cbo you i appreciate your work, working hard. when it comes to taxing, they get it wrong how much revenue to be collected. when you look at the years passed since 2017 on the corporate side, on the individual side, the revenue to the government has actually grown because of those tax cuts and that's a good thing. so, cutting taxes means more money for you and your family. our friends on the other side, if you're waiting on them to cut your taxes, you're going to die waiting. so, they're never going to do it. why are we doing? they won't do it. we could never get 60 votes for this. the bottom line, we're going to make the tax cuts permanent and that's a good thing for businesses. expensing will be allowed to grow and investor in your business. new equipment, write it off sooner and get more activity in

the economy. that's not me saying it, there's a track record, mr. president. you've been in business, this stuff works. they don't like it, but it works. if you're in business and the tax code encourages you to invest in your business, you will. this literally works and they hate it because it's money at that could have gone to the government, and it's back in the economy and they'll realize the government actually gets more money, they just keep spending it and we could do better on the spending side and we're going to do better on the spending side. so this bill makes the 2017 tax cuts permanent. it avoids a tax increase for your family that's coming in december if we don't act now. it secures the border. one of the reasons there are more of us than our democratic friends is how you screwed the country up for the last four

years. we went from secure borders to completely open borders absolute chaos and that's why we're winning and you're losing. if you want to take us back to open borders, we are not going, we're not going back to your policies that allows 8.3 million encounters at the border. 1.7 million gotaways. chaos to cities and communities. we're not going back to the policies that led to laken riley's murder in georgia, where the man convicted for murdering her was captured several times, released because there with as no detention space to hold him in texas and he left a free man, went to georgia and killed this lady. that's happened too many times and it's going to stop. now, what are we doing to secure

the border? we went from lawless borders to the most secure borders in six months because of president trump. president trump, you should be exceedingly proud. the whole team, you've locked that border down, but we want to do it in a way that it will stay locked down for the president after you and beyond. how do we secure the gains made by president trump and his team? ... no way we would get democratic help to finish the wall. we're going to go from 40,000 detention beds to 125,000.

just this secure the borders but whenever setting $5 billion. the technology alone at the border, fiber cable so we don't of open borders. this is in the bill. for those of you who voted for us and president trump secure the border, we're delivering through this bill. they would never do what we're doing. i'll be the first to admit when it comes to securing the border they are never going to do what we are doing. we are hiring more ice agents. we're finishing the wall and we're increasing more detention beds we don't let people out back and go and murder. i'm very proud of this. i wrote this part. this is money well spent. this will secure that border in perpetuity. president trump this is your plan. it is in our bill. well done. to my friends on the other side, you had your chance when you screwed up big time. that's why we are in charge.

revitalize our military. the world is dangerous place with $150 billion in this bill to help build out the golden dome, to help improve the quality of life of many women serving military by improving the barracks and housing. they need the money, weapons. send this bill -- fits within his bill we didn't have to extorted to buy a bunch of better to get $150 billion. we reduced government spending over a decade by $1.6 trillion. we are running -- that's national debt of 37 trillion. and so what if we done here? in the last five years from 2020 basically can now, medicaid has grown by 50%. so what's happened is that

medicaid was originally intended for children and poor families, children and people who are disabled that couldn't work to provide healthcare. count me in for that, makes a lot of sense. along come president obama. he expands medicaid to include able-bodied adults for the first time. and what he did was he incentivized states to include these people in medicaid for every new able-bodied adult you get 90% of the cost from the federal government 10% from the states. and medicaid has grown 50%. it's going to take over medicare because of what president obama did. so what are we going to do? we're going to try to do with that in a responsible way. what about this idea? if you're not a child, if you're

not disabled, you are able-bodied and you don't have any children under 14, we're going to have a 20 hour work requirement for you to stay on medicaid. that's a good thing. it's good thing for the individual involved to be working. it's a good thing for the taxpayer for them to be working. but that seems to be a crime on the other side to ask somebody to work that can work. i'm a people out there are listening to this got an army you are, but are you working everyday? are you going to work with kids? a lot of people do that by the way. the one of these reforms in this bill is to introduce the work requirement to the additional population the president obama put on medicaid that was never intended and original purpose medicaid. this work requirement will save a bunch of money. finally, we're addressing the biggest scam i've seen a very

long time. somewhere along the lines somebody figured out that at the state level that if you tax doctors and hospitals and medical providers on the funds they give-and-take that revenue, you can actually get more medicaid money. this as a money laundering. it needs to, to an end as we know it. states said, gone up to 6% of a provider tax. they take that tax revenue and they use to get more money from the federal government. the hospitals and doctors don't lose. they get the money back. the state doesn't lose. they get more money. the only good the losers is the federal government. and we are deep, deep in debt. so we're going to reform the provider tax system that i think is abusive. very abusive.

as to medicaid, it's on on ah trajectory that will overtake medicare. now was a time to put commonsense reform in place, not only to slow the growth, were not talking by cutting medicaid, we are slowing the growth, to try to create some sense of fiscal responsibility. so to our chairman of the finance committee, you have constructed a package better than 2017. you've included some growth elements in the package that will allow the economy to grow because it will be in business interest to invest. and i want to applaud you for this growth package. now what does it all mean? current policy, current law. if you do what i decided to do,

make the tax cuts permanent, and you implement these reforms to medicaid in other areas, you will over the next ten years reduce the deficit by $507 billion. that cbo not me. how do you do that? you grow the 53, the nays are 47. the decision of the chair stands as the judgment of the senate. mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that it be in order for the following senators to be recognized to offer amendments, motions, or point of order, that the amendments be reported by number with no amendments in order prior to a vote in relation to the amendments or motions. schumer motion number 1, motion to commit on health care costs, markey motion and then klobuchar motion.

-- i mean point of order. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i make a point of order under section 313-b-1-b on substitute amendment 2360. the presiding officer: the chair must rely on determinations made by the budget committee in assessing the budgetary effects of the amendment. section 312 of the budget act states, for purposes of this title and title 4, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority and revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the committee on budget of the house of representatives or the senate as applicable a unless the budget committee speaking to its chairman asserts that the amendment causes a violation of the budget act, the chair will not so hold. therefore, mr. leader, the point of order is not well taken. mr. merkley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: i appeal the ruling

of the chair and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there are now two minutes of debate equally divided. the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i ask the cbo letter of june 29 to the ranking member of the budget committee being submitted for the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: in this letter, it notes that the baseline was proposed, the alternative baseline based on a request made by the chairman of the senate committee on the budget. but the letter goes on to say this -- the cbo estimates that enacting this title would increase the deficit by nearly $3.5 trillion over the 2025-34 period. clearly, that amount done by honest numbers from cbo exceeds the budget resolution level and, therefore, we should not affirm the ruling of the chair. it is said in this ruling i just heard that precedent provides a

foundation for this. but in fact the ability of the chair to create a phony baseline has never been used in reconciliation. not ever. and, in fact, the example cited over head start, head start? that never appeared in any budget reconciliation. and in fact that conversation about jeffrey zients we heard from the majority leader, that, too, was absolutely wrong. current law was used for estimating the cost of that bill. this breaks a 51-year tradition of the senate for honest numbers. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. thune: mr. president. mr. crapo: mr. president, we're just rehashing the same old arguments a. i want to make something clear. this congress in the budget resolution for this reconciliation adopted the

current policy baseline. cbo scored that current policy baseline. it said that our bill generates a $506 billion deficit reduction. the ranking member for the budget committee asked them to give it a new score based on a different baseline, the current law baseline, which says that we have to say that if we don't raise people's taxes that we're causing a deficit. they said they would. they always do. they give the scores that different members of the congress ask them to give. and they gave that score and said, well, if you raise taxes by $4 trillion, then you will have a $4 trillion increase in tax revenue. that's what the whole debate is about, folks. you can complain and use different words and deficits and all that stuff. there is a cbo score on the baseline adopted by this congress on this resolution that that ises the score at $506

billion or $507 billion of deficit reduction. the presiding officer: the question is, shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the senate. the yeas and nays were previously ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin.

in a couple of days we are going to pass the one big, beautiful bill. president trump's going to sign it. mike crapo and a staff deserve the least one day off. i cannot thank you enough for you and your team have done to my budget budgeteers, you have been terrific. you have worked really hard to cbo and jointen tax and all thee people have fought your

the clerk: ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons.

mr. cornyn. >> this is what you were built to do. this is what you were meant to do. you are the right man at the right time to do what this country desperately needs to stand track to be safe and prosperous. all my colleagues are going to vote for this bill. you should be proud and you should talk about it because it's going to make us all safer and is going make us all more prosperous. me meeting budget chairman is a cork in the history of the senate. this is not my thing normally

but i have really gotten into it and i have learned a lot next to my colleagues. and i'm proud to have the honor of being budget chairman at a time i think it matters the most. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the following staff members from my staff and from senator senator merkley staff be given all access full passes for consideration of the bill, caitlin wilson, really l, scott graber, walter, taylor, democratic staff mike jones, melissa, josh smith and tyler. i ask that unanimous consent. >> without objection. >> with that i will yield to my good friend. [inaudible] >> wait a minute. [inaudible] >> -- the use of calculators

whatever they are be permitted on the floor of the senate hearing during consideration of the bill. >> without objection. >> mr. president? >> i recognize the senator from idaho. >> thank you, mr. president. an first of all let me thank my colleague from south carolina senator graham for very kind words. i returned the same kind of complement to him for his great work in helping to build this bill and get us moved to this point. i'm going to make just a few remarks right now in response to some of the allegations and mischaracterizations that my colleagues on the other side have made about how this bill has been structured in terms of its evaluation and scoring. later i'm going to come give a much longer speech, sorry, sir, on the bill itself. but the things that were said this morning have to be responded to. first of all it was said the reason we are going to increase the debt ceiling in the bill is because we are spending so much money and driving the deficit. first of all our bill drives the

deficit down not up. secondly the reason we're dealing with the debt ceiling in the bill is because under the previous administrations operations the debt ceiling has already been breached. it was breached on january 2 and we are limping along with extraordinary measures is what we call them here in washington, to try to keep the government funded until congress can extend the debt ceiling. this has nothing to do with president trump. it happened before he even was sworn into office. has nothing to do with this bill. it has to do with the spending that drove us into the breach of the debt ceiling on january 2. secondly my colleagues on the other side try to characterize our choice of the current policy baseline as a gimmick. and that is ever been done before.

they should've been more careful in their words because the current policy baseline is currently utilized in the current cbo baseline for many spending programs. in fact, many spending programs about $2.5 trillion of spending programs are measured under the current treatment which the democrats have been using for decades to make it so you don't have to count spending increases as an increase in the deficit. they are correct that that policy has never ever beeo taxes before. because it was not intended to apply to taxes. that ruling and the system that were set out was intentionally designed to favor tax increases over spending cuts. and to force congress to increase taxes and increase spending.

it was a strategy to achieve what we all know of as tax and spend. and no matter how they try to cover it over today in their debate it comes down to this. they are furious that refused to raise taxes in america by $4.3 trillion on americans. and they claim our refusal to raise your taxes, america, is going to run up the deficit because they can't get $4 trillion more of of your tax revenue into their pockets. the first failure of that rationale is if you believe that you give them $4.5 trillion by letting them raise your taxes again, if you believe they're going to use to pay the debt down, let me tell you, there's not a doubt, that is not a tax increase seen in this congress in my lifetime that was used to

pay the debt down. it was used to increase spending. it's called tax and spend. it's not bias in our scoring system that we are fixing today. we are fixing it so that current policy is how you treat taxes just like you treat $2.5 trillion of spending this year in your scoring system. we are evening the balance board between taxing and spending. and america should have a sigh of relief that finally we're fixing our scoring procedures so we don't have a built in drive to increase taxes. let's put it another way. one of my colleagues said even children can understand the difference between one train dollars and zero dollars. i think they can also understand that if you don't raise taxes you're not changing the tax

code. you're making as bring in the same revenue brought in before. you are not reducing government that increasing the deficit. you're protecting their wallets. and the bottom line here is very simple. i think every american at least 90% of them intuitively understand that the failure, the refusal to let your taxes go up by $4 trillion is not a deficit increase. you are not the responsible of keeping your money in your pocket is not making them responsible, making you responsible for increasing the deficit. deficit increases, when congress keep spending your money. and never ever controlling it spending. the problem is not a lack of revenue. it is too much spending. so let's make it clear. this is not, the gimmick is the

one that's been used for all these years. we are making a balance between the treatment of tax and spend so that those taxpayers in america have at least a fair chance against the rules of this chamber. now, one other thing i think needs to be made here. there was talk on the other side and then i will and bring my longer speech later. one of the point that needs to made is it was suggested this and never been done before even on taxes. there's a president named president obama who faced a similar situation like we face today. only then he was president when a huge tax cut that president bush had accomplished was expiring, and all of those tax cuts president bush have been able to achieve were going to go away and everybody's taxes were going to go up. and president obama said no, i'm not going to let that happen.

so i put a bill out on the floor to stop those tax increases from happening, and he was attacked actually for increasing the deficit by not letting taxes go up. president obama through his omb deputy director said that tax, keeping tax policy current should be scored under a current policy, and that if his act in letting those tax increases kept in place should be scored as current policy, not as a tax increase. so you get one of your own presence of the democratic party saying that letting existing tax law stay in place and protecting against huge tax increase of the american people is the appropriate approach today, that current policy, , those of their words, current policy is a way we should treat tax policy. so i say to everybody in america who is been hearing all of the

politics of fear about what we're doing here and running of the deficit needs remember that only in washington, d.c. is the refusal to raise your taxes and increase in the deficit. and we're not going to let that happen. they carry much, mr. , mr. . i yield the floor. >> mr. president, i rise today in opposition to a widely irresponsible legislation that is before us now. although our colleagues are calling it the big, beautiful bill this bill would instead be a trail to our economic future. hard-working american families and some of our most vulnerable seniors, children, and people with disabilities. this bill will blow up our national debt, take millions of people off of their healthcare, and take food off of families

tables while cutting food assistance. and for what? what our colleagues mortgaging our country's our country future for? what are the slashing health care and food assistance to pay for? well, they're doing it for tax cuts for billionaires. so before my colleagues rush to pass this irresponsible, reckless legislation, let's take a moment to go through exactly how much harm this bill will actually cause. and you're from the people in my state are going to suffer if this law becomes law. to start, this bill will blow the national debt. since president george washington gave his farewell address, our nation's leaders have warned against the dangers of accumulating a national debt. 15 years ago admiral mike mullen former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff stated, quote, the most significant threat to

our national security is our debt. the national debt is at an all-time high, $36.2 trillion. and just in the last 16 years it has tripled. our annual deficit frankly exceed $1.5 trillion, including a record $3.1 trillion deficit in fiscal year 2020 during the trump administration. unfortunately these are the first of many grave financial milestones that we face. within the next decade our country will spend more on servicing the debt than we do on any other federal account outside of social security. our fiscal house is basically on fire, but if a republican colleagues jam through this bill it will pour -- it's not going to pour water on the fire. it's going to for gasoline on

those flames. democrats have tried to make efforts to pay down that debt in recent years. in fact, under the inflation reduction act, a law that this bill attempts to actually get, we reduced the deficit in that bill by nearly $250 billion. in 2023 we passed a bipartisan fiscal responsibility act which responsively addressed the debt ceiling and has the potential to reduce deficits by up to $1.5 trillion. but, unfortunately, the bill before us basically wipes all that away. i've always had an open to making smart cuts to spending, but those cuts should be matched with increases in revenues. doing so would put us back on a sustainable financial path. our republican colleagues are doing the exact opposite. they are making drastic cuts to revenue. according to the nonpartisan joint committee on taxation that

tax provisions in this bill alone would decrease revenues by $4.2 trillion, and add, yes, add $3 trillion to our national debt. this is a recipe for disaster. if we face another emergency like a pandemic or global financial crisis, we will be too hamstrung by our debt to respond effectively. we are on the brink of financial disaster, and passing this bill would push us over that edge. also my republican colleagues can cut taxes for billionaires -- also -- at the same time i republican codes are not making smart sensible spending cuts to cover the cost that these billionaire tax cuts will mean. instead they are gutting healthcare ferment of americans including hundreds of thousands of michiganders. it's reckless and it is wrong.

medicaid is a lifeline for people in every single community across this country. it insures millions of michiganders and americans could have access to quality affordable health care. and right now folks across my home state of michigan are scared. scared about what this bill will mean for their families. i've heard from thousands of my constituents of every corner of the state of michigan on how these cuts are going to hurt them. so today i just want to tell you to my constituent stories just that detrimental this bill will be for most americans. take isaac from lansing who says medicaid is the only lifeline he has to pay for the medicine that literally, literally keeps him alive. we've also seen a more and more she cantors and people all across our nation have children the burden of serving as a primary caregiver for an aging

parent. it's the ultimate gift that we can give to the people who have raised us. but the cost of critical nursing homes and assisted living care continues to rise. medicaid has become an essential way for our aging seniors to pay for the care that they need. take win from grand rapids who says she wouldn't have to pay for an assisted living facility for her grandmother without medicaid. many of us know someone or maybe even love someone who lives with a disability. thanks to medicaid people with disabilities can get the care that allows them to live healthy and independent lives. that is a case for wanda from westland who takes medication for an eye condition. without medicaid she would not be able to afford her medication and she actually go blind. ask too many of us know from personal experiences or from

friends and loved ones, our country is facing a mental health crisis. medicaid has become a saving grace for those who desperately need mental health care but simply cannot afford it. take alan from port crash and who said losing medicaid would feel like losing, like losing the life he's been given back through mental health care from medicaid. under this bill rural communities would be especially impacted by cuts to medicaid. some counties in michigan's upper peninsula, there's only one healthcare provider, meaning some michiganders left to travel up to 50 miles to get routine or emergency care. medicaid helps keep these hospitals open. and if this bill passes, people in these rural communities are going to be cut off from basic

health services. medicaid also plays an essential role in making sure children across michigan get the care they need. i heard from gladys a mother from flint who says medicaid is a only reason for kids can get their asthma medication or have regular health checkups. expecting mothers also reached out to share their concerns. while she is busy preparing to welcome a newborn baby into the world, chelsea from thin veil is now afraid that she will lose access to both pre-and both post natal care under this absolutely disastrous bill. i simply can't understand how my republican colleagues would leave thousands and thousands of people across michigan without the care they need, all so they can give a tax break to billionaires. on top of that my republican colleagues are also proposing harmful cuts the food assistance

delivered through snap. snaps is an absolute lifeline for millions of americans including children, seniors, people with disabilities and working families. so simply put, if this bill is passed it will mean people in michigan and all across our country will go hungry. it would not be able to put food on the table while billionaires pay less taxes. that is just wrong. but it also makes no economic sense either your every dollar is that benefit generates more than $1.50 in economic activity. that supports local grocery stores, , farmers all across the country and the entire food supply chain. so on top of jeopardizing families ability to put food on the table, to feed their children, these proposed step cuts would also hurt businesses and jobs particularly in rural

america and in low income areas. this bill produces the most amount of pain for the least amount of gain of any legislation that i can remember and all the years that i've had the privilege of serving here in the senate. mr. president, i can't believe we're standing here debating this reckless, irresponsible bill. the harm this bill would do to the american people and if the people in my state of michigan who are counting on medicaid for healthcare and on food assistance to help feed their families is absolutely reprehensible. the damage this bill will do to our nation's economic security is not only reckless, it is unconscionable. this is not what our constituents want us to be focused on. they want us to help make their life better. but instead of focusing on that, here we are on the brink of passing a a bill so irresponse that it will destroy our

country's economic health, harm millions of americans, also a handful of billionaires, the wealthiest of the wealthy, can have another tax break. mr. president, i will never support such a reckless and catastrophic plan. >> i yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> i recognize the senator from idaho. >> thank you, mr. president. you get to be here for my second speech. i'm here to talk about the centerpiece of his reconciliation bill making the 2017 tax cuts permanent. the one big, beautiful bill presents, prevents the largest tax hike in history. and provides groundbreaking new tax relief for middle-class workers and families. this legislation permanently extends that trump tax cuts which proportionally benefited the middle class the most.

if these tax cuts were allowed to expire, taxpayers in all income groups would see massive tax hikes and appoint my cosa near the site seem to consistently forget or ignore is that the vast majority of them, $2.6 $2.6 trillion worth of those tax cuts, or tax increases, would fall on taxpayers making less than $400,000 per year. and the vast majority of that is on taxpayers making, and learning in the middle and lower middle income categories. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 53, nays are 47. the decision of the chair stands as the judgment of the senate. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho is

recognized. mr. crapo: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that senator risch and i be permitted to speak for up to one minute each regarding the recent tragedy in our state. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. crapo: thank you, mr. president. the senate has important work to accomplish today to prevent a more than $4 trillion tax hike on american workers and farmers and we will -- and families and we will accomplish that goal. however while business continues here, life for the north idaho community of couer d'alene remains at a very painful p standstill as we mourn the loss of two firefighters. yesterday afternoon firefighters were responding to a fire on canfield mountain. upon arrival they were ambushed by gunfire. two brave firefighters were murdered. another has already undergone

surgery for gunshot wounds. as we continue our work today, i ask my colleagues to join me in sending your prayers for that firefighter's full recovery, for the diseased victims, for their families, and for the entire north idaho community grieving this heinous act. senator risch. mr. risch: thank you. mr. president and fellow senators, while the senate continues our important work to provide the american people with the largest tax cut in history today, we would be remiss if we did not pause for a moment and call attention to the tragic events that happened in couer d'alene, idaho, yesterday. while responding to a fire, as my colleague indicated, two of north idaho's brave firefighters were ambushed and murdered, and one is in serious to critical condition. this evil attack on the people who dedicate their lives to protecting and serving our communities is despicable and it's not idaho.

i ask my senate colleagues to join me, senator crapo, and all idahoans in praying for the victims, their loved ones and all who have been affected by this reprehensible act. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington is recognized. ms. cantwell: i stand with my idaho colleagues. this is a tight-knit community between washington and idaho. many washington police and responders participated in yesterday's activities. our hearts go out to the people of idaho, and, yes, we want a moment of silence to remember these firefighters. mr. risch: thank you, and thank you to washington for your help. you did send a number of first responders there, which were very helpful. thank you. ms. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington is recognized. ms. murray: i want to stand and join with our colleagues from idaho with our deep sorrow for everyone in those impacted communities. it is close to the border with

washington. many of our responders joined with all of you. our hearts and thoughts and prayer go to everyone impacted. that community will be devastated for a long time to come. mr. crapo: as we close, i would like to thank my colleagues from washington, as well as all of you. many of you have come up and expressed your sentiments today. i would say even the federal workers were there, the fbi and others. there was a huge influx of support from those who put their lives on the line every day, and some lost their lives yesterday. and so because of that, i just ask that you join us for just a moment of silence and prayer. [moment of silence] mr. crapo: thank you, mr. president. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new york is recognized. mr. schumer: i have a motion to

commit at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, moves to commit the bill h.r. 1 to the committee on finance, senate, with instructions to report the same back to the senate in three days, not counting any day which the senate is not in session. mr. schumer: i ask that further reading of the motion be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, can we have order, please. this amendment, the first we will offer, is simple. it undoes the travesty that is at the core of the republican bill. their bill, the so-called big, beautiful bill, which is really a big, ugly betrayal, cuts taxes for billionaires by taking away health care from millions of people. so what my amendment simply says, if people's health care costs go up, the billionaire tax

cuts vanish. republicans, you can tell in the speeches already, are on the defensive. they know how bad this bill is for the american people. they know that donald trump is lying when he says it won't cut health care. i salute my colleague from north carolina. we all heard what our colleague from north carolina had to say yesterday about this bill. my guess is about half, maybe even more than half of the republicans in the senate agree with him, but he had the courage to speak the truth. he said it himself. the bill devastates his state, but make no mistake about it, it will devastate the states of almost every republican here. it is outrageous, outrageous to take food out of the mouths of hungry children, to take health care away from people who need it to survive. the presiding officer: the

senator's time has expired. mr. schumer: -- just for tax cuts for billionaires. and the american people know it. to my colleagues -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. schumer: -- to my colleagues, in conclusion, i say you know what the right thing is. say no to gutting health care, say no to gutting jobs, say no to the backward bill -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the chair recognizes the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: thank you mr. president. this is going to be something we will hear a lot of today and this will be the first shot at it. the bottom line is billionaires are going to pay the same amount of taxes after this bill as they paid before this bill. they're going to pay the same amount. this notion about billionaires getting a tax cut at the expense of everybody else is just the politics of class rather than the politics of fear. the rest of the argument is the politics of fear. the reality is the reforms we are putting into place are to

try to rein in control of wasteful and fraudulent and abusive spending that actually diverts resources away from the people who these programs really deserve to receive. i urge a strong no vote against this amendment. mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso.

>> thank you, mr. president. you get to view for my second speech. i'm here to talk now about the centerpiece of his reconciliation bill, making the 2017 tax cuts permanent. the one big, beautiful bill presents, prevents the largest tax hike m in history and provis groundbreaking new tax relief for middle-class workers and families. this legislation permanently extends the trump tax cut which purportedly benefited the middle class themr most. if these tax cuts were allowed to expire, taxpayers in all income groups would see massive tax hikes, and appoint my columns on it of the to consistently forget, or ignore, is that the basswood two of them, $2.6 $.6 trillion worth of those tax cuts or tax increases would fall oncl taxpayers making less than $400,000 per year. and the vast majority of that is

on taxpayers making, and early in the middle and lower middle incomemr categories. but before i go on to discuss what would happen i want to address an issue that is just a constant, constant theme on the other side and that is that this bill is going to be a huge increase in the deficit. now here's a quick handwritten chart that my colleague from south carolina made quickly to respond to them. you were the previous speaker say that cbo has scored this bill to have a huge multi-trillion dollar deficit increase. the fact is that cbo has scored this bill to have a $507 billion deficit reduction. you heard that right, a $507

billion deficit reduction. and later on in my remarks i will point out that that scored and even take into account the the economy and the revenue that will come to our treasury from revitalizing and giving a boost to our economy. so now let's go to the next chart. what will happen if we don't do this? what will happen if we do with the democrats are demanding that we do? and that is to let this tax increase happen so that they can say they're going to use to pay the deficit down. the average family of four would sit tax hike of $1700 and the child tax credit would be cut in half. 20 million small business would face massive tax hike for some of them facing rates as high as 43%. the standard deduction with simple five taxmr funding for 9% of americans would be cut in

half. small businesses and farms would see their debt exemptions cut in half. the council of economic advisers warns us that this $4 trillion tax hike will also lead to an economic downturn at potential recessionary headwind, noting that the impacts would disproportionally fall on young people, minorities and workers without college degrees. we have been working for more than the on legislation that prevents that out, and provides an opportunity for us to have additional tax relief, congressman bishop actually that is specifically targeted to benefit low and middle income families and workers. despite the rhetoric of fear, my credit, our credit, rhetoric about tax cut is being for billionaires and corporations, the reality of this legislation prevents a massive tax hike

across the board and overwhelmingly benefits middle-class households and job creators. according to the joint committee on taxation, this bill provides more than $600 billion, that $600 billion more of new tax relief for hard-working americans. how does it do that? $73 billion in inflation tax relief targeted at income brackets below $100,000 per year. $205 billion in tax dollars in tax relief to the 90% of taxpayers who claim the standard deduction. $93 billion in additional tax relief for seniors through a $6000 bonus exemption. $124 billion investment in children of low and middle income families in addition to the permanent double child tax credit would say that again. the permanent doubled child tax

credit. the significant tax relief we are providing to hard-working families includes permanent lower tax rates letting americans keep more of their hard-earned money permanent increased and enhanced standard deduction claimed by over 90% of taxpayers on top of making that doubled child tax credit program were also increasing it for tens of millions of families. tax relief for seniors in the form of a $6000 bonus exemption for low and middle income seniors, slashing the tax burden. no tax on tips from millions of tipped workers like waitresses, borrowers, hairstylist and taxi drivers. no tax on overtime for millions of americans hourly workers to work overtime and keep america running. no tax on auto loan interest for new cars made in the united

states allowing the hard-working families of america toll fully deduct auto loan interest on an american-made cars. enhanced 529 education savings accounts, making education expenses more affordable and accessible for families. neutral savings accounts for newborns in children setup up to the age of 18 building financial security for the next generatio generation. weit make child care more accessible and affordable for working families by enhancing the child and dependent care credit, and the dependent care assistance program. the list goes on and on. we extend a family medical leave credit and expand health savings and accounts for health care expenses. we repeal onerous irs reporting requirements on gig workers, reduce the paperwork burden for small businesses, and much more. and all of this just on the

individual side of the code. the business side of the tax code has the potential to generate phenomenal economic growth. when my republican colleagues and i began talking how to best extend and enhance the tax cuts and jobs act, we agreed one of our top priorities was to make it permanent. the reforms were made in 2017 including lower rates for corporations and small business owners along with the international tax reforms increased domestic investment, boosted economic growth, and increased take-home pay. a growing economy powered a strong labor market. workers saw record wage growth in the unemployment rate fell dramatically to the lowest in 50 years at 3.5%. corporate inversions which used to be debate endlessly were endless -- became a thing of the past.

they literally ended. and america became the place to do business again. capital formation exploded in the united states. restoring these critical business privations and making them permanent is a key to driving additional growth and investment in the united states. for businesses that. >> investment and economic activity across the country, this bill makes the 20% small business deduction permanent, enabling job creation and spurring local economic activity. restores and makes permanent hole expensing for domestic research and development encouraging domestic innovation. restores and makes permanent full expensing for new capital investments like machinery and equipment used in domestic production. restores a makes permanent interest deductibility helping to finance critical domestic investments and keep american

globally competitive. it includes full expensive new factories and factory improvements toer accelerate domestic manufacturing. her middle in renews and opportunity zone program driving 100 plus billion dollars of investment to rural and distressed communities. according to the tax foundation permanence for the bills four cost recovery provisions i just reviewed with more than double the long-run economic effect. the national association of manufacturers predicts $248 million in economic growth will come from the manufacturing sector alone along with over 1 million jobs and over 100 billion in new wages. the national federation of independent businesses says making the small business deduction permanent will create 1.2 million jobs over ten years, growing to 2.4 million jobs in the long run. that growth also means more

federal revenue, created right along theth way. and the council economic advisers estimates the tax legislation alone, this tax legislation alone will drive more than $2 trillion in offsetting deficit reduction thanks to permit provisions of our economic growth and incentivize investment. over a ten year window with this legislation in effect the council of economic advisers estimates that debt as a share of gdp will fall the 94% compared to 117% if the trump tax cuts expire. this chart is important look at. this is what happens to our deficit if we passed this tax legislation and grow our economy. and this is what happens if we don't. the red line is what happens if we don't. over a ten year window with this legislation effect as this

chart shows, the estimate is 94% compared to 117% if the tax, trump tax cuts expire. so why my colleagues on the other side complain and complain that we will not let taxes go up, this is what will happen if they do go up. far from adding to the deficit. this legislation will finally put us on a sound financial footing as we power growth and curb spending. for those who claim that this bill at over 4 trillion to the deficit it bears repeating. preventing a $4 trillion tax hike is not the same as deficit spending. and those who say that we should let a $4 trillion tax hike go into effect to pay down the national debt, every tax increase that kolb says adopted for its long as i can remember was not used to pay down the national debt. was used to increase spending. that's exactly what is going to

happen if the democrats have their way and force this tax hike to happen. it was used by congress to spend more money, not to reduce debt. extending current tax policy means tax revenue as a percent of gdp will remain relatively unchanged. we do not have a revenue problem in america. we have a spending problem. that's why we ask jct to score this legislation and a more realistic scenario using a current policy baseline. the council of economic advisers estimates making the trump tax cuts permanent combined with other trump administration pro growth policies like regulatory reform and so forth, it will increase federal revenues by more than $4 trillion, or more than offsetting any deficit estimate. when combined with the 1.6 trillion in spending reductions,

this bill represents historic savings for taxpayers, far exceeding the spending reduction in the past i have hundreds of billions of dollars. when i look at this chart, i talked a lot about tax cuts and protecting against tax increases and economic growth that happens from that. but reducing state spin ir critical priority that we must address here in addition to the pro-growth tax policy that i. just described we cut spending by $1.6 trillion. this chart shows how of the bills have try to take a shot at reducing spending in the past. we far exceed any spending reduction bill that congress has ever passed it we are paying attention to the revenue side and we are paying attention to the spending side. to achieve this record level of savings we are slashing president biden's green new deal spending and promoting an

america first energy policy. we are eliminating hundreds of billions of dollars of the green new deal subsidies, , including ending wasteful credits like the ev tax credit. we stop penalizing fossil fuels in favor of unreliable and expensive green energy, and it said support consistent energy sources, making energy affordable again. we are also rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in federal spending programs as my colleague from south carolina mentioned like those that we have identified in medicaid. ..

mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. hoeven, no. mr. hoeven, no. spending search inappropriate payments and an eligible enrollment along with gimmicks official reports indicate the federal government makes 543 billion dollars in inappropriate

medicaid payments from 2015 through 2024. some experts that number is kosher to $1 trillion. that is what we are addressing in this legislation. we have the responsibility to ensure programs like medicaid work efficiently and effectively and remain initially viable for those it was designed to help. for months by democrat police engaged politics and. warning republicans are going to rip the critical program for those most. let me be clear. this legislation does not take the kid away from recipients for whom the program was designed to help. children, the elderly, the disabled, adults caring children and elderly relatives are protected by bill. we do not honor our obligation to these recipients if we allow

the program to continue forcing overpopulation to compete available resources with able-bodied adults who refuse. this one other wrote in the "wall street journal" medicaid was created to help people like my son. he's 17 and severe autism and epilepsy and constant attention yet he stuck on a multiyear waiting list because able-bodied adults are competing. 1.4 million illegal aliens are receiving medicaid benefits and not likely and united states and pushing

the presiding officer: on this motion, the yeas are are 47, the nays are are 53. the motion is not agreed to. i recognize the senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: i have a motion to commit at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from massachusetts, mr. markey, moves to commit bill h.r. 1 to the committee on finance of the senate with instructions to report the same back to the senate in three days. mr. markey: i further ask further reading of the motion be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: i rise today to cut any part of this big, ugly bill that would force rural hospitals to limit their services or actually close their doors.

i have released a list of more than 300 rural hospitals across the country at risk of closing or stopping services because of any major cuts to medicare and medicaid. today, that's what republicans are guaranteeing, with a $1 trillion cut to our health care system, they would create in this bill. my republican colleagues' so-called medicaid cuts replacement fund is like giving az -- giving aspirin to a cancer patient. it is inadequate to deal with the health care crisis republicans are creating today on the senate floor. no billionaire tax break or donald trump pat on the back is worth the risk of people's lives. vote yes on this motion. stop these health care cuts. mr. crapo: mr. president. the presiding officer: i

recognize the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: mr. president, more of the politics of fear. rural hospitals and providers not only deliver essential health care services in their communities, but also strengthen local economies employing hundreds of individuals and regional business development. unfortunately, for far too long, some rural hospitals struggled to achieve financial stability, even with a wide range of targeted payment enhances. these issues preday the -- predate the reforms we're including today. let me be clear, this amendment is intended to derail this very bill. the finance committee has a long tradition of coming together on bipartisan issues, like bolstering our rural health care system. i look forward to working with all colleagues to provide rural providers from telehealth to innovative reimbursement models. today, we need to pass this esse essential legislation, and i oppose this amendment. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion.

is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. the package, still a work in progress about that. republicans decided the best avenue to generate revenue give

tax breaks eliminate coverage for 16 million americans. i will have a dramatic impact on their lives if you've ever been a young father, with the baby with a serious medical problem and no health insurance and never forget it as long as you live. as vulnerable as possible and if they consider this provision to eliminate health insurance coverage for 16 million families is unimaginable and will. even my colleagues don't want to

be here at this moment jamming this unpopular bill through and you will hear them say there's a way around that. people making 400,000 year or less and virtually eliminates two thirds of the cost and we do not take away health insurance so there are ways to do tax breaks which make sense. helping working families struggling to get by and a lot of them are. paycheck to paycheck say to them, take away health insurance

and raise the cost insurance. behind closed doors were there not provisions our political that governs the united states. we are in the process of debating the process of still in the parliamentarian's office and

what they do know is, troubling, and it should be. this bill would be a disaster for hospitals. the senate republican bill is going to invade hospitals all over the united states the most affordable. cut back on medicaid programs these are the hospitals that will close the doors and what is the impact? devastating. spindles are not only the center for emergency medical care the doctors they are a major economic force and attracted a new business to your community. good luck.

states fund their medicaid programs keep hospitals afloat in this week a republican senator detailing how much each date will lose and tax funding and take a look at my neck of the woods. iowa, $4.1 billion. missouri x $.1 billion. we were in conversation yesterday, he used the same figure and $38.9 billion.

they know what they are up against. if republicans have their way to pass this bill, hospitals will be forced to shrink or eliminate services and a major hospital had to make a decision whether to keep. they did but they eliminated the ob/gyn living babies in health addiction counseling for critical hospitals so these doctors, this bill will force hospitals to shrink or eliminate services in some cases hospitals

will close. imagine a remote area, an extra five minutes or hour in the car with somebody in the front seat in a desperate situation. as it stands, half of the rural hospitals are already operating in a dangerous zone and the same thing for children's hospital. you had one in your community that you use? i do. the board is the can't keep their doors open if republicans have their way, we are going to see massive layoffs. you are nurses and technicians and doctors and decrease quality of care. has to medicaid to impact such as jobs across the entire economy. it republican provision goes through cuts medicaid

reimbursement and tax breaks for wealthy people they would lose 5000 jobs. kansas, 6200 jobs. i will, 11000 jobs. missouri, 20000 jobs. i talked to the administrator of bjc in missouri. as such as the missouri hospital, they have services on the illinois side of the river. a third of their patients are from illinois and one third overall use medicaid to go to the hospital. he told me what would happen if this goes through. the rescue plan to sell the political problem, overall cut,

$1 trillion cutting medicaid and the rescue plan, how big is the rescue plan? $25 billion. it's a joke. it's like trying to put out a force fire with a garden hose. it simply won't work. we passed the affordable care act, 15 years ago. i think a more positive impact found a way to make insurance more affordable for families. we held hearings, 100 hearings

on the affordable care act roundtables and walkers in a combined 21 days. you know how many amendments? 400 and 80 and on the floor and not a single senator and what we have here the end of the day, 40 million americans and. today, how many hearings before us none. zero. not a single one not on this

from. until it comes to my bipartisan have basically said a big deal. take it or leave it. and americans" loanable small hospitals need republicans okay with that. i don't think the american people. i hope it prevails. we need for four senators about softness. forgot to sit down and do our cost our work. tax breaks for the wealthiest. elon musk okay in life. the wealthiest man in the world and latinos of next week is let's $346,000, a lot of money

it's an important choice and i feel the floor. >> deciding whether to vote for the big not so beautiful bill, i've asked the question, what the deficit be more or less next year? you and trust the projection that projections are.

no useful outcome and confuses for more than it clarifies and does not provide accurate estimates of long-term results and does not approve the average voter understanding policy effect. contradictions are a because a new congress is elected and changes the law. 20 projection of a ten year budget to be accurate the office has to assume the lock will change for ten years. most of the politician risk being replaced every two years and schumer state pew in washington will admit congress has a knack for starting

proposed cuts in later years, while letting spending run wild in the immediate future, because the economy grew more slowly or quickly than anticipated. a former senate aide and assistant secretary the congressional budget office the deficit last year by a trillion dollars in deciding whether to vote for any big monstrous bill it helps to ask the right questions. what will happen to the debt in 2026 if the bill passes? most favorable to us the supporters of the bill referred to as the policy based on devastating 2026 will still be

$270 billion more than this year so the math, the formulas supporters of the bill like the deficit will grow by 270 billion next year. i will the deficit grown next year? if you argue the 2017 tax cut in the calculation of tax cuts at up to $234 billion to the debt next year and new spending of $500 billion. of the ten year window.

they say it was than 500 billing, they will spend 500 billion so in order should not add to the deficit, corresponding spending cuts to counter spending. unfortunately spending cuts are backloaded to the final five years of the tenure window when taxes expired and bending increases were finished. in addition, elections occur every two years and wipe out any perceived savings that might occur in the later years. the only real certainty for the budgets in the coming future. if we analyze the bill that prospectively discovered the bill increases the debt by $500 billion in the first five years. this is not the cbo projection publicans have not like. this is the projection they 100

billing dollars is five years. 500 billion and savings. $1 trillion shipped the five-year period anybody in person with the magic of all anybody's guess brings us back to a do we have to judge the effects of the big not so beautiful bill looking at what happens to the debt next year. supporters of the bill meant that billing dollars to debt next year. that's my thing we know for certain, we know what happens three or four seven, eight, nine

or ten, we note next year this will grow the deficit by $270 billion. listen, this is the debt ceiling by $5 trillion. what does that mean? it is an admission that led they are anticipating adding more than two next year. that doesn't sound federal service to me and why i am a no. >> turning on the floor experts in the budget process former chairs and bringing embers, senator murray senate budget chair 13 .

it is a set of rules for reconciliation to try to summarize this way possible, senators voted to have a fast-track filibuster free solely for reducing the debt. and colleagues that and they wanted to do a tax bill that would create a deficit. the first ten years, this bill if it passes, is on its numbers, congressional budget.

cb is required the baseline under the assumption is that in the balanced-budget congressional budget impalement act. in response about the cost of title vii question was the answer is yes estimates the 2025 -- 2034. beyond the tenure window, the answer was yes. we are inventing a theory.

anything the 2017 tax giveaway to the cleaners put in law expired after ten years we're just going to assume it would continue and therefore continuing it doesn't cost anything. she would have continued through some magical way so the tax break for the really wealthy cost nothing. this is exactly the type of lying to ourselves 100 senators agreed to and in 1974. until this moment in the senate by this recovery majority will start lying to ourselves and the american people the bill cost

well over 3 trillion over ten years and 30 plus trillion dollars on top of. in the next 30 years we can sustain as a nation for the people of america. people are struggling to get on their feet will not affordable housing law, parent quality healthcare and had education system because every child logically it a robust economy because no government program is

better than a good job. in peril because of public and leadership lying to american people and lying to ourselves. censure murray senate chair. >> i think the senator on the budget chairs ranking members from previous years slowly important. a much bigger bike colleagues across the aisle might need a reminder.

right now republicans are pretending not to get it. how we need to address that that. they are suddenly pretending president doesn't exist today just fake amnesia norms and consequences for breaking them will disappear if they wish their they really are. my preschool students have more common sense. republicans should know if they replace massive magic and europe the senate process --

the presiding officer: is the yeas are 49. the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. thune mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the be in order for the following senators be recognized to offer amendments, motions or points of order, that the amendments be offered in order, wyden motion to commit, coons motion to commit. the presiding officer: without objection. i recognize the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i make a point of order that the pending measure contains an unfunded intergovernmental mandate and, thus, it violates section 425-a-2 of the congressional budget act of

1974. in nutrition assistance alone, this bill shifts tens of billions of dollars onto the states, creating chaos for state budgets and hardship for families. cbo's score thor this bill says this -- the nontax provisions of the substitute amendment would impose intergovernmental and private-sector mandates as defined in the unfunded mandates reform act and that the snap cost-shift provisions would cause the largest intergovernmental mandate. seriously, the largest shift in this whole bill. the largest unfunded mandate is on the backs of kids and veterans and seniors and people with disabilities. $64 billion over to the states. 44 of them have balanced budget amendments a. you know they can't pay for this. it is hurting local grocery stores and farmers. and it's all done to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy. i say to our colleagues, vote

for families over billionaires. vote for fiscal sanity over this big, beautiful, betrayal and, yes, this is an unfunded mandate. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from arkansas. mr. boozman: i rise to waive the point of order. i ask my colleagues to waive the point of order. in 2023 the snap payment exceeded 11%. amounting to more than $10 billion in misspent taxpayer dollars. this underscores the need for stronger state accountability in administering this program. this title incentivizes states to be a better steward of taxpayer dollars, to use resources that are prioritized for those most in need. if a state's payment era is below 6%, that state is exempt from any share of the cost of snap benefits.

this is a reasonable approach that will help preserve the integrity and long-term sustainability of the program. there is ample time for the states to adjust, plan, and budget. states a can also work to lower their payment rate over the next couple of years so that they would be exempt from the match altogether. i move to waive the point of order for the consideration of the pending legislation and ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks.

the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet.

$5 million adjustment. bipartisan minor and corrective. fixing a technical issue with bipartisan basis. last year speaker johnson and peter schumer agreed to direct you to escort a program in the use this will be good collaborating on a bipartisan. this is different. republicans using this is not in a lot of ways look at what time will obviously tell bill has is

right in 700 and of the on whether or not there running up the debt. we know they are running up the debt by trillions. wave a magic wand around magic numbers all day long, but reality. and telling treasury bonds and a legal debt limit of limitations

on public that the parliamentarian magic wand use of section 312 bipartisan basis we a mission.

it's never been used on the reconciliation bill is the following section 313 with specific instructions. a budget chair, committee correct technical issues on a bipartisan basis. on the reconciliation ever.mr

on the house budget committee. serving at. and the current policy baseline and republican member of the

house. here in the state senate. a little more powerful. this is very just, and they are just full of crap. they are right there bill and i strongly disagree with it.

what will told the american people helping the definitions are but there will entire plan and have a sense of how the senate numbers of the real impact and individual tax rates from the 2017 bill $2.2 trillion. the baseline, which is reality because that is what it will cost and that's what it will

cost, renew them. $83 billion. let's look at key deductions for businesses that would cost 821 billion. under the senate, especially in. seeing is this deliberate effort to mislead the american people about the deficit impact of the bill and how it will impact the debt in reno when debt goes up and we have tokl put more cost n uncle sam's credit card, it puts upwardss pressure on interest rates. will pay higher interest rates

on their mortgages, car loans and everything else so when you try to hide the deficit impact there really are trying to pull the american people and we are here to blow the whistle. want to show our colleagues something particular by the committee for responsible budget and if you look at the blue and see 2025, 2006 the blue is what senate republicans came their bill will add to the deficit. so at the end of this ten year period, what you see is senate republicans claiming their bill will at 441 billion, which is

still a big number but the real number when you do honest accounting and at, it's $4.2 trillion, a much bigger number. if you look at these orange parts starting 2029, 2030 you see they do start going on. why is that? the tax cut president trump promise start providing health tax on tips but those disappear.

if you look at the entire history to make sure 51 senators about make these permanent changes in the area specifically areas that increase the national deficit that is not only misleading the american but violating the entire structure and carve out a special reconciliation for the budget which was intended to lure deficits, not have them go on forever. if you look over a 30 year period, we are talking about 35

trillion plus additional debt that is budget violation of the rules of the united states senate. strain them so shame on the american people. i yield back my time in overtime it is spaced out what you're saying is when they put in this bill a tax break ending it doesn't cost any more in the

following. >> bears only thing the policy baseline they want to make believe about the cost and. and make it permanent but even though they say somebody else anything to provide tax cuts with no caps on tips we are facing those out. it would take care of working people and those go away fast.

tax cuts for the rich : not just for the ten years but keep going which is why is a violation of the reconciliation. >> they say if something was in law they passed in 2017 and it expires, they are pretending it doesn't expire and therefore saying it doesn't cost anything. they said it really does by so they are saving money, how are they also because of the books. >> is literal magical. the coldest fairy dust why is that here intellectual work brought and that is the bottom line, i think that are pointing

out president trump in any fighting for family. it's for welfare or housing, certainly not for nutrition but as of five or six billionaires and now you're telling me provisions to say we were helping working people are being phased out but keeping the tax breaks for leaners. >> it was right down this hall at president trump was sworn in and said it was going to be a new old nature for working people. the chart clearly shows and budget reveals it's a golden age for billionaires and people who make a lot of money in the bill to make sure the golden age for

rich people goes on forever and just small amounts for the billionaires. >> my impression is and i hope you will correct me if i'm wrong, republicans are embarrassed by the fact that they are proposing a bill to create 3 trillion in debt and over 30 trillion years and we want to say we are so embarrassed because we mentioned fiscal responsibility running for office. we are going to get the budget under control and embarrassed that there doing this cutting rooms to cut tax rates for billionaires cutting regular

healthcare 16 million people losing healthcare and on and on make it actually permanent. >> when i was budget chairman and trying to focus on impending economic nightmare through property insurance failures, what i would get nonstop regular lectures from the budget committee probably had to take responsibly for the deficit said that matter, it was vital and now we see the power to do anything using reconciliation they are raising deficit by a little bit, trillions. i'm wondering in your time, or

perhaps senator ben hollins time on the house committee favorite with such constant lecturing by wiccans about that the deficit and how critical that seems right now. >> thank you because it is stunning to me that the vast majority, all the debates and go forward smart budget for the united states, the only thing they talked about was the deficit. the only challenge was the deficit. the only time we tried to do anything they through the debt at us. pretty stunning to me now that they need to raise the debt tax

breaks to the very rich people at his to play with the numbers pretend it's not real and truly become zero and trying to pretend that this is real is very best to say fun for michael excessive i was the senior democrat ranking member of the house budget all right was chairman of the committee. we disagree on many things, and agree on many things. we both agreed to get deficit data control. we have different ideas on how to do it. want to privatize medicare host tax breaks for the rich, but keep holy grail only fighting

start going down deficit and debt. this is not a republican party not in way, shape or form. they really don't care we can see the american people so care which is why they want to engage in this file close on this, remember one of those years, i believe 2012 republican convention mother put up with that cork at the convention. i'm looking for the debt clock headed away forever, which in a way. that's what they are telling us. the bill is required to raise the debt limit by $5 trillion.

you'd additions to our deficit and makes me a little frustrated in fact to all those lectures the ranking member witnessed and senator murray chaired the budget committee, with the lectured to death by our colleagues and at the very first, they have the power to do something, they went 180 the other direction and cranking national debt for the rich people who fund their campaigns. >> i want to add one thing, it's not just that, it's the cost of

families because of the debt they are putting in place. it is not just magic numbers, real families are going to feel the coast of io estimates -- d t. mr. wyden: mr. president. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, i have a motion to commit at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from oregon, mr. wyden, moves to commit the bill, h.r. 1, to the committee on finance with instructions to report back forthwith. mr. wyden: mr. president, i ask that further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without

objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, this is a motion supported by all finance democrats to send the bill back to the finance committee to strike all the medicaid cuts and ensure that big corporations and the ultra wealthy pay their fair share in taxes. it is now clear that there is bipartisan opposition in the senate to the medicaid cuts in this bill. that's because it's the biggest medicaid cut in history and represents the largest transfer of wealth in history. it is caviar over kids, hedge funds over health care, mar-a-lago over the middle class. these medicaid cuts are going to reach down into every corner of our nation's health care system. as we've heard from rural america, rural hospitals will close their doors, seniors are going lose care and be left with fewer nursing homes and fewer nurses, kids with disabilities will lose health care. we saw them on the steps of the

capitol last night. never have i seen legislation -- the presiding officer: the senator from's time has expired. mr. wyden: -- to eligible americans. this is an opportunity to take these awful medicaid cuts off the table and find another way forward. i yield back. a senator: the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from cab cans. mr. marshall: good morning, it's great to be here. i want to share with america the great work that republicans have done on medicaid, we are protecting it, strengthening for those who need it the most. we'll make sure that your seniors in are nursing homes and that people with disabilities have medicaid. we are fiscally making medicaid more sound. only in washington, d.c., that you increase spending at a rate faster than inflation and call it a cut. we are increasing spending on this legislation, increasing funding for medicaid and preserving and protecting for those who need it the most. i urge everyone to vote no on

this amendment. thank you. the presiding officer: the question's on the motion. is this a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. and the debt does not endanger our ability to do basic programs for the entire next generation. it is wrong on every count. collectively we urge our colleagues to honor the argument they've made over time, that, in fact, they were concerned about the deficit, and were concerned about american families. because if you're concerned about the deficit and debt, about families, you must vote no

on this bill. thank you, mr. president. >> mr. president, i want to thank my colleagues. you just set the used to call themselves deficit hawks. we need to call them deficit robins. they are robbing from you to pay for the billionaires. they are no longer deficit hawks, agree? thank you. >> i think senator merkley said if you care about deficit and debt and you don't want working families to have to pay for these tax cuts for millionaires and the rich, -- [inaudible] >> i would only add my last words, watch.es everybody can watch as this goes forward because we will give the republicans a chance to reduce the increase to the debt and the deficit by peeling back just the tax cuts for the greedy billionaires. we would be voting for working class tax cuts on almost that

i'm almost certain. we have a chance to bring into stark focus to our amendments what really matters to the folks on the other side of the aisle, and that is the tax cuts for the super wealthy, for the billionaires, for the corporations that are offshoring jobs and for the biggest polluters in the country. that's where they're sweet spot is and we will expose a bad to these boats. >> for those votes we're not sure when they will start because they are redrafting provisions in this bill right now. that's how little time this senate will have to actually know what's in this thousand page bill with all kinds of special deals talked into it for various members. we will have little time because they are still writing it. those amendments my colleague from rhode island mentioned, stay tuned when a a short thoe are going to start it to a year

or start sometime later tomorrow but stay tuned and pay attention because you are going to find out who stands with families and who stands to hurt families in favor of helping millionaires. thank you. >> store from washington. >> mr. president, thank you. i think it's important the discussion we had right now about the deficit and debt but i want to talk a little bit more about this bill in general. recent kff polling shows this republican ugly betrayal bill is overwhelmingly unpopular. in fact, this thing is more underwater than the titanic. nearly two in three americans view this bill unfavorably. fact is at the nearly three and four when you learn it will take millions, billions offer health insurance. they goes up to nearly four in five when you learn it will cut

their funny to the local hospital. in other . in other words, the more the american people hear about what is actually in this big ugly betrayal bill, the more they dislike it. so with that in mind i want to be a today to say a little bit more about what is in the republicans latest version. spoiler alert. it is still big. it is still ugly and it is an absolute the trail of the people who sent us here to fight for them. the republican plan is still going to meet over 16 million people losing healthcare, patients get tiktoker aca plans, kids and struggling families will get kicked off medicaid. world hospitalshi are going to e forced to shut their doors -- rural. because republican plan is still going to mean more starving families. new redtape is is going to cut people off from their s.n.a.p.

benefits that they need to put food on the table. it is going to take away kids school meals. the republican plan still rips away support from the people in this country who are struggling the most to give away billions in tax breaks to billionaires who need help the least. in short, this latest version of republicans bill would still be one of the biggest transfers of wealth from the people at the bottom to the people at the top in our nation's history. when it comes to healthcare this republican abomination will cause millions of people to lose their insurance and see their costs skyrocket in one way or another. itmr will create mountains of nw paperwork and bureaucratic barriers that are positively meant tick tick people off their medicaid and aca coverage. there is new sabotage to the ac

healthcare markets which will mean more people losing their affordable coverage. meanwhile, there is nothing, a big fat zero, when it comes to renewing the tax credits democrats passed to lower your healthcare cost. that's right, while republicans are showering the billionaire donors in new tax breaks they will not lift a finger to extend health care tax credits that are saving millions of families thousands of dollars a year on health coverage. instead they are going to make sure people lose healthcare coverage including our seniors, people with disability, pregnant women, millions of patients rely on medicaid. let's not forget the cuts in their bill are going to shutter hospitals across the country, especially in our rural areas. do you have medicaid? medicare? employer-sponsored coverage?

regardless, republicans have some bad news for you. because it hardly matters what insurance you are on when you don't have a hospital to get care anymore. in washington state we are 14 rural hospitals that are fighting to survive and would likely close under this bill mostly in areas represented by republicans i should add. not to mention we have six rural labor and delivery units that could be forced to close their doors under this bill. do you know what's in republicans did? they made that problem worse. they put even more pressure on our rural hospitals. i'm telling you that the trail is getting bigger and uglier by the day. and this cannot get lost. republicans want to shut the door on one of the biggest healthcare providers in the country. they want to defund planned parenthood. that is wildly harmful and

wildly unpopular. it would shatter at least 200 health centers that provide a wide spectrum of care including cancer screenings, pap smears, earth control for millions of women. and let's not forget republicans are cutting nutrition assistance, too. this big ugly betrayal would make one of the biggest cuts the s.n.a.p. in history. we are talking around $200 billion cut over the next ten years. it should be obvious that that would be devastating for our country and for our kids future. and yet republicans are not giving up on taking dinner off the table, taking school lunch attitude strays all so they can shovel tax cuts at billionaires and wealthy corporations. and it is worth underscoring the new red tape in their bill is

even targeted at some of our most vulnerable families. because it expands work requirements to apply to seniors and paris with kids in school. mr. president, when my dad, world war ii veteran, pacific multiple sclerosis, lost a job. he lost his job. my mom was at home, seven kids she was raising. my dad lost his job, and then to spend, my mom had to spend some time eating some new skills so she'd go back to work and take care of her family. do you know what during that time? we had to rely on food stamps in my family to feed the seven kids in my family. but under this republican bill today, because neither of my parents had a job during those few months, my family would not be eligible for s.n.a.p. benefits. we would not have m even gotten food on her table at the worst

time in my family's life. this is wrong. thanks to this food stamps, my family to get through that rough patch and all seven of us kids grew up to give back to our community. whether it's a firefighter or middle school teacher, or even here as a united states senator. i can't emphasize enough how republicans want to cut families from s.n.a.p. and medicaid, programs that give people a hand up in hard times. why? an enormous hand out to the richest people and biggest companies in our country. all come at the same time they're making it harder to afford groceries and healthcare i should mention there also gutting energy invested in a completely chaotic way that is all but guaranteed to drive away jobs and try the energy costs for all of american families. and at the same time in this

builder giving billionaires billions of dollars. republicans are going to get students the short end of the stick. this big mess of a bill with caraway programs and protections that make it possible for many students to pursue higher education. it eliminates grad plus loans. katz families are from parent plus loan. punishes students who go into public service or a medical residency. and more. meanwhile, they are tearing down the guardrails from gutting regulations that protect students as universities commit fraud got to open opening a pandora's box for pell grants with the new loophole that will let low-quality programs suck up our taxpayer dollars. these changes are special going to hurt students from low income families and first-generation college students and our veterans. some of them will have no way to

go to college when republicans take their support away. some will be driven into predatory private loans they can't afford. and some will get lured into low-quality programs that take their money, waste taxpayer dollars, , and leave the student worse off. and if itck was enough effective education wanted to try and stop this kind of fraud and protect students. republicans will leave in about as much authority as the school hall monitor. because in this bill republicans prevent any secretary of education from making regulations that kerry at a benefit for borrowers. and it hardly matters if that is a good impact like saving students money for protecting taxpayer dollars from fraud or making higher education more accessible. republicans are going to make problems worse and make fixing them even harder.

students in this country should be outraged. i want to be perfectly clear about something. if republicans charge ahead with this big awful mess, which you seem intent on doing, they can kiss in the last shred of credibility goodbye. we just talked about when it comes to pretending they care about balancing the budget for addressing the national debt. the idea was already laughable for the entirety of the 21st century, the biggest driver of the national debt has been tax cuts that republicans championed. but now as we just talked about they want to put at least $4 trillion, that is trillions with et, on the national credit card. why? so they can shower the richest people on the planet with more money. and then there pretending all the math works and easy peasy if the only just they can do it if they keep people off healthcare

or take enough meals away from kids are close enough hospitals or better still use some of certain accounting gimmick to pretend not to pretend billions of dollars in new tax cuts for the billion or donors actually just don't cost anything. i got some bad news for republicans. the math is terrible. and so is this bill. this thing is very expensive and you don't have to take my word for it. ask the nonpartisan congressional budget office which just said the latest version of this bill will add 4 trillion to the debt with just over cottages over the next ten years. republicans want to ignore them. you can also ask the fiscal hawks can ask the committee for a responsible federal budget. they calculate that the house bill adds $5 trillion to our debt when you include interest

payments and the cost of making temporary provisions in this bill permanent. and we are told the senate bill is even less fiscally responsible. egeland agrees. this thing is not beautiful. but it is recklessly big and it won't just increase in the debt. it will blow it up. mr. president, this may very well be the most expensive bill in history. i say may because republicans are still planning changes. we have not yet the final bill. that cut out even more taxes for multinational corporations. s.n.a.p. benefits are still on the chopping block. healthcare still on the chopping block? they want to cut medicaid even more painfully. we may not know how expensive the republicans will be in the end, but we know who is paying for it.

paying for is you, working families. it is important for people to know as bad as this bill is republicans were trying to make it even worse. now democrats of infighting in every step of the way and we have notched a few important wins by challenging every single provision we possibly could under the senate rules. i want to talk about some of things democrats are successful in getting out. because if republicans had to wake up that only would this bill take away more food from our struggling families or shudder even more hospitals and kick even more people off their health insurance, it would also sold off all of our public lands. instead of just slashing cfpb funding it would've completely shattered the doors of a very important federal watchdog that protects americans from getting damp. republicans had not had the way this bill would make it easier to buy guns silencers, harder to

get your earned income tax credit or pay off your student loan. and effectively impossible to get insurance plans on the marketplace to cover abortion care. if republicans had had the way this bill would also given trump more power to deny funding to our constituents on a whim and less power for the courts to stop him. we we're talking a whole smorgasbord of really awful unpopular ideas and policies that would've hurt our families and weaken our democracy. ideas that were this close to making into this bill. but republicans did not have their way. democrats have been fighting back at every single step. we got those provisions tossed in the shredder and we're still doing our darndest to send the rest of the bill to the shredder as well. now let's be clear. when we talk about how unpopular this bill is with the american people, the reason is simple.

this bill pulls like garbage because it is garbage. that's why you should go nowhere except the trash bin. democrats are going to keep pushing back on this monstrosity with absolutely everything we've got at every step we can. we are not going to stand by as republicans shudder hospitals so the richest people in the country can build another vacation home. we are not going to sit around the republicans kick millions of people off of their insurance and raise working families premiums so corporate executives can get a bigger bonus. and we're not going to be silent as republicans take food away from struggling families so they can helper billionaires fuel up their private jets. we're going to keep speaking, we will keep pushing back and will make sure everyone knows exactly what is going on here. this bill is deeply unpopular,

that much is clear, but if republicans keep pushing for this disaster, buckle up because we are only going to keep getting louder and louder about how big this is, how ugly it is. and it's only going to get more popular fashion unpopular with the folks peckham as these provisions are enacted into this package. i'm astounded by how far some republicans are trying to stick their heads in the sand on this. one republican senator told there concern constituents, and a quote, we are all going to die. maybe that's a ing officer: on t motion, the yeas are 47, the nays are 53, the motion is not agreed to. i recognize the senator from delaware. mr. coons: mr. president, i have a motion to commit at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report it. the clerk: the senator from delaware, mr. coons moves to

commit the bill h.r. 1 to the committee on finance with instructions to report back forth with. mr. coons: i ask that the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: the truth about this big beautiful bill is that it will kick 17 million americans off their health care. this bill cuts almost al trillion dollars from medicaid and other health care programs by tying people up in red tape. republicans will tell you they're trying to improve medicaid, but the truth is they're not. it is cruel and dishonest to bury parents, kids, and seniors in paperwork and then blame them when they lose their health care all to further rig our tax code for the wealthiest. this week i met with 30 nurses from delaware many their patients couldn't come to d.c. so they did, they care for families and newborns and the disabled and their ask from us

is don't take health care away. colleagues, support this coons amendment to eliminate cruel and unnecessary red tape and allow americans to keep the health care they need and deserve. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from kansas. mr. marshall: as i look at this, the senator's motion is on work requirements. you know, back home we had a saying for people that had an aversion to work, we called it annaler ji to work. -- ann -- do you not think thata job brings purpose and meaning to life. we have 17 million men across the country working age but not working. our bill preserves and protects it for those groups, our bill makes it financially stronger so we can protect it for people in

nursing homes, pregnant women and children, let's protect medicaid for those who need it the most. i urge a no vote, and i will never apologize for encouraging people to go -- the presiding officer: the question occurs on the motion. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn.

>> thank you, mr. president. can't mr. president, i riseo oppose this partisan reconciliation bill. republicans have named it the one big, beautiful bill. but you only use that kind of time if you are trying to hide something. and here's the simple truth. this bill takes health insurance and food assistance away from millions of americans and gives

president trump's billionaire and millionaire friends giant tax cuts. this bill would provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax giveaways to the countries 902 millionaires and billionaires. while kicking 17 million americans off theirin health insurance. just way the balance. 902 beneficiaries with extraordinary tax deductions and tax benefits versus denial of healthcare the 17 million americans. it doesn't balance. despite slashing health care, somehow this bill will add trillions of dollars to our national debt. it will further weaken our

financial position in the world. it will indeed have many countries wondering if the united states is, has been since into world war ii, the place to put the resources, their investments, their reserves. this could have profound fiscal and monetary implications for the united states. and if you tied a together with the terrorists battle, we're headed -- tariff. this bill is little with outrageous special interest giveaways. and president trump's personal political priorities. for example, $7.5 billion for wealthy developers to use a luxury housing and other high-priced developments at a time when affordable housing for working families is a crisis in every state in the country.

$1.7 billion for gunmakers who will be able to sell silencers, sawed-off shotguns, short bill rifles, and other very dangerous weapons and components tax-free. making our streets more dangerous for police and for the american people. and indeed especially for the police because they are the first responders. they are the ones that are typically going to the door wondering if the person behind that door has an automatic weapon or some other weapon designed not to hunt or shoot but to kill. hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax cuts for extraordinarily wealthy oil and gas companies. and $40 million for a garden of heroes, a sculptured garden to honor president trump's favorite historical personalities.

and at the same time it slashes the budget to the consumer financial protection bureau which make sure that shady payday lenders, mortgage lenders and banks don't please american families. and in particular the military division of the cfpb protects many women in uniform of the united states. we were able to pass an interest cap of 36% active-duty personnel. and that is going to be ignored because there's no one to enforce it. and we're going to see as we have in the past our soldiers, sailors and airmen guardians exploited systematically exploited by all those little automobile shops and payday lenders and everything else that surrounds every military port,

based in this country. it's a tale as old as time. my republican colleagues showering the rich with tax benefits, and prioritizing faded industries and friends. president bush joined with a republican congress to do that. of course i opposed it. either way, when president bush did that we were projected to have over the next ten years a multi-trillion dollars surplus. of course this legislation will lead us to a multi-trillion dollars deficit. it's interesting because when i was younger republicans all associate themselves with fiscal responsibility, balanced budgets, surpluses. that's not the case.

president trump exacerbated the situation in. his first term by his grand giveaway. but this time president trump and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are depriving millions of americans of their health care coverage to pay for it. they are intent on polishing the most vulnerable americans in this bill fashion punishing dash or simply for the crime of being for. in fact, many cases despite working very long hours and being poor. i came here to congress in the senate after serving my country in the u.s. army, as the president did with great distinction in the united states navy, as a navy seal. i came here to serve my constituents and improve the lives of average americans. and i think most of my colleagues, democrats and republicans alike, came with the same goal. and according to press reports a

few of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are starting to realize that this bill is going to do great damage to their constituents. one republican colleague, said this could leave 600,000 of his constituents without healthcare coverage, and blow $838 billion hole in the state budget. that would be a devastating effect. one of the aspects of this attack on our healthcare system is there some people believe well, medicaid doesn't touch me. it certainly does. because when you detract that much with them healthcare system, what with private health insurance due? they will raise the rates. everyone will be paying more. and some won't be able to afford it. they will have to go without coverage. and that is going to be a tragedy for this country.

now, knowing the damage that this bill is going to do, one must ask why would anyone support this? this legislation is more than just numbers. i have heard from countless rhode islanders who are concerned about these cuts during meetings, in letters, when you bump into them at the grocery store, the pharmacy they been telling me about how medicaid has helped them and their family. i have been in meeting with christine from smithfield rhode island for many years. her daughter lauren was born with cystic fibrosis and has endured countless hospitalizations, procedures, medications and other challenges as she navigates life with this disease. christina, lauren, and if m have

private insurance but medicaid also helps cover the expenses not covered by private insurance for people with serious illnesses who are not able to work. when president trump and congressional republicans begin proposing these cuts to medicaid, christina told me, and i quote, lauren was born with cf, a genetic progressive disease which affects her lungs, g.i. and endocrine systems. i had no idea we carry did this gene. when lorne was born she spent a month in hospital. we almost lost her. when she was five she contracted a jury that put her in the hospital for a month and almost killed her. her lung function fell to 70%. at 13 i thought she was going to die. her hospital stays were every three months took two weeks with ivey treatments. her lung function fell to 30%.

if it weren't for the medicines, she is able to finally get her lung function back to 65% at 23 years old. she still, still suffers every day just trying to breathe is difficult. if she catches a comical, they could put her in the hospital. she has had a hard time keeping weight on and are g.i. is a disaster. she has spent hours in the back. she related diabetes always puts her in danger. everyday is rigorous treatment and medications just to stay alive. it is with the help of the nih and the fta that she is still alive. please do not make these cuts. -- fta. if medicaid is cad when she was 26, two years from now, she will have no way to pay for all of her hospitalizations, medications and treatments.

it is this simple. without medicaid she will die. we need your help. carolina from central rhode island had similar concerns for her daughter. my daughter has special needs and we rely on medicaid for her needs. not having medicaid would create a single for us. people with profound autism need lifetime 24/7 care. as you consider budget cuts it is important to me as your constituent that you were to ensure that this vulnerable population has access to the critical supports that it needs to survive. i'll be looking to you for your courage and leadership. indeed, and now we're looking across the aisle for courage and leadership to reject this flawed

bill. i received an e-mail from one constituent, she is a 71-year-old retiree on medicare. her husband is 72 with alzheimer's disease, living in a nursing home under hospice care and rely on medicaid for his healthcare. she wrote me that she was, quote, terrified at all the cuts to programs and services that she and her husband so desperately rely on. without medicaid she wonders if she or her husband would be able to continue to receive care. i also heard from diane whose daughter gets life-saving care for medicaid. diane said medicaid is important to me personally. medicaid matters to me and my family. my 15-year-old daughter suffered a brain bleed and a stroke at

the age of five. it came out of nowhere and was very unexpected. she has spent a lot of time in a hospital rehabilitation services, doctors offices, appointments, et cetera, over the past almost ten years. medicaid allows her to be home and taken care of on a daily basis. without medicaid she would not be able to receive hospital level care at home. she wouldn't have wheelchair or any other durable medical equipment. she wouldn't be able to get her life-saving medications or the nourishment she needs through her g-tube. please, i urge you to save medicaid. that only for my family but for millions of others. all of our lives depend on it. now my colleagues on the other side of the aisle may say we're not going to cut these peoples medicaid. we're just going after the fraudsters, , the freeloaders wo are not working.

now who exactly are these rosters and in freeloaders? is that the elderly patient who needs expensive nursing home care? is it the child with a serious chronic health condition? should be cut out these people access to healthcare because he can't work? they physically cannot work, or because the constant pay for the work requirements, austin shovel? let's be clear. if my colleagues were serious about eliminating fraud it would be providing states with more resources to investigate questionable clients and bad actors. medicaid coverage is not extravagant. it is a lifeline. if my colleagues were sincere in the claim that these cuts are about protecting the program quote for the people who need the most, as the majority leader has claimed, then it would be interesting this so-called savings back into medicaid

instead of blowing it on tax cuts for the well-off. instead, this bill is cutting funding to states for medicaid and states will have no choice but to pick and choose who will get access to care. but don't take my word for it. a nonpartisan congressional budget office, cbo, estimates that this bill will cost nearly 17 million americans lose their health insurance -- will cause. 17 million people. that's not fraud. it's just making it harder for people to get healthcare. on top of that even if you were one of the lucky ones who get to keep your medicaid was to be able to get it. nursing homes rely on medicaid. more than six in ten nursing home residents in rhode island are on medicaid. as medicaid funding is cut, what will nursing home to do? i imagine some left to close

their doors or dramatically reduce the number of beds. so you could be one of these fairly well-to-do rhode islanders trying to get mom and the medicaid home, vendors and why should should say, and you're willing to pay back if it's closed or there's only five beds where the used to be 20, you are going to be where in my generation grandparents were, in the living room and a hospital bed being cared for, in those days, typically by your mother. so this approach to medicaid is going to touch every aspect of american life. they say can be said about the community healthcare centers. medicaid makes up a huge portion of the operating budget for kindred health centers which provide primary, dental and behavioral care to more than 200,000 rhode islanders.

that's roughly 15 rhode islanders. it's hard enough to find a doctor now. it will only get harder if a community health center closes its doors and thousands of patients have doctor anymore. and where do all those patients end up when they can't get routine care? the emergency room. that means there would be lines out the door, and if you have a serious health event and need to get in, you better get used to waiting a long time. this is not how we health system is supposed to run. and in rhode island our health system is already on the brink people are just getting by. people are waiting in the hallways of ers for a bed upstairs. people are spending days on the phone trying to find a doctor. we should be making these things better, not worse.

but again republicans main priority seems not the physical financial health of everyday americans. it's providing massive tax cuts to president trump's billionaire and millionaire friends. there is certainly nothing wrong with being successful and there's nothing wrong with wealth. that's something that has been part of the american dream since our beginning. but what it requires is opportunity. one of the fundamental opportunities it requires is good health and good education. and what this bill will do is destroy a health care system and force the states to make dramatic cuts to the education system. we are shutting down opportunity in america. while being rich the wealthy elite.

the american dream as i believe it is about the middle class and a government that is focused on them, , not taking $1 trillion n medicaid republicans can gift to those who already have benefited from many other gifts. mr. president, let's put the enormity of this transfer of wealth in perspective. there are about 128 million households in america. yet somehow this bill gives the top one-tenth of 1% back of households at $250,000 tax cut. i give way that is over three times larger than with the median american household makes in a year here when confronted with this, republicans consistently tried to hide the ball. middle and working class

americans are getting tax cuts, too, they say. who cares if the rich get richer? well, the senate bill raises taxes on the lowest income americans, the same families from the republicans are ripping away healthcare and other benefits. while we are voting on this bill without a full analysis of its impact on households, the congressional budget office found that the house-passed version would take around $1600 away from these lowest income households each year after accounting for tax changes and benefit cuts. it's not just low-income americans. researchers at penn wharton school of business has found that most americans lose money under the house bill. i want to be crystal clear. we need to reform our tax care system pressure we need to make it more fair for working americans, not just for the

ultra-wealthy. we hear from people so often that government is broken. they are right. our tax system is unfair and each reform. but giving the top one-tenth of 1% of americans an extra quarter million dollars every year is not fixing the government. it's just adding to the sense of unfairness and brokenness that so many citizens feel. we can do a bipartisan tax bill that is both fully paid for and that helps average americans. in fact, we almost did that last summer. when the house passed a tax bill, 357 to 70 that would extend the child tax credit and reinstated tax cuts to businesses without increasing the deficit. 48 bipartisan senators voted for the bill in this very chamber. but it was blocked because republican leaders wanted to

pass something like this bill before us today. my republican colleagues have drafted a bill that is neither paid for their helps most americans. worst of all their chosen to take from the poor and the middle class and working class to give to billionaires. this bill is very bad policy. it's almost un-american if you believe that the essence of america as expressed by one of our greatest presidents, abraham lincoln, was to give every person a fair chance. this bill denies that chance to millions and millions of americans, while enhancing and filling the pockets of the wealthiest. and i oppose it. i yield the floor. >> mr. president?

>> the senator from michigan. >> thank you. i'm honored to follow my colleague senator reed and he is absolutely right that this bill is almost un-american. in fact, i visit it is un-american because it is so destructive to the middle class, to healthcare, education, the basic fairness and decency and our great country, the greatest country history of the world. it would balloon the debt and the deficit by $4 trillion and yet my republican colleagues have sought to disguise and hide that reprehensible pain and damage to the american system. it would cut medicaid by 930 billion which means billions in cuts for connecticut, hundreds of thousands of connecticut children and families off medicaid, food

nutrition shredded, and student loans decimated. these kinds of impacts on connecticut are mirrored through the whole country. the american people are beginning to get it. that's why this bill, the so-called one big, beautiful bill, is so deeply unpopular. in fact, by two to one majority. and i want to talk that only about connecticut but two of the states that are represented by colleagues here. their so-called red states. but make no mistake, this bill is seismically catastrophic not just for connecticut but for the whole country and for louisiana, where this measure, if it is passed, will mean that my

colleagues from louisiana are voting to kick roughly 250,000 people in their state of health insurance. they will be voting for a bill that could close 33 rural hospitals in the state alone and cost their states healthcare providers $588 million for services that newly insured patients simply will not be able to pay back. their state program would lose $4 billion. that's louisiana alone. in funding. these numbers are staggering. and they are the reason that every major health system in louisiana is opposing this bill. just yesterday they sent a letter warning that cuts in this bill, and according to lewis in healthcare providers here, quote, would be in the

devastation and warrant our shared advocacy to protect our patients and the care we provide them in hospitals and clinics. i could go on about louisiana. i'm going to abbreviate my remarks and put my full statement in the record if there's no objection, mr. president. >> without objection. >> but this bill also yeas are . the nays are 52. the motion is not agreed to. mr. barrasso: mr. president. the presiding officer: i recognize the majority whip bar i ask unanimous consent that -- to be order for the following senators to be recognized to offer amendments, motions, or points of order, the amendments be reported by number with no amendments in order prior to a vote in relation to the amendments or motions. number one, lujan, motion to commit. number two, reed, motion to commit. the presiding officer: without objection. i recognize the senator from new

mexico. a senator: i have a motion to commit at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senator from new mexico, mr. lujan moves to commit the bill h.r.1 to the committee on finance with introductions -- instructions to report back forthwith. mr. lujan: recently a republican colleague said regarding this bill snap cuts, quote, if we don't watch out, people are going to get hurt. he's right. people are going to get hurt. for the past 50 years, the united states of america has maintained a bipartisan promise to feed our children, our veterans, our seniors and our working families. this bill betrays that promise. it cuts more than $1 trillion from medicaid, snap, cuts that will harm all of our constituents. with this motion i'm offering my colleagues the opportunity to step away from these devastating cuts, to show our fellow americans that in this country,

we care for our friends, family, and neighbors who need support. i hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle can agree that this is a promise worth keeping. i yield back. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: i recognize the senator from arkansas. mr. boozman: i rise in opposition to the motion raised by my colleague from new mexico. the agriculture title of this bill takes a practical approach to improve snap by reducing waste, enhancing accountability, and encouraging recipients to move towards self-reliance through work and training. snap spending has nearly doubled since 2018. putting this vital program on an unsustainable path wrought with mismanagement and waste. this program has evolved -- as in -- enrolling more individuals

to be dependent on government assistance. snap is long overdue for change. this motion would jeopardize the ability for the senate to meet its reconciliation instructions and deliver the president's agenda to the american people. i urge my colleagues to vote no. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. simply will not let them support a bill that does such a board damage to the american middle class of the american way of life, american values and i'm proud to stand here. i wish we work here, going all

night into monday morning but i'm proud to stand there with my colleagues. i just wish my republican colleagues were on the same side of these issues because they're going to go home and they'll have to say that in face of and families who will be hurt so deeply by this bill. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> senator from washington. >> mr. president, i rise to ask my colleagues to turn down this legislation in front of us, to reject it and it's that work together on fiscal policy that would help us by growing our economy more successfully and not devastating to our constituents. before i start out what to think the officer for speaking up about not selling public lands. i very much appreciate his voice in that debate and critical but we were able to successfully get that out of this legislation.

i want to work across out to talk about these policies so that we can move our country forward in a competitive fashion. but i'm afraid what we have in front of us is not the answer to what weight america competitive, particularly at a time when we are putting tariffs on american imported products, when we're basically get into a trade war, and when we are devastating but i think is the underpinning of the economy of today. that is an information age innovation economy. here are devastating all of our investments, in an age, in nsf and in the competitiveness and we just implemented in the ira and the chips and science act that is making us the envy of countries around the world for innovation. we do have great capital markets and those capital markets help us innovate and i think some of my colleagues think well, we

have a promise to families here to give them a tax break. while many of us would support that, you are asking us also to give tax breaks to big corporations if for they cant their tax break. and that we don't like. we don't like it because it raises the cost on everybody. and that cost for middle-class and low income people will be devastating. particularly at a time when we continue with the tariff policy. this bill would make the entire healthcare system less responsive and more expensive for everyone by dispelling medicaid and shifting more of the cost burden onto states and threatening the very existence of rural hospitals. this bill also sell spectrum out from under our national defense and safety agencies, and force the states to choose between protecting their citizens from

dangers ai or providing broadband service, and it gives away a breaks to companies like meta, facebook or google or unsure at this point in time don't really need that additional tax break. clearly though the most egregious and certainly most destructive part of the bill of this reconciliation is the changes to healthcare. the fact that 17 million people will be uninsured and raise the cost and everyone. this is from the congressional budget office. we don't need to be raising healthcare costs on our constituents. the cbo analysis revealed that tasty negotiated updates by republicans discussed on behind closed doors early saturday morning added that $130 billion in medicaid cuts to the bill. that's a whopping 930 billion in total medicaid cuts.

that is how cbo got to this number of 17 million people. the challenge is nobody marked of the bill in committee. nobody even had a hearing or summary presented this information. no, this is all being changed on a daily basis and everybody is trying to catch up. but we what we are rules and do is for constituents and make sure that we know the impacts. the impacts of the 17 million people will be severe cuts felt in every corner in the united states.mr state governments be the first to feel the tsunami of guts, and unlike the federal government they must balance the budget so they can't borrow the money to make up for the deficit. in our state, the state of washington, our governor and legislators have to grapple with an estimated $3 billion shortfall that this would bring to them as a result of this many

people losing coverage. yesterday i held a virtual press conference with a group of republican state representatives, a republican state representative ray ward who does also happens toy. be a physician warned that these cuts will about to $1 billion budget deficit per year in the state of utah here that budget shortfall forces his state government to make some very difficult decisions. they have to decide whether to cut reimbursements to providers, cut medical services, cut or people off of the roles are make drastic measures like increasing everyone's taxes. kevin and steve, one of them is executive director of the association of county commissioners of north carolina and the other, a missouri representative basically said as county government leaders and state leaders they're worried that this bill