Congressman Al Green Issues Statement for the Record in Opposition to H.R. 1 During Debate on the Rule

July 2, 2025 Press Release (Houston, TX)— On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, Congressman Al Green issued the following statement for the record on the rule for H.R. 1: RE: Statement for the Record in Opposition to H.R. 1 During Debate on the Rule Mr. Speaker, and still I rise now, as I did during the Joint Address to Congress when I told the President and the nation that there is no mandate to cut Medicaid. The waste, fraud, and abuse argument is a façade, because no empirical evidence has been presented to justify cutting more than $1 trillion from Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act. These deep cuts will allow the richest Americans to receive, on average, an additional $30,000 annually, while the poorest Americans will lose approximately $700 annually. This legislation is a complete betrayal of the American people, extending additional tax breaks to the wealthiest individuals in this country while cutting lifesaving, urgent services for the most vulnerable among us. The cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) alone will take health care and food assistance away from millions of veterans, seniors, and families across the country. Congressional Democrats offered many amendments to ensure that critical services would not be cut. I submitted an amendment to ensure that individuals who have had their SNAP benefits stolen are able to receive a reimbursement. I also submitted an amendment which would help raise awareness of the risk of renal medullary carcinoma, an aggressive form of kidney cancer found in young individuals with the sickle cell trait. These common-sense amendments would not substantially add to the deficit, yet they were still rejected by Congressional Republicans, alongside all other amendments submitted to make this bill less cruel. With H.R. 1, President Trump and Congressional Republicans have shown that they want a billionaire bailout at the expense of working families. Sincerely, Al Green Member of Congress Scion of the Enslaved Africans – Sacrificed to Make America Great Progenitor of August and August 20th as Slavery Remembrance Month and Day