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Quite frankly, what is in this reconciliation bill, you know, does more to support assassins than it does American families,
McGovern said
Oh, he doesn’t want to read it!”
Leger Fernández said with a laughYou know what? Talk to law enforcement. Talk to people who have been victims of gun violence. I know you think it’s funny, but I don’t.”
When a Republican on the committee laughed him off, the Massachusetts Democrat fired backSo that the American public knows what this bill does… Would you please read page 901, line 20?”
Leger Fernández asked Smith
It says Section 11106: Repeal of excise tax on indoor tanning services.”
Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) eventually read the provision aloudThe American people have spoken loud and clear - our public lands should not be for sale,
Athan Manuel, director of Sierra Club’s Lands Protection Program, said in a statement
It’s a brazen attempt to make it easier to commit violent crimes,
said Scanlon as she unsuccessfully tried to strip it from the bill
The House Republican budget bill passed this morning shows that anti-trans policies remain a top priority for both the party and the Trump administration,
said Imara Jones, CEO of Trans Lash Media, an independent news organization that tells the stories of transgender people
I think it’d be better if you read it,
Smith repliedMaking changes to pensions and retirement benefits in the middle of someone’s employment is wrong,
Turner said during a committee hearing on the bill last monthThe fact that they are willing to ban federally funded health care for trans people of all ages — including adults on Medicaid and children enrolled in CHIP — shows that the goal all along has been to push trans people from public life,
Jones said in a statementIf Congress passes its reconciliation bill as written, an estimated 200 Planned Parenthood health centers could close, leaving entire communities and regions without access to essential health care,
Johnson said in a statementInstead of actually helping their constituents, politicians want to stop them from getting care at Planned Parenthood health centers and impose their beliefs on everyone else,
she saidChanging the rules, especially when someone has already been vested in their benefits, is wrong,
he saidThere are certain elected officials who appear to have a certain orange hue about them,
she saidMembers of Congress from both sides of the aisle were right to throw this proposal in the trash can, but a bad bill is still a bad bill,
he said
We’re going to get back together once we see it in writing, all of us that you saw in here, do that, and make a call,
Norman added, referring to the caucus members
All you’ll get from me is a long pause.”
Josh Brecheen (R-OK), who was one of four GOP lawmakers who held up the vote in the Budget Committee, quippedThe president was incredibly helpful, and that meeting was incredible,
the South Dakota Republican addedI'm not saying anything until I see it in writing,
Norman told reporters