(13 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington - 13 May 2025
1. Wide of Rep. Steven Horsford speaking
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Steven Horsford, (D) Nevada:
"It's cruel. It's cruel. It's cruel to cut nutrition assistance from needy children and from seniors and from families. It's cruel to strangle Social Security and Medicare. It's cruel to take away health care from families in order to give tax breaks to billionaires. It's cruel. Donald Trump, this is not what you were elected for. I don't work for you, and I sure as hell don't work for Elon Musk. I don' work for billionaires, I work for the people in Nevada who sent me here to do a job. And that job is to make sure that their voices are heard."
3. Close of a sign reading (English) "Public Money for Public Good"
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Debbie Dingell, (D) Michigan:
"We need to make sure we're lifting the human stories. We are going to go into this committee and fight like hell and try to not let them win with what they want to do. And to strip the bullshit from what they say they are going to do and hiding from it. You cannot cut $880 billion from Medicaid and not have someone die. People will die."
5. Close of a sign reading (English) "Medicaid Cuts Kill"
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers:
"So the bottom line is this, a budget tells you priorities. And the priorities here, regardless of what the Republicans say, is to basically undermine working people. People who work hard. And give tax cuts to the rich. And that is why all of us are fighting it. People should pay their fair share of taxes in a progressive way. Those who have the most should be given the most. Those who have least, in America,
we should be helping them. This does the opposite."
7. Activist Josie Badger moving to the podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Josie Badger, activist, Family Values and Work:
"We need to be thinking about the individuals, whether they are too disabled to work, or like me, an individual who is both very disabled and am able to own businesses, to be able to be a part of society. And regardless of what some secretaries may believe, disability does not mean we cannot work or have families or date or love."
9. Wide of press conference room, end of presser
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Josie Badger, activist, Family Values and Work:
"For those of us with severe, significant disabilities like myself, I rely on literally life support, a ventilator, a wheelchair, 24-hour care. This is our lifeline. There are no others. No private insurance will pay to allow me to stay alive. We are here speaking for those others that cannot be here today. And I don't know about you, but I want to live in that America where all people are created equal, where all people have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So please, join us in talking about people, not just politics."
11. Attendees and speakers chanting (English) "Fund families, not billionaires"
STORYLINE:
House Democrats and activists joined in opposition to Donald Trump's big priority bill, tallying at least $4.9 trillion in costs so far, partly paid for with cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs used by millions of Americans.
"It's cruel," said Rep. Steven Horsford, (D) Nevada, during a press conference on Tuesday. "It's cruel to strangle Social Security and Medicare. It's cruel to take away health care from families in order to give tax breaks to billionaires. It's cruel."
"You cannot cut $880 billion from Medicaid and not have someone die. People will die," she warned.
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