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Katherine Clark Shares Story Of Constituent Family ‘Terrified’ To Lose Medicaid Amid Budget Talks
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5/21/2025
During House floor remarks on Tuesday, Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) shared a story of a family dependent on Medicaid.
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Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.
00:05
I recently heard from a mom in Massachusetts, we'll call her Rachel.
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Her son was born three months early and then spent two years in the hospital.
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He is finally home, but he needs a ventilator and a feeding tube.
00:21
Still his mom says he is the happiest little three-year-old in town.
00:27
They have been through a lot, but they are able to get by unless this Republican budget
00:34
becomes law.
00:36
Medicaid pays for the daily care this little boy needs to survive.
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Rachel wrote, quote, we are terrified about what losing Medicaid support would mean for
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our family.
00:51
Moms have enough to deal with.
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Let's leave their kids' health care alone.
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I yield back.
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The gentlewoman yields back.
01:00
For what purpose does the gentleman from Wisconsin rise?
01:03
Mr. Speaker, I ask you to have his consent to address the House and to revise and extend
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my meetings.
01:08
Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.
01:12
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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I rise today to recognize an exceptional man who recently celebrated 30 years of dedicated
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dedicated service to the veteran.
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