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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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00:01Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.
00:05I recently heard from a mom in Massachusetts, we'll call her Rachel.
00:10Her son was born three months early and then spent two years in the hospital.
00:16He is finally home, but he needs a ventilator and a feeding tube.
00:21Still his mom says he is the happiest little three-year-old in town.
00:27They have been through a lot, but they are able to get by unless this Republican budget
00:34becomes law.
00:36Medicaid pays for the daily care this little boy needs to survive.
00:41Rachel wrote, quote, we are terrified about what losing Medicaid support would mean for
00:48our family.
00:51Moms have enough to deal with.
00:53Let's leave their kids' health care alone.
00:56I yield back.
00:57The gentlewoman yields back.
01:00For what purpose does the gentleman from Wisconsin rise?
01:03Mr. Speaker, I ask you to have his consent to address the House and to revise and extend
01:07my meetings.
01:08Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.
01:12Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
01:13I rise today to recognize an exceptional man who recently celebrated 30 years of dedicated
01:18dedicated service to the veteran.
01:20To —

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