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'Follow The Money!': Plaskett Slams 'Lucrative Opportunities For Private Contractors' In GOP Budget
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5 months ago
During remarks on the House floor, Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) spoke about the GOP's reconciliation package.
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From the Virgin Islands, he's recognized for one minute.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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I have repeatedly told people when asked about the rationale for actions of this administration
00:09
to follow the money.
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Yesterday in the House Budget Committee, we heard alarming testimony from expert witness Robert Gordon.
00:18
He reminded of those motives in the Republicans' reconciliation bill
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when he explained the lucrative opportunities for powerful private contractors
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to profit off of the red tape and the bill created in Medicaid.
00:33
Republicans' beautiful bill for billionaires requires increased work check-ins
00:38
for people to retain that Medicaid.
00:41
For employment data, states are likely to use the work number from Equifax,
00:46
which costs over $20 per person per search.
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Under the bill, more than 18 million people would have to be checked every month.
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That equates to $360 million per month, and that is $4.32 billion per year,
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or roughly $43 billion over the bill's 10-year budget.
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Going to the vendors who make money, who are going to be processing this,
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follow the money.
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I'm going to go to sarà the money.
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But why do we think that the buying of the rubble believe this?
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We'll see all of them at this.
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So now, I'm going to look at the money.
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Let's go with a try.
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Okay.
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Let's look at the losers who take benefit from Higuaret,
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when the anni今年unt $4 billion per second,
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when you take advantage of what we see here and know what a dollar right be,
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let's look at the massive abundance,
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and then we're going to be located here.
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So remember you can see.
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When we see it.
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