Ron Wyden Attempts To 'Strike All Of The Medicaid Cuts' From Big Beautiful Bill, Then Marshall Responds

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During Senate floor debate, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) slammed the Big Beautiful Bill and moved to recommit the legislation to committee before Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) opposed him.

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00:00The clerk will report.

00:02Senator from Oregon, Mr. Wyden, moves to commit the Bill H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance

00:07with instructions to report back forthwith.

00:10Mr. President, I ask that further reading of the motion be dispensed with.

00:14Without objection.

00:16Mr. President, this is a motion supported by all finance Democrats to send the bill

00:21back to the Finance Committee to strike all the Medicaid cuts and ensure that big corporations

00:27and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share in taxes.

00:30It is now clear that there is bipartisan opposition in the Senate to the Medicaid cuts in this bill.

00:39That's because it's the biggest Medicaid cut in history and represents the largest transfer of wealth in history.

00:47It is caviar over kids, hedge funds over health care, Mar-a-Lago over the middle class.

00:55These Medicaid cuts are going to reach down into every corner of our nation's health care system.

01:00As we've heard from rural America, rural hospitals will close their doors.

01:04Seniors are going to lose care at home and be left with fewer nursing homes and fewer nurses.

01:10Kids with disabilities will lose health care.

01:13We saw them on the steps of the Capitol last night.

01:16Never have I seen legislation focused on denying health care to eligible Americans.

01:22This amendment is an opportunity to take these awful Medicaid cuts off the table and find another way forward.

01:29I yield back.

01:30Mr. President.

01:31I recognize the Senator from Kansas.

01:33Mr. President, good morning.

01:34It's great to be here.

01:35I just want to share with America the great work that Republicans have done on Medicaid,

01:40that we're preserving it, we're protecting it, we're strengthening it for those who need it the most.

01:45We're going to make sure that your seniors in nursing homes, that pregnant women, that children,

01:50that people with disabilities have Medicaid in the future.

01:53We are fiscally making Medicaid more sound.

01:56You know, it's only in Washington, D.C. that you increase spending at a rate faster than inflation,

02:01and you call it a cut.

02:02So we're increasing spending on this legislation.

02:05We're increasing funding for Medicaid.

02:07We are preserving and protecting it for those who need it the most.

02:10I urge everyone to vote no on this amendment.

02:15Are you...

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