Congressman Cohen Speaks and Votes Against Disastrous Budget Resolution
A tax cut for billionaires at the expense of the social safety net
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) went to the House floor Wednesday evening to speak against a Republican budget resolution aimed at requiring massive cuts to the social safety net programs in order to give a tax cut to millionaires and billionaires. The measure passed on a 216 to 214 vote this morning.
In his floor speech, Congressman Cohen said in part:
“This is about the billionaires. It’s not about the middle class. It’s not about a budget deficit because they wouldn’t have to give the money to billionaires if they gave it to decreasing the budget. This is the party that is trying to kill Social Security through the DOGE boys who are cutting out services for people who use the phone to deal with their Social Security.”
See the entire speech here.
The bill passed today sets up a House-Senate budget reconciliation process in which massive cuts will be made to programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP that people rely on to live.
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