McCollum Opposition to H.Con.Res.14, the Republican Budget Resolution

Mr. Speaker, the Republican’s Reckless Budget Scheme is back on the House floor today, proposing the same devastating cuts to our families and communities in exchange for massive tax breaks for Elon Musk, President Trump, and their billionaire buddies. 

I am joining every Democrat in the House and Senate in opposing this resolution.

Apparently, Republicans weren’t paying attention when Americans across the country took to the streets last weekend to tell them to keep their hands off our healthcare, our education, and food assistance for our children, our elders, and our neighbors in need. I was there speaking to my constituents, and I heard them loud and clear. 

This is not the direction the American people want our country to go.

But despite that, House Republicans are using their majority to advance an agenda that serves the wealthiest Americans at the expense of our nation’s working families. The Republican budget is a framework that instructs the Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880 billion. That level of cut is impossible without decimating Medicaid. The Agriculture Committee will have to find at least $230 billion in cuts, which threatens food assistance like SNAP even as food prices are rising. 

Let’s be clear: Republicans are using these cuts to our neighbors to offset their tax breaks for giant corporations and billionaires like Elon Musk. And even after all these cruel cuts, their budget will still burden Americans with trillions of dollars in new debt!

President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ doesn’t do anything to address the high cost of living or fix the economic mess created by the President’s trade war. In fact, it adds more burden for Minnesota families who are looking for help with the rising cost of living.

Nearly 1.3 million Minnesotans—about one quarter of our state—are covered by Medicaid. A cut of this magnitude would have severe consequences for health care access for the families, seniors, people with disabilities, and especially children who rely on this coverage. That includes 172,000 of my constituents here in the Fourth District, 90,000 of whom are children on CHIP. In our district, 54,000 Minnesotans rely on SNAP to put food on the table. SNAP assistance is particularly important to children as well as many seniors on a fixed income. The health and well-being of our communities are under attack by this Republican majority.

Mr. Speaker, I am voting no on this betrayal of our values and our constituents, and I will continue to oppose all Republican efforts to take away food, healthcare, and basic government services that Minnesotans rely on.

I yield back.