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Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined his Congressional Hispanic Caucus colleagues on the House Floor to call out the House Republican budget that betrays the American people by slashing vital funding to critical programs so they can give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations.

The Congressman’s full remarks can be found here.

In CA-24, 236,208 people on Medicaid are at risk of losing their health care under the House Republican budget. This includes 98,975 children under the age of 19 and 24,000 seniors over 65 in CA-24.

The House Republican budget threatens 119,000 people on the Central Coast who rely on SNAP to put food on the table.

This budget resolution also earmarks $200 billion for mass deportations, which goes far beyond violent criminals.

The Congressman’s full remarks as prepared for delivery can be found below:

“I am proud to stand here with my colleagues from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to call out the partisan Republican Budget resolution that passed last night for what it is.

“It is a rip-off of the American people.

“Their budget proposes reckless spending to support billionaires and makes every day Americans foot the bill.

“It cuts over $1 trillion dollars, including $880 billion from Medicaid, in order to partially pay for trillions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthiest people. These tax cuts would not go to help everyday Americans—instead they would go to the richest 1 percent.

“Apart from that, it also increases the deficit and the national debt to the tune of $4 trillion dollars. What happened to fiscal responsibility?

“This is a betrayal of American working, middle class families.

“There are 80 million people in this country that rely on Medicaid. In my district alone, over 236 thousand people on Medicaid are at risk of losing their health care. This includes nearly 100 thousand children and 24 thousand seniors.

“Not only that, but the budget resolution would also go after the Affordable Care Act again and is projected to raise annual health premiums by roughly $1,200 for 20 million people.

“It would force 7 million Americans to lose their insurance coverage.

“This budget resolution does nothing to deliver on the current needs of the American people.

“As inflation continues to grow and threats of trade wars persist, the cost of necessities like groceries, childcare, and housing will continue to increase, putting a greater burden on American families.

“Their budget resolution also earmarks $200 billion to supercharge mass deportations that go beyond violent criminals.

“Make no mistake, under this plan, we can expect even higher prices for food and goods. AND it further worsens our workforce shortages.

“The reality is that undocumented workers make up nearly 14 percent of construction workers — and roughly 42 percent of our agricultural workforce.

“Farm workers help feed our nation and allow grocery stores to stay in stock with affordable fruits and vegetables.

“Unfortunately, this reality is not what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to admit.

“On Monday, I offered an amendment to the budget resolution so we can move forward the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization to provide farm workers with legal status so they can continue to work on our farms in this country.

“Not only is this the right thing to do, but providing farm workers with legal status helps provide stability and keep our stores stocked with affordable groceries and domestically grown food—ALSO helping American growers.

“Instead, the Rules Committee blocked my amendment, and not a single amendment was made in order.

“We need to do better than this and deliver on lowering costs for the American people.

“I call on my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to reconsider this reckless plan that would benefit billionaires at the expense of everyday Americans.”