U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene and Pramila Jayapal have been forcefully speaking out against the House Republicans’ extremely destructive Trumpcare bill as it has speedily made its way through committee in the House of Representatives. These videos show them in action.
Jayapal on Republicans’ Massive Tax Cuts for the Rich
TRANSCRIPT:
Thank you, Mr. Higgins, for your leadership to prevent this unprecedented shift of wealth from working people to millionaires, billionaires and corporations.
Let us be clear that this Pay-More-For-Less bill is not a health care bill, it is a tax bill that gives $600 billion in tax cuts to the wealthiest, and is paid for on the backs of poor and middle-class households. In fact, the one basic principle that seems to be consistent in this bill is that the richer you are, the bigger your tax cut.
For instance, the top 4% of income earners who earn more than $300 million a year will get a total tax break of $275 million, or about $200,000 a year each.
Meanwhile, working families will see their benefits cut and their premiums rise.
Madam Chairman, this is America. We don’t begrudge people’s good fortune. But this bill is pure greed.
The rich get richer while 24 million people are stripped of health care. That is simply not right.
I yield back.
Suzan speaking in support of Jayapal’s motion on preserving Medicaid expansion