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                 GOP TAX SCAM HURTS WOMEN AND FAMILIES

  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join our Democratic leader 
and Democratic Women's Caucus colleagues in highlighting stories of 
women and children who would be harmed by the House Republican agenda.
  Republicans are slashing $300 billion--that is b, billion dollars--
from SNAP, in addition to cutting $700 billion from Medicaid. That is 
$1 trillion in cruel cuts from our Nation's children in order to give 
tax cuts to billionaires.
  SNAP is our Nation's most effective antihunger initiative. The 
devastating Republican cuts threaten children and families in 
California and across America who are scared and crying out for help.
  One single mom, Melissa, from California who lives in a district 
represented by one of our Republican colleagues shared that if not for 
SNAP, her family of three children every month would be running out of 
money for food. She would have zero dollars for food. She attends 
school full time and says that without SNAP they would be forced to 
rely on food giveaways or starve.
  Republicans shamelessly call this reform, but let's be clear: It is a 
sinful betrayal of the Gospel of Matthew: ``When I was hungry, you fed 
me.''
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats will never stop fighting to ensure no child is 
left behind. Hands off our Medicaid, and hands off our SNAP.

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