Hakeem Jeffries Denounces GOP Budget Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP

Opposition to GOP Budget Proposal

• 🎯 House Republicans are pushing a reckless and extreme budget that proposes the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in American history.
• ⚠️ These proposed cuts are described as unacceptable, unconscionable, and un-American, and will negatively impact children, families, women, veterans, older Americans, and people with disabilities.

Democratic Efforts to Block Cuts

• ✊ House Democrats, led by Brendan Boyle, Frank Pallone, and Angie Craig, have initiated a discharge petition to prevent these cuts.
• 🤝 The goal is to get Republicans to stand up for Medicaid and SNAP and protect the healthcare and nutritional assistance for the American people.
• 🔍 Democrats are seeking four Republican votes to join them in stopping these proposed cuts.

Key Democratic Leaders

• 🗣️ House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Frank Pallone, Angie Craig, and Brendan Bole were present at the press briefing.
• 💡 Frank Pallone is highlighted as a champion for healthcare, and Angie Craig as the top Democrat on the ad committee. Brendan Bole is the point person on budget reconciliation.