In one fell swoop, Republicans passed the biggest tax break for billionaires ever seen. Paid for by ripping away health care for millions of people and taking food out of the mouths of hungry kids. This is not a big, beautiful bill at all. That’s why I moved on the floor to strike the title. It is now called the act. That’s all it’s called. But it is really the big ugly betrayal and the American people know it. This vote will haunt our Republican colleagues for years to come. Because of this bill, tens of millions will lose health insurance. Millions of jobs will disappear. People will get sick and die. Kids will go hungry. and the debt will explode to levels we have never seen. All so that the billionaires and corporate special interests get a permanent tax break. This bill is so irredeemable that one Republican literally chose to retire rather than vote yes and decimate his own state. But there were there were many many senators who felt like he did. They knew how bad it was for their states, but they didn’t have the courage. They didn’t have the backbone to vote with the people of their states. They voted in obesence to Donald Trump and his billionaire buddies because as one of the senators said, “We are all afraid.” Speaking of the Republican senators, I’m urging every House Democrat to vote no. And I’m urging Republican House members. We have six in New York. This bill clobbers New York. They should if they vote if they vote for it, they’re betraying New York. Thank you everybody.
