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Rosa DeLauro: “In effect they are stealing taxpayers dollars and we cannot…”

Featuring: Rosa DeLauro, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 3rd Congressional District

Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts

Published June 18, 2025 | Video Starts at 26:14

And we've seen a lot of these proposals that have been with a temporary restraining order or blocked, et cetera, which we keep needing to do because In effect they are stealing taxpayers dollars and we cannot allow them to get away with that. We can also deal with legislation and though we are in the minority, you may not be able to pass a piece of legislation to counter what they're doing. (26:14–26:22)

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“It would take health insurance away from at least 14 million Americans.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 06:10-06:18
“The bill would also gut Medicaid and food assistance in order to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires and the biggest…”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 06:17-06:31
“39% of almost 40% of children in this country get their health care through Medicaid.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 15:41-15:48
“The House bill that has been passed... increase[s] the deficit by over $3 trillion.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 18:03-18:03
“It will be a $45 billion cut to Medicare in 2026, $75 billion in 2034, and it totals $535 billion over the 2026 through 2034 period.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 19:01-19:19
“The proposal would cut $290 billion from nutrition assistance over the next 10 years.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 34:52-35:02
“Medicaid covers 1 in 3 adults with mental illness and nearly half of adults with opioid use disorder.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 46:18-46:26
“44% of rural hospitals operate in the red, and nearly 200 are at risk of closure.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 48:42-48:53
“President Trump and Republican allies in the Congress are pushing a gigantic tax bill that would make billionaires in America even richer.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 05:52-06:02
“It would increase the debt by $3 trillion or over $3 trillion.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 06:01-06:07
“Over 173 in Connecticut alone would lose their Medicaid coverage.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 06:39-06:46
“Medicaid, or Husky as we know it in Connecticut, is a lifeline for children, for people with disabilities, for low wage workers and seniors.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 06:46-06:56
“It's not an exaggeration to say these cuts to Medicaid will cost people their health and their lives.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 06:55-07:03
“This bill does nothing to extend the affordable health of the Affordable Care act subsidies taking affordable health care away from almost…”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 07:03-07:25
“In total, it could lead to 16 million Americans losing their health coverage and nearly 40,000 in the third congressional district.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 07:34-07:45
“With the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care act coverage, the amount of uncompensated care will skyrocket, meaning health care costs…”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 07:50-08:02
“We are hearing that and we have now seen that the Senate is considering further cuts to Medicaid to try to offset more of the cost of their…”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 08:21-08:35
“As written in the House, the bill will trigger more than $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare because the Republicans explode the…”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 08:36-08:49
“There is a law that's called pay as you go and that says if you increase the the deficit you trigger what amounts to about a 4% cut for…”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 08:49-09:07
“What kicks in is a 4% cut across the board... Medicare is affected.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 18:32-18:53
“The courts are our friends these days.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 26:02-26:05
“We've seen a lot of these proposals that have been with a temporary restraining order or blocked.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 26:04-26:12
“Though we are in the minority, you may not be able to pass a piece of legislation to counter what they're doing.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 26:26-26:32
“People are beginning to realize the consequences of these policies.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 27:05-27:10
“Social Security field offices are still going to be shut down.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 29:47-30:03
“Medicare cuts are going to be made and people are going to feel the results of that.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 32:46-32:55
“The Food stamp program is the largest anti hunger program at the federal level.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 35:02-35:11
“There is no lack of food in the United States. There is an abundance of food.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 35:17-35:25
“Almost 392,000 people in Connecticut received SNAP benefits in 2024.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 35:41-35:50
“In this district that I represent, it's almost 149,000 [people receiving SNAP benefits] in 2024.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 35:49-35:50
“That's 18% of the district [receiving SNAP benefits].”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 35:55-35:58
“34% [of SNAP recipients in her district] are 18 or younger and 13% are 65 and older.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 35:58-36:05
“We haven't seen anything that addresses the cost of living.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 38:42-38:45
“People are struggling. They're living from paycheck to paycheck.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 38:46-38:51
“The scale of these cuts to programs that keep people healthy, keep children healthy and keep people fed.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 38:54-39:05
“This doesn't only happen to one political party. This affects everybody in the United States.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 39:56-40:03
“Tariffs will raise health care costs, including prescription drug prices.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 42:37-42:51
“Pharmaceutical companies will pass on tariff costs, increasing prescription drug prices.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 42:37-42:51
“Prescription drug ingredients come from China and India.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 42:50-42:55
“Applying tariffs to Canada and Europe is mindless.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 43:21-43:26
“Medicaid pays 1 in $4 for vital mental health and substance use disorder treatment.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 45:41-45:48
“Uncompensated care costs in Connecticut will rise by nearly $488 million.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 48:30-48:38
“Republicans have a very slim margin in the House.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 49:49-49:56
“There are eight or nine [Republicans] who said that they were not going to vote for this package.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 49:57-50:02
“They won by, I believe, two votes.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 50:08-50:11
“We've got people who are on Medicaid and we cannot abandon them.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 50:16-50:22
“Senator Murkowski of Alaska said that she was unclear about doing this.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 50:21-50:36
“The bill in the Senate will have to come because it will be changed.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 51:13-51:18
“The Democrats are not at the table.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 51:24-51:26
“Our state is fighting back and the commissioner and the governor are fighting against these cuts.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 53:04-53:11
“Public opposition and outrage matters. It has already forced them to step back on several fronts.”
Connecticut Town Hall with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on Healthcare and Republican Tax Bill Impacts | Uploaded June 18, 2025 | 53:23-53:31