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Veronica Escobar: “This budget bill will...explode the national debt.”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

Floor Speech on Republican Budget Plan

Published February 25, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:22

In Texas, in my state, over 4 million Texans stand to lose with the cuts that they will implement, that this bill will unlock, but with cuts to Medicaid. And it's not just that. It gets worse. This budget bill will...explode the national debt. Excuse me. Why? So that billionaires can have another yacht, another luxury home, another jet? It doesn't have to be this way. (01:22)

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Asserts that the budget bill will significantly increase the national debt.

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