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Hearing H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act; H. Res. 1335 – Condemning actors seeking to...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026 · Transcript · 13 transcript matches
SPEAKER_30 "And that's why I appreciate the amendment you're offering to restore the SNAP cuts. I'm on the Agriculture Committee, too, and somebody said, well, these children who are SNAP benefits, that's not because of the big, ugly bill, because those cuts, the big $200 billion cuts don't come into play until next year. The fact is, it is in part because of all the additional paperwork being required and the new work"
Hearing The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 11 transcript matches
BOYLE, BRENDAN F. "their health care beginning this December. With that, I yield the reserve. Well let's in a final minute let's just look at the facts of what has already happened. In the six months since the Big Ugly Laws enactment, more than 6,500 workers have been laid off at hospitals and 115 hospitals and clinics have shut their doors or eliminated services like maternity care, primary care or behavioral health services. The Medicaid cuts that will again occur beginning in December, they would newly expose 55 rural hospitals across 26 states to"
Hearing State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight Deficiencies.
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
PALLONE, FRANK "Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Nearly a year ago, Republicans passed their Big Ugly Bill that included the largest healthcare cuts in American"
Hearing "Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to Increase Health Care Transparency."
house Health Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
PALLONE, FRANK "We can't have a comprehensive conversation about addressing health care affordability without acknowledging the ongoing harm of the Republicans' Big Ugly Bill, and I also hope that their efforts to try to improve or expand, I guess I should say, the Big Ugly Bill, hopefully they come to naught for the sake of our health care system. With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield back. Thank you, Madam"
Hearing H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R. 9504
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript · 7 transcript matches
NEAL, RICHARD E. "Thank you. As we consider another assortment of tax administration bills, tomorrow marks one year since our colleagues on the other side of the aisle cajoled the big ugly tax law over the finish line. Just yesterday, which is becoming a regular pattern in the House of Representatives, House Republicans can no longer even keep control of the House floor long enough to commemorate the big ugly law, which incidentally is polling right now at 34 percent with the American people in terms of favorability. Just yesterday, which is becoming a regular pattern in the House of Representatives, House..."
Hearing H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H.R. 8884 – Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act; H. Res....
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
SPEAKER_36 "perfectly happy to start an illegal war to kill 13 American service members. I think giving that much money to Pete Hegseth is nuts. Then there is H.R. 8884. This bill has brought authority over Social Security disability insurance to an administration that has already shown us exactly how it treats programs working people rely on. Speaker Johnson has said Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid need to be adjusted and fixed. We all know what that means. It means cuts, and we see that in the big ugly bill. If anything, we got to be expanding Social Security disability insurance so that the..."
CRS Report
Dark Pools in Equity Trading: Policy Concerns and Recent Developments
Reports · Sep 26, 2014
The term “dark pools” generally refers to electronic stock trading platforms in which pre-trade bids and offers are not published and price information about the trade is only made public after the...
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H. Res. 1336 – Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with ...
house Rules Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"for consideration of HR 6088, the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025. We're here for an emergency meeting where the emergency is to send billions of dollars more to ICE and CBP, but our Republican colleagues are completely ignoring the food security crisis that Americans are facing, as food costs are through the roof, thanks to Trump's terrible economy, his tariff wars, his war in Iran. 48 million people in America are food insecure. More than 60,000..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"The real question is what needs to be done to ensure that students who depend on federal student loans have a system that will work for them. So instead of rushing to move the federal student aid to Treasury, we need some facts. Facts like whether or not low-income students have been denied access to college or graduate school or medical or law school because of the big ugly bill or whether students are more likely to default on the loan because of that big ugly bill. Let's get some facts. And..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"We can't have a comprehensive conversation about addressing health care affordability without acknowledging the ongoing harm of the Republicans' Big Ugly Bill, and I also hope that their efforts to try to improve or expand, I guess I should say, the Big Ugly Bill, hopefully they come to naught for the sake of our health care system. With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield back. Thank you, Madam"
Testimony SPEAKER_36
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"perfectly happy to start an illegal war to kill 13 American service members. I think giving that much money to Pete Hegseth is nuts. Then there is H.R. 8884. This bill has brought authority over Social Security disability insurance to an administration that has already shown us exactly how it treats programs working people rely on. Speaker Johnson has said Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid need to be adjusted and fixed. We all know what that means. It means cuts, and we see that in the..."
Hearing H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. 9609, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act"; H.R. 9602, "Less...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SPEAKER_06 "The real question is what needs to be done to ensure that students who depend on federal student loans have a system that will work for them. So instead of rushing to move the federal student aid to Treasury, we need some facts. Facts like whether or not low-income students have been denied access to college or graduate school or medical or law school because of the big ugly bill or whether students are more likely to default on the loan because of that big ugly bill. Let's get some facts. And we need to be, we need to have a clear understanding of what we must fix before we start moving..."
Hearing “Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
DESAULNIER, MARK "on legislation that make meaningful difference and help with the affordability for the American people, in addition to extending people's lives and decreasing the suffering by American families. Unfortunately, that has not been the case during the last 18 months. Instead, my colleagues in the administration have taken a historic step backwards through the Big Ugly Bill, which has devastated Medicaid through nearly $1 trillion in cuts and slashed hundreds of billions of dollars from food assistance programs, all to pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest amongst us. To make matters worse,..."
Hearing "To Review the Implementation of Farm Safety Net, Disaster, and Conservation Programs"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
SPEAKER_15 "I think this is really an outrageous hearing. It is outrageous for Republicans on the Agriculture Committee to try to take a victory lap over the Big Ugly Bill. I mean, we should be doing a hearing on how to fix the damage that was done to our farm economy in the Big Ugly Bill. I mean, we should be doing a hearing on how to fix the damage that was done to our farm economy in the Big Ugly"
Hearing Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MERKLEY, JEFF "The vision of the red carpet for the rich and red tape for the poor is a bad vision for America. We've already wiped out under what Trump called the big beautiful bill and we called the big ugly betrayal health care for 2 million children and 8 million people. And certainly, the 2 million children who have been booted off Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, they weren't committing health care"
Hearing H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents Opt-in Protection Act"; H.R. 8747, "K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act of...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_06 "Stripping employees of their rights and reducing their compensation is not a solution. Instead, it is a distraction from the very real harms to rural health care created by the big ugly bill, which will result in rural hospitals and clinics closing. For the sake of workers and patients, I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing H.R."
Hearing H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital Access Act; H. Con. Res. 113 – Establishing the congressional budget for the...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SCANLON, MARY GAY "Now, I have never traded stocks myself, but it's my understanding that the way you make money is when you sell the stocks. And this bill does not prohibit them from selling the stocks, and that's where the profit is made. And the public notice requirement in this bill is so weak, it wouldn't prevent the kinds of transactions that have already eroded public trust, things like a lawmaker unloading health care stocks that then promptly lost value after he voted in the big ugly bill last summer to cut Medicare funding by billions and billions of dollars. If our Republican colleagues are serious..."
Hearing “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
STANSBURY, MELANIE A. "hungry children. But over the last year and a half, we have seen one of the most dramatic increases in hunger in the modern time. In fact, recent reports have revealed that the United States is experiencing the highest rates of hunger since before the pandemic. One in five children right now are currently going without meals, one in five children in the United States. And because of the Big Ugly Bill that was passed last year on July 4th and signed into law, a report this week in ProPublica revealed that over 770,000 American children are going without meals because of the Big Ugly Bill that..."
Testimony DESAULNIER, MARK
“Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"on legislation that make meaningful difference and help with the affordability for the American people, in addition to extending people's lives and decreasing the suffering by American families. Unfortunately, that has not been the case during the last 18 months. Instead, my colleagues in the administration have taken a historic step backwards through the Big Ugly Bill, which has devastated Medicaid through nearly $1 trillion in cuts and slashed hundreds of billions of dollars from food..."
Hearing H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and H.R. 9645
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
HORSFORD, STEVEN "It wasn't about politics. It was about doing what was right for Nevada's families. That decision reduced Nevada's uninsured rate by more than five percentage points, and it extended health care coverage to roughly 135,000 Nevadans. That's why I was so disappointed to see my Republican colleagues move in the opposite direction. The changes that have been enacted through the one big, ugly bill are expected to affect health care coverage for more than 147,000 Nevadans and threaten hundreds of health care jobs all across my state. In fact, in one of the rural counties in Nye County, I don't have..."
Hearing American Global Competitiveness at 250: Legislative Proposals to Secure U.S. Technology Leadership.
house Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
CASTOR, KATHY "The Trump administration has canceled fully permitted clean energy projects and research on batteries, on solar, on wind. And then, I know this week, my Republican friends are going to celebrate the passage of the one year ago, the big, ugly bill. Well, that big, ugly bill ripped away all of the investments in clean energy technologies and projects that was going to help counter the Chinese Communist Party and others across the globe invest in our own business, invest in our own energy communities, manufacturing strategies for batteries, electric vehicles, geothermal power and industrial..."
Hearing Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Health Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
PALLONE, FRANK "However, I want to make clear to my Republican colleagues that these bills are not adequate to address the issue of health care affordability. The truth is, Republicans have created a health care affordability crisis with their Big Ugly Bill that cut health care by $1 trillion, the largest health care cut in American history, and by refusing to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credit. Now across the country, Americans are seeing their health care costs double or even triple in one year. Hospitals are closing service lines and facilities due to the Big Ugly Bill's hospital"
Testimony SPEAKER_30
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"And that's why I appreciate the amendment you're offering to restore the SNAP cuts. I'm on the Agriculture Committee, too, and somebody said, well, these children who are SNAP benefits, that's not because of the big, ugly bill, because those cuts, the big $200 billion cuts don't come into play until next year. The fact is, it is in part because of all the additional paperwork being required and the new work"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This amendment would require a GAO report on the impact of the Republicans' big ugly bill on student borrowing and repayment. Federal student aid is one of the largest investments our country makes in opportunity and economic"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"It also prevents the Department of Education and the Department of Treasury from issuing a substantially similar rule in the process. The RAS final rule was part of the regulatory process to implement the provisions in the Big Ugly Bill, which ensured that borrowers had less access to affordable repayment options, lower loan limits, and most notably, a definition of a professional degree that defined how much access someone had to graduate student"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. ...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"It's an effort to roll back one of the worst pieces of ideological legislation passed by Congress that I introduce this amendment. My amendment would prevent the bill from taking place until the federal school tax credit program created in the Big Ugly Bill is repealed. The scholarship tax credit program is a radical effort that could cost as much as $50 billion a year, more than all federal spending on K-12 education"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Almost a year after passage of the Republicans' big, ugly bill, health care prices are skyrocketing. Hospitals and clinics are closing and health care workers are being laid off. And Republicans' big, ugly bill cut Americans' health care by more than a trillion dollars and families across the country are facing the brunt of this health care"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Undoubtedly for many, this will be a burdensome and complex reporting scheme that is impossible to navigate when they need the care most and, for states, a costly and inefficient mandate that will only result in fewer people having access to care. In fact, according to the American Cancer Society, these new restrictions are, and I quote, unreasonably harsh and will be life-threatening for cancer patients. And it could even get worse as Republicans are considering another budget reconciliation..."
Testimony RUIZ, RAUL
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"when your only hospital in a rural area has closed? And now you have to drive even further during an emergency. Suddenly your risk of permanent injury or death from stroke or a heart attack has skyrocketed. So we all agree that healthcare has become unaffordable and less accessible. But we need to dig deeper to address that growing problem, especially since it has been exacerbated by Republicans fabricated healthcare crisis driven by that one big beautiful bill, better known as the big ugly..."
Testimony KELLY, ROBIN L.
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Thank you, Chair Griffith and Ranking Member DeGette for holding today's hearing, Lowering Healthcare Costs and Improving Healthcare Access for All Americans is something everyone is something everyone should be able to get behind, yet this administration has been misleading the public about their work to make health care less accessible and more expensive. A great example is passing the One Big Ugly Bill, taking away nearly $1 trillion in funding from Medicaid under the false narrative of..."
Testimony TRAHAN, LORI
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Ms. Tripoli, in your experience, what are the conditions that make a hospital vulnerable to this kind of acquisition? Yeah, it sounds like exactly the conditions that Democrats on this committee were sounding the alarm about as Republicans passed the big ugly bill, the largest cut to health care spending in history, followed up by refusing to extend the ACA tax credits that families need to keep their health care coverage. In Massachusetts, over 27,000 people have already dropped coverage..."
Testimony SPEAKER_36
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"but Donald Trump feels his power matters more than your housing costs. I mean, you can't make this up. Business stalled in the House. The rule got pulled. The floor shut down. Members were sent home early. And once again, the American people got a front row seat to Republican dysfunction. You guys control the House. You control the Senate and the White House and the Supreme Court, and you still can't govern. Which brings us to today. We are meeting on a defense bill with a trillion-dollar price..."
Testimony SPEAKER_36
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"I know things are different, but just so you know. The idea that we're going to have a resolution to celebrate the big, ugly bill is beyond me. I don't know, Ms. Van Dyne, if you go to a grocery store, prices are"
Testimony SPEAKER_36
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"And I could read for hours and hours and hours about people. That's why so many people in this country refer to it as the big ugly bill, because for the majority of people in this country, it didn't help. It hurt"
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"So when I talk to my constituents, they don't say, gosh, I wish you could go to Congress and say, attaboy, guys, thanks for passing that one big, ugly bill. They're asking us to lower costs, strengthen Social Security, and make government work better for the people, not for the billionaires. And unfortunately, neither of the bills before us here do"
Testimony DESAULNIER, MARK
“Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"That's not, that's a mixed market. So they told me if the big ugly bill went ahead, because of their payer mix now, they would have to close hospitals, and we're struggling with keeping them open. One of the wealthiest hospitals in the country. Could you sort of follow up on that, that framing of how this, to your point, this is not an issue just for the genius of the private"
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"out of control. And they want the American taxpayer to foot that bill. The same Republicans who spent years pretending to care about fiscal responsibility have suddenly decided that deficits don't matter when it comes to tax breaks for billionaires and blank checks for ICE. They've added trillions to the debt between last year's bill and this year's bill with tax giveaways to the wealthy in the big ugly bill and they want to spend billions more in this bill to fund masked and armed agents..."
Testimony SPEAKER_25
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"It's another attempt by extreme MAGA Republicans to give billions of dollars to an unaccountable Trump administration that has proven itself violent, lawless, and unbound by the Constitution. In last year's big, ugly bill, Republicans ripped food from the tables of working families and stripped health care from millions of Americans. And Chairman Arrington didn't mention that in that bill, the top 1% got a $50,000 tax cut. They are living large with $50,000 extra in their bank accounts, whereas..."
Testimony SPEAKER_25
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"hardworking folks in Virginia and Georgia have 7% less today because you smacked them in the face with a massive tariff that drove up their costs. Why did they pass that big, ugly bill? To give those massive tax cuts to the wealthy and to give DHS billions of dollars with no guardrails. We've seen what DHS has done with the money so"
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Americans are fed up. They deserve better than this, and I urge my colleagues to reject these measures, and I yield back. Thank you. We're hearing a lot of false narratives floating around today, starting with the idea that the big ugly bill passed last year has been a win for Americans, while the wealthiest in our country have received huge permanent tax breaks. That's not true for everyone. And many of the tax breaks that everyday Americans receive have been eaten up by tariff taxes and by..."
Testimony SPEAKER_32
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"and all of the members of the Rules Committee for this opportunity to present this amendment. I'm offering an amendment that will reverse all of the harmful Medicaid cuts that Republicans included in the One Big Ugly Bill that have resulted in hospitals, nursing homes, and community-based health centers all across America, particularly in rural parts of the country, from closing. The Medicaid cut in the One Big Ugly Bill is the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, threatening to rip..."
Testimony SPEAKER_32
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Those were his words. Instead, as a result of the Republican One Big Ugly Bill, Medicaid has been slashed, ripping health care away from millions of"
Testimony SPEAKER_30
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"Last week, we cut WIC by $200 million, I mean, a slight adjustment. I mean, we could fully fund WIC, and it would make really no difference in terms of the largesse that you're giving to these two unlawful agencies. And we could be talking about ending, like, making sure that pregnant women and their infants and young children don't go hungry now, or you could be focused on forward-funding ICE and CBP well into the future. Just like, what is everyone thinking here? Leader Jeffries, what impact..."
Testimony SPEAKER_32
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"I yield back. The one big, ugly bill is a disaster for hardworking American taxpayers, and it's extraordinary to me that Republicans decided to enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, Republicans decided to enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, ripping healthcare away from millions of everyday Americans and creating a situation where hospitals, nursing homes, and community-based health clinics all across America, including in your"
Testimony SPEAKER_32
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"to me that Republicans decided to enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, Republicans decided to enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, ripping healthcare away from millions of everyday Americans and creating a situation where hospitals, nursing homes, and community-based health clinics all across America, including in your districts, are on the brink of closure. And it's shocking to me that our Republican colleagues are proceeding as if it's just business as..."
Testimony SPEAKER_32
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"At the same period of time, what should shock the American people is that in that toxic piece of legislation, as Mr. McGovern has pointed out, Republicans enacted the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history. Literally, Republicans have ripped away food from hungry children, seniors, and veterans. And all of this was done in part to provide ICE and Donald Trump's violent mass deportation machine in the one big ugly bill, part one, $140 billion to brutalize and kill American..."
Testimony SPEAKER_32
H.R. 8464 – Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act; H.R. 8312 – Fraud Preven...
house Rules Committee · Jun 8, 2026
"There was an 18-year-old teenage girl who has been in Delaney Hall now for months, just short of her graduation, who had a pending case to establish her lawful right to remain in this country, along with her two U.S. citizen younger siblings, but being held in conditions that are unsanitary, unsafe, with a lack of adequate food and nutrition. That's why we've collectively called for Delaney Hall to be shut down, not funded, as Republicans are trying to do in this one big, ugly bill, Part 2...."
Testimony WARNOCK, RAPHAEL G.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Folks who don't are in trouble. And so I don't think the 1.5 million children who are food insecure as a result of the one big ugly bill are able-bodied men. And I don't think people are lined up around the block in front of food banks in"
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"The vision of the red carpet for the rich and red tape for the poor is a bad vision for America. We've already wiped out under what Trump called the big beautiful bill and we called the big ugly betrayal health care for 2 million children and 8 million people. And certainly, the 2 million children who have been booted off Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, they weren't committing health care"
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Children's Health Insurance Program. But it's not just the kids who are threatened by these cuts. The big ugly betrayal law passed last year on a partisan basis is also forcing states to slash home and community-based services for seniors and people with disability. Here's how it's affecting real people. In Minnesota, an autism therapy provider had to sell her cattle herd and lay off staff just to afford keep serving children who have nowhere else to turn. In California, because of in-home..."
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"Well, and I wanted to understand this question about children. You testified that in a short period of time 2.3 million children have come off of Medicaid because of the big beautiful bill or the big ugly betrayal as better known in most parts of the country. And yet we heard testimony from someone else saying, oh, that's just an anomaly because children are graduating out of the program faster than they come into it because of low birth rates. Is it just an anomaly or did that bill actually..."
Testimony VELÁZQUEZ, NYDIA M.
“Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Fitzpatrick. The Administration's budget proposes to eliminate funding for 15 of the 16 counseling and training programs. What evidence do you have to justify cutting these programs that assist nearly a million small businesses each year and generate billions in GDP? That wasn't a problem or a concern when you passed, and Republicans passed, the big, ugly bill. Was that an issue about not telling us what is the rationale for the Administration to cut..."
Testimony TAKANO, MARK
“Broken Trust: How the Biden-Harris DOL Leaked Confidential Informatio...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Actually, the Republicans' agenda hasn't just failed working people, it's actually caused them harm. In the years since President Trump and the congressional Republicans passed their big, ugly bill, Americans' lives have gotten more"
Testimony TORRES, NORMA J.
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and In...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 21, 2026
"relationship with Congress begins online. It is simply not acceptable to offer dial-up type service when the rest of the world is on 5G+, whether constituents are trying to identify their representative, ask for help for matters related to federal agency, track legislation, read a committed report, or understand how an amendment changes a bill. We must meet them where they are and quickly get them the information that they need. For example, regular people are not talking about HR numbers or..."
Testimony MURRAY, PATTY
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Secondly, President Trump is making this request as the Pentagon has a record-breaking $1 trillion total budget for FY26, including over $75 billion. It has an unspent money from Republicans' big ugly bill. Understand you may have mismanaged your budget, Secretary Higgseth, but you have to do your due diligence to fix the cash flow problems you've"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Stripping employees of their rights and reducing their compensation is not a solution. Instead, it is a distraction from the very real harms to rural health care created by the big ugly bill, which will result in rural hospitals and clinics closing. For the sake of workers and patients, I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing H.R."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Mr. Chairman, we very well know that health and nutrition and physical activity work in tangent, and both are key to improving lifelong health. Since the big ugly bill was signed into law last year, there's been a drastic decline in the number of children receiving SNAP benefits, with more than 700,000 children no longer participating in the"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"just by calling them independent contractors. In that case, the large health care businesses could effectively be able to divide and conquer an organizing effort effort by pushing many positions outside of the reach of the labor law. Ultimately, this bill is a distraction from the very real health care crisis in rural communities which are reeling from the aftermath that the Republican big ugly bill attack on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid coverage and professional education which which..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Full Committee Markup of Twenty-Nine Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"I'm disappointed that Ranking Member Castor's bill to speed up the process to connect power plants to the grid was not included in this markup. Our nation's grid is in crisis, and we need more power. And Republicans have made the crisis even worse, in my opinion, with their big, ugly bill that eliminated incentives to build cleaner and cheaper power. The Republican majority should work with Ranking Member Castor so we can move her bill forward soon. We will also consider two bipartisan bills..."
Testimony SCANLON, MARY GAY
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"Now, I have never traded stocks myself, but it's my understanding that the way you make money is when you sell the stocks. And this bill does not prohibit them from selling the stocks, and that's where the profit is made. And the public notice requirement in this bill is so weak, it wouldn't prevent the kinds of transactions that have already eroded public trust, things like a lawmaker unloading health care stocks that then promptly lost value after he voted in the big ugly bill last summer to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_12
H.R. 7008 – Stop Insider Trading Act; H.R. 6955 – Main Street Capital ...
house Rules Committee · Jul 20, 2026
"offered by Representative Omar, which would reverse the cuts to SNAP that were imposed by Republicans in their Big Ugly Bill. Because of the Big Ugly Bill Republicans enacted last year, over four million Americans have lost their food benefits, Because of the Big Ugly Bill Republicans enacted last year, over four million Americans have lost their food"
Testimony BOYLE, BRENDAN F.
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"their health care beginning this December. With that, I yield the reserve. Well let's in a final minute let's just look at the facts of what has already happened. In the six months since the Big Ugly Laws enactment, more than 6,500 workers have been laid off at hospitals and 115 hospitals and clinics have shut their doors or eliminated services like maternity care, primary care or behavioral health services. The Medicaid cuts that will again occur beginning in December, they would newly expose..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"The problem is that instead of focusing on lower costs for working families, the administration, the majority of this committee on the other side of the aisle have pursued policies that have made the situation worse with tariffs and wars of choice of increased costs. And the passage of the big ugly bill shows how they will cut spending. They cut health care, food assistance, and education funding while adding 4.7 trillion dollars to the national"
Testimony SPEAKER_07
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"nutrition, and education. So this amendment addresses a part of the big ugly bill that limits students access to federal student loans and eliminate repayment plans, increasing the cost of higher education for students and families. These changes include eliminating parent plus loans, ending income-driven repayment as we know it, changing student loan eligibility so fewer students will qualify, forcing students to pay interest on loans while they're still in school, slashing Pell Grant funding,..."
Testimony WATSON COLEMAN, BONNIE
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Just one month ago, the Congress gave ICE and CBP an additional $70 billion in the second reconciliation. On top of the $140 billion, they were given in the one big, ugly bill. And what has been the result of supercharging Trump's immigration terror"
Testimony OMAR, ILHAN
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My amendment would reverse the snap cuts from the big ugly bill. Congressional Republicans got what they"
Testimony CHU, JUDY
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"My amendment would prevent Republicans from doing any further damage to the Affordable Care Act than they have already by prohibiting future attempts to reduce ACA enrollment or benefits. This amendment is necessary because Republicans have spent years and taken every possible opportunity to attack the ACA and the Americans who rely on it. Their big, ugly bill slashed more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage, which has already resulted in 8 million Americans losing..."
Testimony AMO, GABE
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My amendment would reverse the energy cuts in the big ugly law that are driving up costs and making it more expensive for working families to power their homes and fuel their vehicles. Two years ago, President Trump made a promise to rapidly drive prices down. First, Trump worked with Republicans to pass his big ugly"
Testimony AMO, GABE
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"And that's on top of the roughly $4.7 trillion they added to the national debt in their big, ugly law last year. Now, look, I didn't think they could be any more indifferent to your pain, but as icing on the"
Testimony AMO, GABE
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
house Budget Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"I yield back. Mr. Chairman, the multiple times rebranded, big beautiful bill, working families tax cut act is the working families price increase act. My amendment is simple. It would reverse Trump and Republicans' big, ugly cuts that jacked up Rhode Islanders' energy bills. It would make it easier for Rhode Islanders to fill up their gas and heating oil tanks, and it would start restoring some of the roughly 1.7 million construction jobs"
Testimony HORSFORD, STEVEN
H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and ...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"It wasn't about politics. It was about doing what was right for Nevada's families. That decision reduced Nevada's uninsured rate by more than five percentage points, and it extended health care coverage to roughly 135,000 Nevadans. That's why I was so disappointed to see my Republican colleagues move in the opposite direction. The changes that have been enacted through the one big, ugly bill are expected to affect health care coverage for more than 147,000 Nevadans and threaten hundreds of..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and ...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Medicare won't have the funds to pay your hard-earned benefits. All because of the Republicans' big, ugly bill. That bill moved closer by 12 years Medicare's insolvency"
Testimony KELLY, ROBIN L.
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, Chair Griffith and Ranking Member DeGette for convening this hearing. First, I'd like to acknowledge that this hearing is being hosted in the wake of the one-year anniversary of the passage of, in my opinion, the big ugly bill, which has left already millions of Americans without access to critical"
Testimony VARGAS, JUAN
The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"And the reason for that, I think that there's been a tidal wave of harm to consumers since you've been at the CFPB, a tidal wave. Special interests are being protected and supported, just like you involved yourself in getting that one big, ugly bill passed. And you said you were going to be draining the swamp. That's what you said. You sounded here earlier, too, that you said, we, when you talk to either the royal we or you and the president are the same, you're going to be draining the"
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"on the federal issues actually affecting children across America that can actually do something, the GOP today is basically doing nothing. Nearly a year after Republicans passed the big ugly law with false promises that cuts to SNAP would not affect vulnerable people, we now know that at least 776,000 children have lost access to food assistance. A stunning 1.5 million children have lost their health insurance over the same period, and yet we're doing nothing about this other than piling on to..."
Testimony VARGAS, JUAN
The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"you, of course. Marsha, I appreciate, like everybody else, the communications that we had, and I want to be honest with you that I wish you the best success. I really do. I think if you're successful, I think the Fed will be successful, and if the Fed's successful, I think our economy will be successful. If our economy is successful, I think the American people benefit. So I'm one of the ones cheering for you, and I hope the best for you. Now, I have to say, though, I'm glad we're not..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
“Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Scho...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"My father was a member of the National Medical Association, so I'm very well aware of that good work. You're familiar with H.R. 1, the big ugly bill. Can you say how that limits opportunities to medical school and who it adversely affects? Thank you. I'm going to ask the three deans whether or not your all-state schools, is the likelihood of going into practice in an underserved area or going into an area of shortage, like primary care, should that be a factor in"
Testimony MCGOVERN, JAMES P.
H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Secur...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026
"Do you can you give us assurances that this time will be different? Do you have the votes to get this rule passed? And I also noticed that for some reason, your new rule does not include making H. Res. 1383 in order, which celebrates the one year anniversary of Republicans passing their big ugly bill, which cut Medicaid by a trillion dollars, cut SNAP by $200 billion. a trillion dollars, cut SNAP by $200 billion, I mean, cut so many essential programs by billions of"
Testimony NEAL, RICHARD E.
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"Thank you. As we consider another assortment of tax administration bills, tomorrow marks one year since our colleagues on the other side of the aisle cajoled the big ugly tax law over the finish line. Just yesterday, which is becoming a regular pattern in the House of Representatives, House Republicans can no longer even keep control of the House floor long enough to commemorate the big ugly law, which incidentally is polling right now at 34 percent with the American people in terms of..."
Testimony DOGGETT, LLOYD
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"It was a sword against Trump's enemies. The very same language came back here last year once again in this committee, buried in Trump's big, ugly bill, which Republicans are celebrating. And this committee passed it on a totally partisan vote, 26 to 19. Only after hundreds of charities across the country again raised the alarm was it quietly stripped from the bill before it reached the House"
Testimony NEAL, RICHARD E.
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"Instead, it piles on duplicative reporting requirements with no clear benefit. Once again, our colleagues are invoking the healthcare transparency as some sort of cure-all, as though more paperwork will somehow undo the damage that they're doing to our healthcare system with their big, ugly tax bill, scheduled to kick in after the November elections. It was in that bill that more than $1 trillion was cut out of the healthcare system, all to pay for tax cuts for"
Testimony NEAL, RICHARD E.
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"A distraction from the real issues hospitals in our communities are facing and the technical merits because there really are none. Americans are about to feel the Republican big ugly bill right after the November election. This is an effort to get out front of the calamity that their legislation has"
Testimony SPEAKER_14
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"It's an economic anchor and a lifeline during emergencies. At a time when rural hospitals are already facing tremendous financial pressure from rising costs and reductions in federal health care funding, which will only be exacerbated by H.R. 1, the big, ugly bill, we should be looking for ways to strengthen them, not create new burdens that could further jeopardize their future and their service to our communities. While this bill is framed as a reporting requirement, and I might add that my..."
Testimony DAVIS, DANNY K.
H.R. 9496, H.R. 9500, H.R. 9498, H.R. 9501, H.R. 9499, H.R. 7972, H.R....
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"to lower health costs or stabilize hospitals. More than 175,000 Illinoisans have lost their Medicaid, CHIP, or ACCA coverage after the GOP's big, ugly bill. Premiums for Illinoisans receiving ACCA tax cuts increased by an average of 144% this"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"of questions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. HR1, I call it the big ugly bill, was signed about a year ago. And $150 billion of the mandatory, it contained about $150 billion in mandatory defense spending, correct? Yes. Okay. My understanding is you still haven't spent, or $100 billion of"
Testimony THOMPSON, BENNIE G.
“Northern Exposure: Assessing the Evolving Threat Landscape at America...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Congressional Republicans just passed a bill giving DHS $70 billion to fund Trump's immigration agenda for the rest of his term. This is on top of the $140 billion ICE and CBP received in last year's big, ugly bill, most of which has not been spent"
Testimony CASTOR, KATHY
American Global Competitiveness at 250: Legislative Proposals to Secur...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"The Trump administration has canceled fully permitted clean energy projects and research on batteries, on solar, on wind. And then, I know this week, my Republican friends are going to celebrate the passage of the one year ago, the big, ugly bill. Well, that big, ugly bill ripped away all of the investments in clean energy technologies and projects that was going to help counter the Chinese Communist Party and others across the globe invest in our own business, invest in our own energy..."
Testimony CHU, JUDY
Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Fe...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"And unfortunately, it isn't surprising. Just one year ago, this committee spent nearly 18 hours marking up one of the most regressive pieces of legislation in modern American history, the Big Ugly Bill. Throughout the night, Democrats fought to make the bill less harmful to working"
Testimony STANSBURY, MELANIE A.
“Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"hungry children. But over the last year and a half, we have seen one of the most dramatic increases in hunger in the modern time. In fact, recent reports have revealed that the United States is experiencing the highest rates of hunger since before the pandemic. One in five children right now are currently going without meals, one in five children in the United States. And because of the Big Ugly Bill that was passed last year on July 4th and signed into law, a report this week in ProPublica..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Nearly a year ago, Republicans passed their Big Ugly Bill that included the largest healthcare cuts in American"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"and unfortunately, this is just the beginning. During the markup of the Big Ugly Bill, committee Republicans repeatedly insisted that the cuts wouldn't hurt patients and would only affect waste, fraud, and abuse in the program, but that has proven to be completely false, and they knew that. You cannot cut healthcare by a trillion dollars and not impact millions of people's"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Even cancer patients are under attack by Republican cuts to their healthcare. The Republicans' Big Ugly Bill was never going to strengthen Medicaid as they claimed. It was just another step in the Republican campaign to dismantle"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Well, they're wrong. We're not standing for that. The attacks on healthcare don't stop with the Big Ugly Bill. Department of Justice just ripped up decades worth of guidance and precedent that helped keep those with disabilities out of institutions. And the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has selectively abandoned its practice of working in partnership with states to administer the Medicaid"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Huge waste of money. The combination of the Republicans' big, ugly bill and the politically motivated cuts by CMS put states in an impossible situation. And patients are already paying the"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Republicans' big, ugly bill cut health care by a trillion dollars, and then the Trump administration launched a campaign to cut health care to blue states even"
Testimony TRAHAN, LORI
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Mr. Bassiri, last year, New York State Comptroller Dean Apley stated that the total cost of the Republicans' Big Ugly Bill to New York State would be $13 billion annually, including the administrative costs of implementation. The Medical Society of New York projected that the bill will increase administrative costs to the state by at least"
Testimony TRAHAN, LORI
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"What resources has your state had to deploy to ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries aren't thrown off their care because of H.R. 1? I appreciate all that, but like resources are not infinite, which is why I asked the question. I think Democrats warned that the red tape requirements in the big ugly bill will divert millions of dollars from health care to administrative overhead. Mr. Chair, I'd like to submit a document for the"
Testimony TRAHAN, LORI
State Medicaid Program Integrity: Examining Fraud Risks and Oversight ...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"And 88 percent of those administrative costs were paid by federal taxpayers. Dr. Connolly, last August, Minnesota's Department of Human Services shared that new requirements from the big ugly bill could potentially increase state, local, and tribal administrative spending by $165 million annually. What do patients lose when federal Medicaid dollars are diverted from health care to setting up new administrative"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"However, I want to make clear to my Republican colleagues that these bills are not adequate to address the issue of health care affordability. The truth is, Republicans have created a health care affordability crisis with their Big Ugly Bill that cut health care by $1 trillion, the largest health care cut in American history, and by refusing to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credit. Now across the country, Americans are seeing their health care costs double or even triple in one year...."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
"To Review the Implementation of Farm Safety Net, Disaster, and Conser...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"I think this is really an outrageous hearing. It is outrageous for Republicans on the Agriculture Committee to try to take a victory lap over the Big Ugly Bill. I mean, we should be doing a hearing on how to fix the damage that was done to our farm economy in the Big Ugly Bill. I mean, we should be doing a hearing on how to fix the damage that was done to our farm economy in the Big Ugly"
Testimony SPEAKER_15
"To Review the Implementation of Farm Safety Net, Disaster, and Conser...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"I mean, these genies are not going back in the bottle anytime soon. And with all this going on, what is it the Republicans in Congress are so proud of? The Big Ugly Bill. I mean, the largest upward wealth transfer in American history, kicking an additional four million people off of food assistance, making hunger worse for 800,000 children. Republicans in Congress basically said, sure, we can help some farmers, but only by increasing"
Testimony SPEAKER_15
"To Review the Implementation of Farm Safety Net, Disaster, and Conser...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"It is shameful. It is unconscionable that that is the reality in the United States of America, the richest country in the history of the world. And the idea that we are here not trying to prevent this catastrophe from happening, not trying to address the real impacts on our farm community that come directly from the Big Ugly Bill, I think, again, is outrageous. We need to do better. We need to get our heads into reality and understand what farmers are going through in this country, what..."
Testimony SCOTT, ROBERT C. "BOBBY"
"Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, an...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"especially when many school jurisdictions are already strapped for resources and funding. It cannot be left unsaid that the Republicans' big, ugly bill only exacerbated the educational challenges facing this nation. Parents don't care about what nicknames teachers use or what rainbows may be in the"
Testimony MARSHALL, ROGER
An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"I think, mainly due to input cost. And we do need some more help, I'm afraid. We need to help more. What does that look like to you, whether it's more fertilizer, like Senator Klobuchar pointed out, some monies towards those projects? Tell me a little bit more about what you feel the need is and what we need to do to replenish the CCC. Gil, let's kind of probably finish on this screw worm. First of all, I think it's important Americans realize there's no threat to the food supply. And trying to..."
Hearing H. Res. 1336 – Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee...
house Rules Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SCANLON, MARY GAY "for consideration of HR 6088, the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025. We're here for an emergency meeting where the emergency is to send billions of dollars more to ICE and CBP, but our Republican colleagues are completely ignoring the food security crisis that Americans are facing, as food costs are through the roof, thanks to Trump's terrible economy, his tariff wars, his war in Iran. 48 million people in America are food insecure. More than 60,000 Pennsylvanians have already lost SNAP coverage because of the paperwork requirements that were pushed through..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026".
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript
WARNOCK, RAPHAEL G. "Folks who don't are in trouble. And so I don't think the 1.5 million children who are food insecure as a result of the one big ugly bill are able-bodied men. And I don't think people are lined up around the block in front of food banks in"
Hearing “Oversight of SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
VELÁZQUEZ, NYDIA M. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Fitzpatrick. The Administration's budget proposes to eliminate funding for 15 of the 16 counseling and training programs. What evidence do you have to justify cutting these programs that assist nearly a million small businesses each year and generate billions in GDP? That wasn't a problem or a concern when you passed, and Republicans passed, the big, ugly bill. Was that an issue about not telling us what is the rationale for the Administration to cut all those programs? But you can't fund cutting taxes for the billionaires in this country. The..."
Hearing “Broken Trust: How the Biden-Harris DOL Leaked Confidential Information”
house Workforce Protections Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
TAKANO, MARK "Actually, the Republicans' agenda hasn't just failed working people, it's actually caused them harm. In the years since President Trump and the congressional Republicans passed their big, ugly bill, Americans' lives have gotten more"
Hearing Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation Hearing: “Modernizing Public Access to Legislative Data and...
house Modernization and Innovation Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
TORRES, NORMA J. "relationship with Congress begins online. It is simply not acceptable to offer dial-up type service when the rest of the world is on 5G+, whether constituents are trying to identify their representative, ask for help for matters related to federal agency, track legislation, read a committed report, or understand how an amendment changes a bill. We must meet them where they are and quickly get them the information that they need. For example, regular people are not talking about HR numbers or the technical names of bills or acronyms. The Big Ugly Bill technical name is an act to provide for..."
Hearing Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding request of June 24, 2026.
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
MURRAY, PATTY "Secondly, President Trump is making this request as the Pentagon has a record-breaking $1 trillion total budget for FY26, including over $75 billion. It has an unspent money from Republicans' big ugly bill. Understand you may have mismanaged your budget, Secretary Higgseth, but you have to do your due diligence to fix the cash flow problems you've"
Hearing Full Committee Markup of Twenty-Nine Pieces of Legislation
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jul 20, 2026 · Transcript
PALLONE, FRANK "I'm disappointed that Ranking Member Castor's bill to speed up the process to connect power plants to the grid was not included in this markup. Our nation's grid is in crisis, and we need more power. And Republicans have made the crisis even worse, in my opinion, with their big, ugly bill that eliminated incentives to build cleaner and cheaper power. The Republican majority should work with Ranking Member Castor so we can move her bill forward soon. We will also consider two bipartisan bills out of our Environment Subcommittee. They represent a shared commitment to finding creative and..."
Hearing Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role in Advancing U.S. Drug Development.
house Health Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
KELLY, ROBIN L. "Thank you, Chair Griffith and Ranking Member DeGette for convening this hearing. First, I'd like to acknowledge that this hearing is being hosted in the wake of the one-year anniversary of the passage of, in my opinion, the big ugly bill, which has left already millions of Americans without access to critical"
Hearing The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
VARGAS, JUAN "And the reason for that, I think that there's been a tidal wave of harm to consumers since you've been at the CFPB, a tidal wave. Special interests are being protected and supported, just like you involved yourself in getting that one big, ugly bill passed. And you said you were going to be draining the swamp. That's what you said. You sounded here earlier, too, that you said, we, when you talk to either the royal we or you and the president are the same, you're going to be draining the"
Hearing H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
RASKIN, JAMIE "on the federal issues actually affecting children across America that can actually do something, the GOP today is basically doing nothing. Nearly a year after Republicans passed the big ugly law with false promises that cuts to SNAP would not affect vulnerable people, we now know that at least 776,000 children have lost access to food assistance. A stunning 1.5 million children have lost their health insurance over the same period, and yet we're doing nothing about this other than piling on to the criminal law that the majority already passed to throw"
Hearing The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report
house Financial Services Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
VARGAS, JUAN "you, of course. Marsha, I appreciate, like everybody else, the communications that we had, and I want to be honest with you that I wish you the best success. I really do. I think if you're successful, I think the Fed will be successful, and if the Fed's successful, I think our economy will be successful. If our economy is successful, I think the American people benefit. So I'm one of the ones cheering for you, and I hope the best for you. Now, I have to say, though, I'm glad we're not litigating the past, though it seems that a lot of my colleagues like to. We talk about the past, Chair, and..."
Hearing “Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Schools”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_08 "My father was a member of the National Medical Association, so I'm very well aware of that good work. You're familiar with H.R. 1, the big ugly bill. Can you say how that limits opportunities to medical school and who it adversely affects? Thank you. I'm going to ask the three deans whether or not your all-state schools, is the likelihood of going into practice in an underserved area or going into an area of shortage, like primary care, should that be a factor in"
Hearing H.R. 139 – Sunshine Protection Act of 2025; H.R. 8595 – National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027;...
house Rules Committee · Jul 13, 2026 · Transcript
MCGOVERN, JAMES P. "Do you can you give us assurances that this time will be different? Do you have the votes to get this rule passed? And I also noticed that for some reason, your new rule does not include making H. Res. 1383 in order, which celebrates the one year anniversary of Republicans passing their big ugly bill, which cut Medicaid by a trillion dollars, cut SNAP by $200 billion. a trillion dollars, cut SNAP by $200 billion, I mean, cut so many essential programs by billions of"
Hearing Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_10 "of questions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. HR1, I call it the big ugly bill, was signed about a year ago. And $150 billion of the mandatory, it contained about $150 billion in mandatory defense spending, correct? Yes. Okay. My understanding is you still haven't spent, or $100 billion of"
Hearing “Northern Exposure: Assessing the Evolving Threat Landscape at America's Northern Border”
house Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
THOMPSON, BENNIE G. "Congressional Republicans just passed a bill giving DHS $70 billion to fund Trump's immigration agenda for the rest of his term. This is on top of the $140 billion ICE and CBP received in last year's big, ugly bill, most of which has not been spent"
Hearing Full Committee Hearing on The Growing Business of Sports: Reviewing Federal Tax Policy in the Multibillion-Dollar Industry
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
CHU, JUDY "And unfortunately, it isn't surprising. Just one year ago, this committee spent nearly 18 hours marking up one of the most regressive pieces of legislation in modern American history, the Big Ugly Bill. Throughout the night, Democrats fought to make the bill less harmful to working"
Hearing "Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, and Legal Abuses in America’s Schools"
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
SCOTT, ROBERT C. "BOBBY" "especially when many school jurisdictions are already strapped for resources and funding. It cannot be left unsaid that the Republicans' big, ugly bill only exacerbated the educational challenges facing this nation. Parents don't care about what nicknames teachers use or what rainbows may be in the"
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
MARSHALL, ROGER "I think, mainly due to input cost. And we do need some more help, I'm afraid. We need to help more. What does that look like to you, whether it's more fertilizer, like Senator Klobuchar pointed out, some monies towards those projects? Tell me a little bit more about what you feel the need is and what we need to do to replenish the CCC. Gil, let's kind of probably finish on this screw worm. First of all, I think it's important Americans realize there's no threat to the food supply. And trying to explain this to people is a little tough, but you and I grew up on ranches. And first of all, no..."
CRS Report
Trade Remedies: Countervailing Duties
Reports · Aug 23, 2021
The U.S. Constitution grants to Congress the power to regulate trade with foreign nations and levy tariffs. Since 1922, U.S. law and foreign policy have favored applying tariffs and duties equally to...