Floor Statements

Mr. Speaker, I have a new name for the process Republicans are using to destroy the Affordable Care Act. Instead of repeal and replace, how about we name it ``we cut and gut''? Cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires, and gut coverage for hardworking Americans.

The bill would also undermine the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act. In Nevada, our own Governor Brian Sandoval, a Republican, made the decision to work with Democrats and expand the Medicaid program. Because we expanded Medicaid, 320,000 Nevadans now have health coverage, and Nevada's uninsured rate has dropped from 23 percent to 12 percent, one of the largest declines in the entire country.

So, Mr. Speaker, I would ask my Republican colleagues: Do you really want to turn your backs on hardworking families just to give billionaires a tax cut that they don't need or deserve?

Mr. Speaker, the silence is deafening.

Mr. Speaker, the question that I have heard many times from my constituents deserves to be answered: With respect to General Flynn and Trump campaign aides, what did President Trump know, and when did he know it?

How high does this go up?

Now he is calling this fake news.

Mr. President, this is not fake news. This is real.

The American people deserve a transparent, independent investigation into Russia's involvement with the White House and President Trump.

President Trump continually says he wants to protect our national security, but he ignores the real security threats within his administration.

Even my colleagues across the aisle would rather focus on taking away health care from millions of Americans and thousands of Nevadans instead of investigating the clear and present danger in the Trump administration.

Enough is enough. Protecting our national security is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue. It is an American priority.