Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) was on the receiving end of a brutal attack from a Democratic colleague who hurled in her face the number of constituents in her own district that President Donald Trump's so-called "Big, Beautiful Bill" stands to be affected by drastic Medicaid and food assistance cuts.
Foxx represents North Carolina’s 5th congressional district and serves as the chair of the powerful House Rules Committee, which on Wednesday debated the Republicans' tax and spending cuts proposal. But Foxx found herself on the receiving end of a searing attack from Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR), who hammered the bill and its effects on Americans.
"I want to start off by saying just how laughable it is to be calling this bill 'beautiful,' and I'd like to replace that word with 'trash," she began. "It's a trash bill. And here's why."
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Bynum railed that the bill threatens $300 billion in food assistance, puts health care "further out of reach" for about 14 million people, and makes families choose between putting "food on the table" and "filling a prescription."
"Madam Chair I came here today to try and make this trash bill just a little bit better. To try and protect my constituents from its harmful cuts. But I have little faith that the authors of this trash care enough about the American people to do it," she said, taking particular issue with the GOP effort to do so "in the middle of the night."
Later in her fiery takedown, Bynum addressed Foxx directly.
"Madam Chair, I brought the data. Let me tell you what the numbers look like. In your district, 201,000 people will lose health care because of this bill. That's 27% of your constituents," Bynum said, before addressing fellow Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN). "In Rep. Fischbach's district, it's over 165[,000]. Rep. Ralph Norman: 148,000 people will lose health care in his district. Rep. [Chip] Roy, 56,000 people use SNAP to feed their families. "And in Rep. [Erin] Houchin, it's 54,000. Over 83,000 kids get health care through Medicaid in Rep. [Nick] Langworthy's district. And Rep. [Austin] Scott is 124,000 kids. And Rep. [Brian] Jack's it's 88,000 kids, and in Rep. [Morgan] Griffith's it's nearly 107,000."
Bynum concluded by demanding Foxx "get your colleagues focused on serving the American people."
Watch the fiery clip below or at this link.
