SANDRA'S STORY: WHY MEDICAID MATTERS

On 2025-05-20, Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3) delivered a floor speech titled "SANDRA'S STORY: WHY MEDICAID MATTERS" in the House.

SANDRA'S STORY: WHY MEDICAID MATTERS

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)] [House] [Page H2185] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SANDRA'S STORY: WHY MEDICAID MATTERS (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, tonight is about the millions of lives Republicans are destroying. I rise for a single mother in my district caring full-time for her 16-year-old daughter, Naomi, who has chronic health conditions. I want Americans to know the face of this family. Sandra Black is one of the millions whose family could lose their healthcare. Sandra left her job as a veterinarian to care for her daughter. She would tell you tonight, Mr. Speaker: ``Without Medicaid, literally, our lives would be at stake.'' Republicans want to slash Medicaid and bankroll billionaires. Let me say that again. Republicans want to slash Medicaid and bankroll billionaires. Mr. Speaker, today is about billionaires over hardworking Americans like Sandra Black's family. Tonight, Mr. Speaker, you will hear story after story. Tonight you will hear Democrats standing up for the American people and staying here tonight for however long it takes. That is because we want America to know that we are standing up for Medicaid. I will not be silent. I will fight for lives like Sandra's and Naomi's. ____________________