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Text of Senate Amendment 5157

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On 2026-04-22, Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5157" in the Senate. The speech addressed immigration and also covered healthcare. It referenced legislation: S1998.

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Text of Senate Amendment 5157

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1998] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5157. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RESCINDING CERTAIN FUNDING FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to rescinding the amounts set forth in sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119-21 (commonly known as the ``One Big Beautiful Bill Act'') and any additional funding for immigration enforcement, which may include legislation that eliminates reductions to Medicaid funding so that millions of Americans do not lose health care coverage, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 5157 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1998] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5157. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO RESCINDING CERTAIN FUNDING FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to rescinding the amounts set forth in sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119-21 (commonly known as the ``One Big Beautiful Bill Act'') and any additional funding for immigration enforcement, which may include legislation that eliminates reductions to Medicaid funding so that millions of Americans do not lose health care coverage, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035. ______