TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

On 2025-05-05, Representative Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4) delivered a floor speech titled "TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS" in the House.

TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 74 (Monday, May 5, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 74 (Monday, May 5, 2025)] [House] [Pages H1843-H1849] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS (Under the Speaker's announced policy of January 3, 2025, Ms. Kamlager-Dove of California was recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader.) General Leave Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the subject of this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shreve). Is there =========================== NOTE =========================== On page H1843, May 5, 2025, in the second column, the following appeared: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The online version has been corrected to read: The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. SHREVE). Is there ========================= END NOTE ========================= objection to the request of the gentlewoman from California?There was no objection. Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that I rise today to coanchor this Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour, along with the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Brown), my distinguished colleague. For the next 60 minutes, members of the CBC have an opportunity to speak directly to the American people on the harmful policies of Donald Trump's first 100 days in his second term, an issue of great importance to the Congressional Black Caucus, to the Congress in general, to constituents that we represent across this country, and really to any living, breathing person on this planet. The first 100 days of this administration have been about policies that are delusional, diabolical, destructive, and dangerous. These have been doozy policies and politics that are doing nothing but hurting America, and especially Black Americans. We are also going to be talking about so many of these policies that seem uniquely targeted to focus on the place and the progress of Black Americans. Make no mistake, if you are trying to hurt Black Americans, you are inadvertently also going to hurt all other Americans because so many folks are dependent on Section 8 vouchers, on Social Security, on Medicaid, on Medicare, on an economy that is working, on not being tariffed up the wazoo so that we can be able to purchase goods and services that we need to keep this economy growing. The American people need a moment of peace and structure coming from this administration, not the chaos and the ringing of alarms every single moment. This is not hyperbole, even though it might sound like it. This is not partisan spin. We have seen this when we have gone into our districts, when we have hosted townhalls, when we have talked to the American people. Everyone is saying the same thing. How can we protect our Constitution, protect our economy, protect our way of life, our freedoms, our liberties; not deport us? What is this administration doing to help us rather than to hurt and harm and divide us? The power of this country is in the people. For the next 60 minutes, the Congressional Black Caucus is going to be speaking to the people in crystal clear ways, using crystal clear words about how we are on the brink, if not through the door, of a constitutional crisis, of an economic, of a political, of a moral crisis, and a crisis of the very identity of this country. It is often said that when America has a cold, Black America has pneumonia. Let me tell you something. We are all up in urgent care and in the community clinics and in the hospitals because we are all sick right now. We cannot afford another 100 days of the 100 days that we have just seen. I have so much more that I want and that I will say, but I yield to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Brown) to share some words before we allow members of the Congressional Black Caucus to also speak to the American people. Ms. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from California, (Ms. Kamlager-Dove), my dear friend and colleague for leading our CBC Special Order hour this evening. Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate Ms. Kamlager-Dove's voice in Congress, from the way she fights for her constituents in Los Angeles, to her work on the Judiciary Committee. She is such a strong advocate. On the Oversight Committee, we are doing similar work, trying to provide the American people with some amount of transparency and accountability because we have a President who doesn't think that the rules apply to him. Here we are tonight to talk about Trump's first 100 days. Mr. Speaker, I encourage people watching--shout out to my mom and dad. I know we have at least two viewers tonight. For the others, I encourage them to check out Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove's social media series titled ``Is This Stuff Legal?'' She is doing a great job breaking down how this has been a lawless White House from day one, and the truth is time and time again what this administration has been doing has not been legal. In fact, in Trump's first 100 days, more than 220 lawsuits were filed directly challenging his agenda. Federal judges have issued over 130 court orders blocking or pausing those actions. If we do the math, Trump is being sued more than twice a day, and he is losing in court more than once a day. [[Page H1844]] They have tried to fire Federal workers without cause, detain and deport people without due process, freeze and deny congressionally appropriated funds, and seize sensitive taxpayer information through the Treasury and Social Security. This is why Trump's White House is now ignoring Federal courts and openly ignoring the Constitution. He doesn't have a mandate. He doesn't have the votes in Congress, and he doesn't have a legal agenda, so he wants to ignore the law. We should not be surprised by this. Trump said he was going to be a dictator on day one. He told us this is what he was going to do. I personally don't know of any dictators who stop being a dictator on their own. We have got to fight back, and we have got to fight back in Congress, in the courts, and in the community. My constituents in Cleveland and people across the country are counting on us to stand up, fight back, and use every tool we have to oppose this agenda because this has been 100 days of chaos, cruelty, and cuts. The Trump administration has broken the economy, broken the law, and broken our alliances. In just 100 days, this White House has shrunk the economy, raised prices, and put us on track for a recession. Now, President Biden handed him the strongest economy in the world, and Trump is running it into the ground, which really isn't surprising because this is a man who could not make money running a casino; not to mention the fact that he filed bankruptcy six times. {time} 1930 The disastrous policies of this White House are hurting the entire country, absent a few of his billionaire buddies, of course, but it is the people that many of us represent that are the most at risk. This is a White House that constantly diminishes and dismisses Black achievement; a White House that blames anything and everything on diversity, equity, and inclusion; a White House that is trying to defund our public safety programs and our police; a White House that is trying to defund our schools, and a White House that has rolled back Federal antidiscrimination policies that have been on the books since 1965--that is right--since 1965. In his first week, President Trump revoked the ``Equal Employment Opportunity'' executive order that prohibited racial discrimination for Federal contractors. Let's be clear: They aren't hiding this agenda to make discrimination legal again. That is why I filed legislation to restore those policies, and I am proud to have had over 60 cosponsors in the House, including many of my colleagues here this evening. Mr. Speaker, it has been a disastrous 100 days, but I feel the worst is yet to come. This week, the Republican-led committees are working on Trump's Republican rip-off, a plan to take from our constituents so that they can give to the ultrawealthy and the very well-connected. We are talking about healthcare and taking away Medicaid coverage. We are talking about nutrition and taking away SNAP benefits from families and so much more, because the budget they voted for called for $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid and $230 billion in cuts to SNAP. Here is the reality: 21 percent of my district is living below the poverty line and 30 percent of children are in poverty. I represent 280,000 people on Medicaid, 160,000 people on SNAP. These aren't just numbers; these are real people. Sadly, this White House isn't listening to them, so it is up to us to amplify their voices tonight, today, and every day. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend, Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove, for leading this Special Order hour. Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Brown from Ohio for her remarks. As you can see, Congresswoman Brown was breaking it down, she was keeping it real, and she was bringing the receipts. That is what the Congressional Black Caucus does each and every day. We break it down for the American people, we keep it real for the American people, and we bring the receipts for the American people. The problem is there are so many receipts to share right now in just 100 days, we don't have enough tote bags for all the receipts. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Georgia, Congresswoman Lucy McBath, to share remarks. Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, I thank so much my esteemed colleagues, Representative Kamlager-Dove and Representative Brown, for their leadership in tonight's CBC Special Order hour. It is the most opportune time for us to be able to talk directly to the American people about the truth of this White House and its administration. Mr. Speaker, last week marked the first 100 days of the second Tru