"I don't know if you've ever had the opportunity, Mr. Chairman, to go to Augie and Ray's in East Hartford, but it's this incredible institution that's located right next to Pratt and Whitney aircraft and a shout out quickly to the IAM there who's on strike for fair wages. But you get real, practical, straightforward questions and answers from them, and they would be somewhat confused about this when you, for example, they don't talk a lot about germaneness. And when asked about and, you know, you heard the discussion at the beginning here that we had with regard to what would be ruled germane and what wouldn't. We'll see as we progress through the through the night, but basically germaneness here is what people don't want to vote on.

"So whatever is put forward by this side of the aisle will not be deemed germane and therefore not voted on. And I guess the disheartening thing here is that, listen, everybody on this side of the aisle, they're good people. They're decent, caring Americans who love their country as much as we do, and that's what makes this so difficult. When you look at how disproportionate this bill is because what it is simply, fulfilling the Trump promise to make permanent the tax cut of 2017. But to do that, he charged Elon Musk with finding cuts.

"And so they look to 70% of the budget that includes Social Security and Medicare and defense and decide that's what they're going to do. And in this bill, what we find is that while the top percent gets the bulk of the tax cut, they pay for it, pay for it, by cutting people's health benefits. 14 million Americans get [their health benefits cut], so that billionaires can have more. How much more money does Elon Musk need? I guarantee you the billionaire class is embarrassed by what's being proposed here. The largest cut to Medicaid in its history.

"Imagine. 42 million Americans will see lower food assistance and SNAP benefits so that billionaires can have more. I've had public hearings throughout my district, and Erin from Bristol who says she has no idea what she would do without Medicaid and SNAP. She's a wartime veteran and a single mother of 4 boys. This is who we're talking about, the people who will be directly impacted by this bill. You're good people.

"You know this, and yet we're going to persist and take this to a vote. Our amendments will be ruled non-germane, won't go forward, and you'll take this on to the floor. Catherine and Richard of Southington say, 'We have a 39-year-old son who was born intellectually disabled,' and asked me, 'If we cannot take care of the innocent in our society, how can we be called Christian?'

"Judith from Granby, who said, 'My daughter with MS asked, should Mr. Trump or his 1% cronies get more? My daughter and thousands of others do not need to suffer because of unbridled greed.' Can it be possible that MAGA really stands for 'Make America Greedy Again?'"