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                       One Big Beautiful Bill Act

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, over the past few days, Donald Trump has 
bent over backwards to try to sell his so-called Big Beautiful Bill 
with a new lie. He said no one will lose healthcare coverage. He says 
no benefits will be slashed. He says the bill won't harm a single 
recipient. He is lying. This is all total nonsense, and Senate 
Republicans need to reject Donald Trump's snake oil sales pitch.
  I implore my Senate colleagues, tread carefully with your Big 
Beautiful Bill. If you pass this bill, it won't be Donald Trump's 
soothing words that will be enacted in your States but, rather, deep 
and devastating harm to your constituents. And your constituents, 
Senate Republicans, will hold you responsible for going along with 
Donald Trump's ruse.
  If you go down this road, he will take away coverage from kids, from 
seniors, from parents, from moms. You will put doctors and nurses out 
of work. You will put rural hospitals in particular jeopardy since they 
depend on Medicaid, Medicare, and government help to stay going. They 
are often the biggest employer in your rural counties, Senate 
Republicans. They are often the only source of healthcare.
  When Americans see this is all to make the ultrarich even richer, 
they will know that it was this nasty bill that made it happen.
  Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is repeal and replace by another 
name. Here are the facts:
  Under the bill, over 14 million would lose healthcare coverage. As 
bad as this bill is, we just got news that it will get even worse. CBO 
today will announce that it is not 14 million people kicked off but 
more--estimates as high as 15 million.
  The Republican bill will kick even more people off healthcare than we 
originally thought--not only by attacking Medicaid but by destabilizing 
the ACA, private insurance, and now even Medicare--even Medicare.
  So this bad bill is getting worse. The estimates of how many people 
will lose their healthcare coverage goes up and up and up each time we 
read the fine print. The closer and closer people look at the bill, the 
worse and worse it gets.
  Tens of millions of Americans who otherwise qualify for healthcare 
would be mummified in new redtape, shortened enrollment periods, higher 
premiums, and weaker coverage. People would fall through the cracks and 
get phased out of coverage altogether in the coming years. It is death 
by a thousand paper cuts, and that is no accident; that is the 
intention of the Republican bill.
  And let's talk about fraud. Donald Trump says, well, it is just 
knocking out fraud. Democrats would love to work with Republicans to 
eliminate fraud and waste in healthcare, but the bill Republicans have 
right now does not accomplish that. It is aimed at real people--real 
people who need healthcare, taking that away. This Big Beautiful Bill 
uses the fraud boogeyman as an excuse to kick people out of healthcare 
who would otherwise qualify, including people with jobs, including 
people with kids.
  The only fraud happening right now is the fraudulent sales pitch 
coming from Donald Trump and his statement that he won't boot anyone 
from coverage. That is the fraud here. The fraud is the lies Donald 
Trump is telling Republicans about this bill, that people won't lose 
coverage. That is a lie. That is the fraud. Republicans should know 
that and reject this awful Big Beautiful Bill before it is too late.