Brendan Boyle

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I would remind the gentleman that this bill would put 2.4 million people in Michigan at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Speaker, let's be clear. That is what this debate is about. The other side is great at trying to distract you, holding up the shiny object of a few outlandish stories about tens of thousands of dollars to distract you from the trillions of dollars that are at stake. One in three Americans get their healthcare from Medicaid. That is at risk because of this proposal, and don't forget it. We can't allow ourselves to get distracted. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Peters), my colleague and friend on the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I would remind the gentleman this bill would put 4.2 million people in Texas at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), a distinguished member and friend from the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentlewoman from Ohio.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Since the gentleman asked the question, I am happy to answer it. Right there in the bill, $880 billion directed to the Energy and Commerce Committee as a floor to find savings. In other words, for cuts. There is only one place that can come from. Literally, if they cut 100 percent of everything else Energy and Commerce has purview over, it would still leave them hundreds of billions of dollars short. It has to come from Medicaid. It has to come from the ACA premiums because much like when Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he replied: Because that is where the money is. Likewise, in terms of the Energy and Commerce cuts, the $880 billion has to come from Medicaid because that is the only place you can find $880 billion. Don't be fooled by their rhetorical tricks. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I remind my friend and fellow Pennsylvanian who just spoke, this resolution would put 3.1 million people in our beloved Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I would remind the gentleman that this bill would put 1.3 million people in Missouri at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Escobar), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I would remind the gentleman that this big, beautiful bill for billionaires would put 820,000 people in Arkansas at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries), the Democratic leader of the House and my friend.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I remind the gentleman that this bill would put 950,000 people in Alabama at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. Omar), who is a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I remind the gentleman this bill would put 13.4 million people in California at risk of losing Medicaid. I further remind my friend, the chair of the Budget Committee, that it was not the Democratic leader's statistic that he was quoting about 83 percent. It was the Congressional Budget Office that found that 83 percent of the 2017 Trump tax cuts go to the richest 1 percent of Americans. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko), who is a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I remind the gentleman that this bill would put 1.8 million Hoosiers at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), who is the ranking member of the Financial Services Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the chair of the Budget Committee said something moments ago to the effect of: This is about giving the people their money back. That is not so. This is about the one in three Americans on Medicaid who are at risk of losing it because what is in this budget plan in black and white are the largest cuts to Medicaid in American history and cuts to other programs like SNAP, school lunches, and Head Start. Why is that? It is to deliver tax cuts, 83 percent of which go to the richest 1 percent of Americans. That is what this plan is about. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), my friend and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentlewoman from Connecticut.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Ohio is actually right: It is a dangerous world. Mr. Chairman, do my colleagues know what makes it more dangerous? It is when, under this administration, the United States is voting with Russia and North Korea and Hungary and voting against every single one of our democratic allies. That makes a dangerous world infinitely more dangerous. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman), my good friend and the ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentleman from California.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentlewoman from California.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, may I inquire as to the time remaining.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I remind the gentleman who just spoke that this bill would put 2.8 million people in North Carolina at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Amo), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I remind the gentleman this bill would put 2.8 million people in North Carolina at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Moskowitz), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I remind the gentleman that this resolution would put 13.4 million people in California at risk of losing Medicaid. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Vermont (Ms. Balint), a great member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentlewoman from Vermont.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chair, I remind the gentleman that this bill would put 1 million people in South Carolina at risk of losing Medicaid. I appreciate the previous speaker's candor. He is saying he wants $5 trillion worth of cuts. To quote him, this is only the beginning. I hope that every middle-class American hears that and knows what is coming. By his own words, this is just the beginning. This is bad enough. What are we talking about? We are talking about $880 billion worth of cuts to Medicaid and the ACA, $230 billion worth of cuts to nutrition programs, $330 billion worth of cuts to student loan programs, Pell grants, Head Start, school lunches, and more. Why? It is all so tax cuts worth $4.5 trillion can go to the richest 1 percent of Americans. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Ms. Pou), a wonderful new Member of this body and a distinguished member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this is perhaps the happiest speech I have ever given on the House floor. It is to honor this year's Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles. As a long-suffering and scarred Philadelphia sports fan and one born and raised in Philadelphia, I think I speak for many of my neighbors and fellow fans when I say some of us thought we might never see the day we see an Eagles Super Bowl. Now, we have actually seen two in the last 7 years. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to introduce H. Res. 123, along with my colleagues Don Norcross of New Jersey, as well as Representatives Evans, Scanlon, Dean, Fitzpatrick, and Houlahan of Pennsylvania. I am proud to say it is bipartisan. Fly, Eagles, fly. Go Birds. I congratulate the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend from Florida (Ms. Castor) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of my bill, the Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, to conduct an interagency review of research on women and lung cancer, as well as access to preventive services. It also calls for interagency collaboration on public awareness campaigns to increase education and promote early detection. While smoking rates continue to decline and overall lung cancer rates fall, there is one deeply concerning exception: young women who have never smoked. Studies show that women nonsmokers are now twice as likely as nonsmoking men to develop lung cancer. The statistics are indeed staggering. According to the American Cancer Society, 162 women in the United States die of lung cancer every single day. That is about one woman every 8 to 9 minutes. In 2024 alone, an estimated 59,280 women will lose their lives to this disease. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women, and we must do far more to address it. This bill is about solutions. By increasing access to preventive services and public awareness, we can lower the prevalence of lung cancer among women. Mr. Speaker, despite progress in preventing and treating lung cancer, disparities persist. Women continue to see slower declines in lung cancer rates as compared to men. It is past time for the Federal Government to step up, confront this disparity head-on, and take real action to address it. Today is also a bittersweet day for me because much of the inspiration for this bill comes from my late colleague and friend, Congressman Rick Nolan. Rick was committed to this fight in honor of his late daughter, Katherine Benson, who courageously battled stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer until her untimely death in 2020 at just 46 years old. Katherine is survived by her husband and four children, and her legacy continues through this effort. I am also proud to have worked on this proposal with the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, who was a steadfast advocate for addressing disparities in lung cancer outcomes. Senator Feinstein and I first introduced this legislation together in 2016, and her dedication to improving the lives of women impacted by lung cancer will never be forgotten. Mr. Speaker, I also thank my friend and fellow Pennsylvanian, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, for co-leading this effort from across the aisle. Finally, I am grateful to the members of the Energy and Commerce Committee for helping advance this bill on both sides of the aisle, especially my good friend, Brett Guthrie. Mr. Speaker, in closing, this is a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to save lives and close a glaring disparity in healthcare. I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 4534 and stand with the countless women and families impacted by lung cancer.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 9716, the Increasing Baseline Updates Act, a bipartisan measure to ensure Congress has the accurate and timely information we need to govern responsibly. This bill is fairly straightforward. It requires that the Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, to provide at least two updates to its annual budget baseline each year, with one update including the underlying economic data. It also ensures the President submits technical budget data to Congress by February 1, giving the CBO the tools it needs to fulfill its critical role. CBO's baseline projections are the foundation for evaluating proposed policies. They are the measuring stick for determining how legislation will impact our budget and economy. Regular updates ensure we aren't working with outdated information. Let me emphasize something else. The CBO is nonpartisan. Its mission is not Democratic nor Republican. It is simply to provide Congress with unbiased, fact-based analysis. For decades--indeed, 50 years, to be exact--it has done an outstanding job, consistently delivering reliable and transparent baseline updates. However, we cannot ignore the fact that some on the other side of the aisle are working to undermine this institution. Madam Speaker, the numbers don't lie. We may not like CBO reports from time to time, but the numbers are the numbers. Instead of facing these facts, some, instead, would rather attack the messenger. That is wrong, and we can't let that happen. CBO's credibility and independence are essential. It must be able to continue to operate free from political interference. Now, this bill highlights what we can achieve when we work together. On the Budget Committee this year, working alongside my friend, Chairman Arrington, we have had unprecedented support from the minority party to make sure we could achieve bipartisan reforms. This bill is further evidence of that. Through real bipartisan collaboration, we found a solution. That is why every single member of the Budget Committee, all 32 of us, voted to advance the gentleman from Utah's bill. I thank my colleague, Mr. Moore, for introducing this bill. I, again, thank my Republican colleagues. Especially Messrs. Arrington, Estes, and Norman, for working with us, and I thank my Democrat colleague, Congressman Tom Suozzi, for his contributions to this effort. I urge all of my colleagues to support H.R. 9716, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. I was waiting for one other speaker, but seeing that he is not here, I will conclude this brief discussion. I, again, thank everyone who worked tirelessly to make this bill a reality. Once again, I extend my gratitude to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Moore), and I urge all of my colleagues to support this important legislation. Again, let this be a lesson to all of us, that through bipartisan work we can achieve meaningful reforms. I hope that in the new year we will continue to build upon the bills that we passed through this committee and through this House on a bipartisan basis. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.