Erin Houchin

Mrs. HOUCHIN

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have remaining.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time for the purpose of closing. I have got just a couple of things I would like to note in my closing, and this is reasons why the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is the best chance in a generation to pass critical reforms that the American people voted for: It delivers tax relief, the largest tax cut in American history, meaning an extra $5,000 in Americans' pockets with double-digit percent decrease to their tax bills. It makes the Trump tax cuts permanent, preventing the largest tax increase ever. It raises Americans' take-home pay by as much as $13,300 and wages by as much as $11,600. It reverses the spending curse plaguing Washington, D.C. The bill delivers the largest deficit reduction in nearly 30 years, with $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings, the largest single reduction in mandatory spending in our country's history. It delivers no tax on tips and no tax on overtime. It provides historic tax relief for seniors. It finishes President Trump's border wall. It boosts Border Patrol and ICE agents on the front line, with the largest border security investment in history. It increases the child tax credit to $2,500 per family. It protects Medicaid for Americans who truly need it. It implements popular work requirements for able-bodied Americans receiving taxpayer-funded benefits. It eliminates hundreds of billions of dollars in green new scam tax credits. It reverses electric vehicle mandates that let radical climate activists set the standards in American energy. It ends Biden's war on American energy. It streamlines onerous permitting processes so America can get building again. It refills the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to safeguard America's energy security. It repeals and rescinds every green corporate welfare subsidy. It stops illegal immigrants from receiving tax credits and tax remittances sent to foreign countries. It supports small businesses by increasing the section 199A deduction to 23 percent. It incentivizes made in America. It creates new Trump savings accounts for newborns. It expands access to childcare for hardworking families. It provides historic increases in funding for the U.S. Coast Guard. It supports building new factories to grow domestic business operations. It helps American farmers, producers, and ranchers compete and sell products in foreign markets. It holds woke elitist universities accountable by increasing the endowment tax on large universities. It protects hardworking taxpayers by canceling Biden's illegal and unfair student loan bailouts. It ends taxpayer-funded gender transition procedures. It is a once-in-a-generation chance to revolutionize our Nation's defense capabilities and protect the homeland against new threats by funding President Trump's Golden Dome. It enhances the capacity of America's naval fleet. It modernizes air traffic control. It strengthens SNAP benefits. It implements critical program integrity and cost-containment provisions in Medicaid to strengthen it for future generations. It safeguards the Second Amendment by removing tax and registration requirements for firearm silencers and eliminating silencers from the National Firearms Act. It provides critical disaster recovery funding to farmers, producers, and ranchers. It provides funding to rebuild America's military. It expands health savings accounts to give Americans greater choice and flexibility in how to spend their money. It gives $10,000 bonuses annually over the next 4 years to Border Patrol and ICE agents on the front lines. It incentivizes scholarships that empower American families and students to choose the education that best fits their needs. It repeals Democrats' insane attack on the gig economy. It reforms and streamlines the Federal student loan program to drive down tuition costs and simplify repayment plans. It strengthens accountability for students and taxpayers on Federal student loans and implements critical reforms to Pell grants to make sure they prioritize students who truly need financial assistance while promoting completion. It increases timber sales on Federal lands. It authorizes the sale of expanded spectrum megahertz to strengthen rural broadband and secure America's technological dominance in AI and other emerging technology. It creates permanent fees that illegal immigrants must pay for their applications so American taxpayers aren't saddled with covering these costs. It protects family farmers. It ends abusive financing practices in Medicaid by freezing provider taxes and prohibiting new provider taxes. It reins in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and it rolls back harmful Biden-era regulations that increase costs and administrative burdens with limited flexibility for States. Mr. Speaker, we are not here today to talk about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We are here today to talk about the many provisions that are important to the safety and security of the United States. We are talking about a rule that includes provisions to secure American elections, protect and support our police, and target the deadly scourge of fentanyl across the United States. Despite what my colleagues on the left may say, that this is a distraction, we say it is necessary and that we can multitask by doing these things and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The American people understand the importance of immigration enforcement and the need to provide law enforcement with the tools necessary to stop the deadly flow of fentanyl. That is why 77 million Americans voted to end the Biden-Harris administration's reckless handling of the border and their disregard for the rule of law. Today's measures crack down on fentanyl, safeguard our elections, and back the blue. It is about law, order, and protecting the American people. I look forward to moving these bills out of the House this week, and I ask my colleagues to join me in voting ``yes'' on the previous question and ``yes'' on the rule.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.

Mrs. HOUCHIN

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 436 and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I claim time in favor of consideration of the resolution. The question before the House is: Should the House now consider House Resolution 436? The resolution before us waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The Committee on the Budget filed its report on May 21, 2025, which included the following statement from each instructed committee's reports: The committee print does not contain any congressional earmark, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits, as defined in clause 9 of House rule XXI. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith).

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, this is just a dilatory tactic by my colleagues across the aisle. We must continue so the House can begin consideration of this historic legislation and deliver on President Trump's agenda. Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to vote ``yes'' on the question, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I claim the time in opposition to this point of order and in favor of consideration of the resolution.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, the question before the House is: Should the House now consider House Resolution 436? The gentleman on the other side of the aisle is certainly correct. The bill before us today does impose a number of intergovernmental mandates. However, let's look at what is considered in those. The bill requires States to have skin in the game on SNAP. The bill requires States to be more responsible about how Medicaid is funded. The bill provides needed tax relief for seniors. These are good things that reduce the size and scope of Federal Government that is encroaching on the everyday lives of Americans, and it protects the American people from a Democratic Party that prioritizes illegal immigrants over vulnerable American families. In order to allow the House to continue its scheduled business for the day, I urge Members to vote ``yes'' on the question of consideration of the resolution, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have remaining.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats claim that this is providing tax cuts for the wealthy. Let's just talk about that. This bill includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and provides tax relief for seniors on Social Security. This will protect the largest tax cut for middle-class and working families in American history. Americans will see a double-digit percent decrease in their taxes. If we want to talk about districts, Mr. Speaker, let's talk about the Second District of Massachusetts. It is home to 524,530 taxpayers. The average taxpayer in Massachusetts' Second District would see a 20 percent tax hike if the Trump tax cuts expire, which is what my Democratic colleagues across the aisle are fighting for. They are fighting for taxes to go up. A family of four, making $95,495 in the Massachusetts Second District, the median income, would see a $2,141 tax increase if the Trump tax cuts expire. That is about 10 weeks' worth of groceries for a typical family of four in that region. Now, let's talk for a moment, too, Mr. Speaker, about SNAP benefits. Only Democrats would protect error rates in SNAP benefits, saying that integrity in the program is a cut, but this is ensuring that benefits are available to the people who are eligible for them and need them most. Anything else is fraud. Republicans are ensuring that SNAP prioritizes benefits for American citizens and protects the program's long-term stability by closing loopholes and requiring cost sharing for States that have error rates that are unfeasible. We are focusing on protecting tax cuts for the American people across the board. That is what we are trying to do here, Mr. Speaker. Anything else that we hear from the Democrats is a stall tactic. We must continue so the House can begin our consideration of this historic legislation to deliver on President Trump's agenda. Mr. Speaker, I urge our Members to vote ``yes'' on the question, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. General Leave

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule and in support of the underlying legislation. This morning, the Rules Committee met and produced a rule, House Resolution 436, providing for the House's consideration of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This provides for a closed rule on the bill. The rule provides 1 hour of debate for the chair and ranking member of the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees, as well as an additional 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their respective designees. Additionally, the rule provides 1 motion to recommit. Today, after months of hard work and hours of testimony in hearings, House Republicans are advancing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to deliver on President Trump's America First agenda. Mr. Speaker, we have heard plenty of fear-mongering and flatout dishonesty from the Democrats and their liberal media allies about what this bill actually does. Earlier this morning, Democrats challenged us to debate this bill in the light of day. Mr. Speaker, it may be the middle of the night. Yet, we are here, wide awake and ready to defend it because the truth doesn't sleep, and neither do we when it comes to fighting for the American people. Mr. Speaker, let's talk about how this bill delivers for the American people. It makes the very successful 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, protecting the average taxpayer from a 22 percent tax increase. It unleashes American energy production and allows us to drill, baby, drill. It provides the largest border security investment in history and empowers ICE to deport the millions of illegal immigrants that were allowed in under President Joe Biden. It also completes 700 miles of border wall and stops the flow of fentanyl into our communities. It shuts down the blatant abuse that has allowed 1.4 million illegal immigrants to access taxpayer-funded Medicaid, draining resources meant for our most vulnerable citizens. It establishes modest work requirements for able-bodied adults with no dependents who receive Medicaid. It drives down costs for seniors by increasing the transparency of pharmacy benefit managers and expanding access to the medications seniors need by providing more choices. It ends the reckless Biden student loan giveaways that favored liberal elites over working-class Americans at taxpayers' expense. It provides nearly $150 billion in resources to our military to improve areas from servicemember quality of life to strengthening our shipbuilding capacity. It also makes targeted reinvestments and improvements to foreign policy and other rural priorities that support our farmers and ranchers. It includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, car loan interest deductibility for autos made in America, and provides tax relief for seniors. The list of wins goes on and on and on in this one big, beautiful bill. Our friends across the aisle will try to deflect from these real and tangible benefits. They want to deceive and scare the American people, and I am sorry for that. Don't believe them. My Democratic colleagues seem to forget that 77 million Americans rejected their America-last policies last November. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle are now trying to convince the American people that a bill that secures the border; invests in our military; extends tax relief to millions of hardworking Americans; and protects Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security for the people who need it most is somehow not in the best interests of the country. Yet, the American people know better. The American people know Trump's tax cuts worked and need to be extended. The American people know that it is in the best interests of our national security to secure the border. They know the world needs American energy leadership. They know that the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces need additional resources to counter the growing threats and defend American interests across the globe. We are putting Americans first by deporting illegal immigrants and protecting taxpayer-funded benefits for those who truly need them. Everything you will hear from the Democrats tonight is wrong. Again, don't believe them. How many times do you have to get duped by their dishonesty before you stop listening? The sky is not falling. Mr. Speaker, today, we are delivering on President Trump's agenda. I look forward to the consideration of this one big, beautiful bill, and I urge the passage of this rule. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), chairwoman of the Rules Committee.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Langworthy).

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Alford), my friend.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Utah (Ms. Maloy), my very good friend.

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nunn).

Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).