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'I'm mad as hell!' Republicans get earful as Dem loses it over massive budget cut

A Florida Democrat snapped during a House Appropriations subcommittee meeting Friday, declaring the Republican fiscal year 2027 spending bill "a war on women and girls" after it moved to eliminate family planning funding for millions of Americans."I'm mad as hell! I cannot believe what I see!" Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) shouted during the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee markup. "This is a war on women and girls!"Frankel tore into the bill over a string of cuts she said would devastate low-income women and families. The Republican spending plan eliminates Title X family planning funding — a cut of $286 million — and zeroes out the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, slashing another $108 million. Title X serves nearly 3 million people annually, according to Frankel, mostly low-income or uninsured."This is our family planning money," Frankel said, "and not only that, preventative care, cancer screening, diabetes, keeping people healthy — mostly people who are very poor or uninsured."She didn't stop there. Frankel accused Republicans of pushing women toward unwanted pregnancies while simultaneously gutting the programs that would support them."I know you're against abortion. That's one thing. But forced pregnancy, that's another thing."The bill also cuts the Office on Women's Health within HHS by $14 million, according to Democratic appropriators, and replaces teen pregnancy prevention programs with abstinence-only education, which received a $5 million funding increase."Zeroing out teen pregnancy prevention — okay, let's see," Frankel said. "And lastly, not lastly — I go to another page — almost cutting in half the Office on Women's Health within HHS. This is a war! It's a war on women!"Frankel closed with a direct appeal to colleagues across the aisle."If you are a woman or you love a woman — you have a daughter, you have a sister, a mother, a cousin, an aunt — let's keep them healthy."According to Democratic appropriators, the bill cuts total spending by $19.1 billion — 9 percent — below fiscal year 2026 levels.

Four Dems hammered for helping Republicans slash food aid for pregnant women and children

The House passed a spending bill Thursday night that included $141 million in cuts to a federal food assistance program focused on supporting women and children – a bill that would not have passed without the support of four House Democrats, who in turn drew scrutiny for their “puzzling” decision, The New Republic reported Friday.The spending bill would allocate funding for the Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies, and was passed by the House with a narrow vote of 213-210. The Supplemental Food Assistance Program, or SNAP, operates through the Agriculture Department, and a program within SNAP – referred to as WIC – specifically provides fruit and vegetable assistance to women, infants and children.The four Democratic lawmakers in question are Reps. Donald Davis (D-NC), Adam Gray (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), and Marie Glusenkamp Perez (D-WA). As to why they joined Republicans in helping advance a bill that could reduce food assistance for mothers, children and infants, The New Republic’s Hafiz Rashid was left puzzled.“Three of the Democrats who voted for the cuts, Gray, Gonzalez, and Perez, are members of the conservative Blue Dog Coalition, and Perez has a reputation for often voting against her party,” Rashid wrote. “But it’s puzzling why fruit and vegetable assistance for mothers and children was deemed acceptable to cut, especially during an economic crunch. It’s highly likely that WIC enrollment will go up in the coming months, and now, fruits and vegetables will be more expensive.”

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