Congressman Suhas Subramanyam
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the richest billionaires and richest corporations at the expense of kids who want to be fed and people who just want basic care on programs like Medicaid.
the richest billionaires and richest corporations at the expense of kids who want to be fed and people who just want basic care on programs like Medicaid.
the richest billionaires and richest corporations at the expense of kids who want to be fed and people who just want basic care on programs like Medicaid.
What's your response to that? We had one town hall in my district that we had room for about 150 people in the room. 500 people came and people left. Yeah, but a lot of people actually just stayed in the lobby of the building just to hear what we were saying and then came and talked to me afterwards. We have one tonight where we decided to increase the capacity of the room to 650, got a new venue.
What's your response to that? We had one town hall in my district that we had room for about 150 people in the room. 500 people came and people left. Yeah, but a lot of people actually just stayed in the lobby of the building just to hear what we were saying and then came and talked to me afterwards. We have one tonight where we decided to increase the capacity of the room to 650, got a new venue.
What's your response to that? We had one town hall in my district that we had room for about 150 people in the room. 500 people came and people left. Yeah, but a lot of people actually just stayed in the lobby of the building just to hear what we were saying and then came and talked to me afterwards. We have one tonight where we decided to increase the capacity of the room to 650, got a new venue.
And 800 signups, we had to close signups. And these are all real people. Not one of them is paid. And a few of them are even more than a few are Republicans, actually, who are really, really pissed off, to be honest. And so I think that that's, you know, he's got to say what he's got to say to cover his tracks. But he's not living in reality if that's what he actually thinks.
And 800 signups, we had to close signups. And these are all real people. Not one of them is paid. And a few of them are even more than a few are Republicans, actually, who are really, really pissed off, to be honest. And so I think that that's, you know, he's got to say what he's got to say to cover his tracks. But he's not living in reality if that's what he actually thinks.
And 800 signups, we had to close signups. And these are all real people. Not one of them is paid. And a few of them are even more than a few are Republicans, actually, who are really, really pissed off, to be honest. And so I think that that's, you know, he's got to say what he's got to say to cover his tracks. But he's not living in reality if that's what he actually thinks.
Yeah, someone once described the economy to me and the president's relationship to it as like a baseball manager and a baseball team where the manager can set the lineup, but they can't always hit, they can't always catch players. And but in this case, you know, this president has actually given us a lot of self inflicted wounds. You talk about the tariffs, for instance, and the threat of tariffs.
Yeah, someone once described the economy to me and the president's relationship to it as like a baseball manager and a baseball team where the manager can set the lineup, but they can't always hit, they can't always catch players. And but in this case, you know, this president has actually given us a lot of self inflicted wounds. You talk about the tariffs, for instance, and the threat of tariffs.
Yeah, someone once described the economy to me and the president's relationship to it as like a baseball manager and a baseball team where the manager can set the lineup, but they can't always hit, they can't always catch players. And but in this case, you know, this president has actually given us a lot of self inflicted wounds. You talk about the tariffs, for instance, and the threat of tariffs.
Now, private sector and the markets don't really want to make big investments right now. They're afraid of actually moving on, investing in the United States. A lot of business has come to a standstill here in Virginia. A lot of government contractors spend hundreds of thousands of millions. trying to implement government contracts.
Now, private sector and the markets don't really want to make big investments right now. They're afraid of actually moving on, investing in the United States. A lot of business has come to a standstill here in Virginia. A lot of government contractors spend hundreds of thousands of millions. trying to implement government contracts.
Now, private sector and the markets don't really want to make big investments right now. They're afraid of actually moving on, investing in the United States. A lot of business has come to a standstill here in Virginia. A lot of government contractors spend hundreds of thousands of millions. trying to implement government contracts.
And now they've been canceled overnight and they're never going to work with the government again. And they're trying to figure out where they are in this economy. But a lot of the disruption that's happened has directly led to this. And now you talk about getting rid of federal civil servants, scientists, workers who are very essential to our government's operations.
And now they've been canceled overnight and they're never going to work with the government again. And they're trying to figure out where they are in this economy. But a lot of the disruption that's happened has directly led to this. And now you talk about getting rid of federal civil servants, scientists, workers who are very essential to our government's operations.
And now they've been canceled overnight and they're never going to work with the government again. And they're trying to figure out where they are in this economy. But a lot of the disruption that's happened has directly led to this. And now you talk about getting rid of federal civil servants, scientists, workers who are very essential to our government's operations.
And so if you fire the person, for instance, involved in crop safety and health at the USDA, well, yeah, you know, you saved $100,000 maybe in the short term, but it's going to cost us millions over the next five years as we see damage to our crops. And that's just one example. You spread that across hundreds of thousands of federal civil servants and you end up in a really bad position.
And so if you fire the person, for instance, involved in crop safety and health at the USDA, well, yeah, you know, you saved $100,000 maybe in the short term, but it's going to cost us millions over the next five years as we see damage to our crops. And that's just one example. You spread that across hundreds of thousands of federal civil servants and you end up in a really bad position.