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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · January 30, 2026

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Economic inequality, housing and living standards

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Speaker 1 opened by framing the economic context: high spending priorities, widespread housing unaffordability (‘Millions of Americans cannot afford housing’), an estimated ‘800,000 people are homeless,’ and that roughly 60% of people are living paycheck to paycheck. He warned younger people may have a lower standard of living than their parents despite productivity advances.

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Speaker 1 warned of growing authoritarian tendencies under President Trump, criticized federal deployments of masked agents and ICE funding, proposed an amendment to cut $75,000,000,000 from that funding stream, and raised concerns about homelessness, income inequality and Medicaid losses.

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