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I Stand with the Disability Community

Floor Speech

By: Gabe Amo
By: Gabe Amo
Date: May 15, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. AMO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of my constituent Pranoy, a remarkable young adult and lifelong learner from Barrington, Rhode Island.

Pranoy is driven by his dream of attending college, but that dream is at great risk. It can only be realized if he receives support. Pranoy lives with Down syndrome and uses an adaptive communication device with specialized software to communicate, paid for by Medicaid.

Yet, Republicans are trying to ram through their disastrous budget poised to gut Medicaid and threaten healthcare for one in four Rhode Islanders.

I recently met with Pranoy. He said simply: ``I am only getting started.'' That sentence sums it up. It is what keeps his family and myself up at night. These Republican Medicaid cuts would hinder Pranoy's potential.

I am standing here today because I stand with Pranoy. I stand with the disability community, and I will stand against any attempt to rip away Medicaid from children who deserve the same opportunity to flourish as any other American, to live out their potential and flourish.

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