Rep. Cisneros Demands Real Action from President Trump
January 23, 2025
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. spoke on the House floor highlighting how President Trump’s first week in office has been spent pushing policies that divide Americans and act on the President’s petty grievances, rather than do anything to lower costs and improve the economy. He called on the President to take the responsibility to govern seriously and get to work for the American people.
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Text of Rep. Cisneros’ floor speech can be found below:
“Mr. Speaker, President Trump was elected with a mandate to improve the daily lives of hard-working Americans. A mandate to lower housing costs, make groceries more affordable, help families get ahead and stay ahead.
“So, let’s take a moment to highlight what the President has done for the people during his first week in office:
“Ended birthright citizenship, a guaranteed right under the 14th Amendment;
“Terminated Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs;
“Withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement;
“Renamed the Gulf of Mexico;
“Raised the cost of prescription drug prices for seniors on Medicare and Medicaid;
“Pardoned 1,500 convicted felons who stormed our capitol, and violently assaulted our police officers on January 6th, 2021;
“And created a special fake department for Shadow President Elon Musk.
“Oh wait,... none of those Executive Orders actually lower costs, let alone meaningfully improve the lives of the American people.
“I urge the President to stop treating the White House like his Twitter account, and get to work fixing the problems he was elected to solve.”