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Int'l Business Times
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
GOP Lawmaker Insists People Can 'Keep Their Medicaid' If They 'Just Get a Job'
As the GOP works to complete its "big, beautiful bill," Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) defended proposed work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Medicaid: "The person we're taking it away from is the able-bodied adult with no children who refuses to work." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 16, 2025 House Republicans have been tasked with finding $880 billion in Medicaid savings over the next decade — a substantial hurdle for lawmakers beholden to voters, 76% of whom oppose cuts to Medicaid, according to a recent KFF poll. Rather than explicitly cutting services, the GOP is reportedly looking to save money with work requirements for "able-bodied adults" who receive Medicaid. "The person we're taking it away from is the able-bodied adult with no children who refuses to work," Crenshaw told FOX Business. "By the way, if they would just get a job, they could keep their Medicaid." The proposal would require able-bodied adults to work or volunteer 20 hours each week to qualify for Medicaid coverage. Crenshaw's comments echo GOP messaging on the issue. "For some people, the best way to get back on your feet is to get off your ass," Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said in February. House Speaker Mike Johnson described the work requirement as a way to, "Return the dignity of work to young men who need to be at work instead of playing video games all day." Housing Secretary Scott Turner also framed the reform as the restoration of dignity. "We've created welfare as a lifestyle in our country," Turner said. "Able-bodied, able-minded people that are receiving HUD funding should go to work and restore dignity." While the GOP insists work requirements are not benefit cuts, research has suggested otherwise. In Arkansas, where Medicaid work requirements were implemented between June 2018 and March 2019 before a federal court deemed the program unlawful, more than 18,000 people lost coverage. Among those who lost coverage, researchers found many had met the work requirements or would qualify for an exemption, but failed to navigate and comply with reporting requirements. The state saw an increase in uninsured adults and no significant changes in employment. Most adults with Medicaid (64%) are already working. Of those who aren't employed, most would qualify for exemption from work requirements due to an illness or disability, caregiving responsibilities, or school attendance. The legislation aims at "restoring dignity" for the remaining 8% of adults on Medicaid who are not working due to retirement, an inability to find work, or undisclosed reasons. However, critics warn the reporting requirements could impact millions of recipients beyond the targeted group, particularly vulnerable populations who lack internet access or computer literacy. The House Budget Committee voted to reject the bill on Friday. While the committee is set to reconvene next week, it's unclear if they will meet Speaker Johnson's Memorial Day deadline to pass the bill to the Senate. Originally published on Latin Times
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mexico willing to partner with U.S. to stop cartels, Rep. Crenshaw says
The Brief Mexico is willing to work with the U.S. to stop the cartels, according to Rep. Dan Crenshaw. President Claudia Scheinbaum is apparently willing to forge the unprecedented partnership. Crenshaw is crafting a measure known as the North America First Security Assistance Initiative. With border crossings plummeting, some U.S. officials have turned their eye to battling violent Mexican drug cartels responsible for trafficking fentanyl. Houston-area Congressman Dan Crenshaw tells Texas: The Issue Is that Mexico's new government is embracing the prospect of a partnership with the United States in an effort to stop the smuggling of drugs and humans across the border. What they're saying For the last 18 months, the Texas Republican has led a task force aimed at neutralizing the cartels and the clear, present and continuing danger that comes with them. "There is a true terrorist insurgency in a country that is right on our border. That's just something we can't accept as a security issue," said Crenshaw. "You just can't have a Mexico that is a narco state. That's not good for America. It's our biggest trading partner. It's right on our border. We have an interest in having a prosperous and safer Mexico that, you know, that doesn't have to deal with things like mass graves. I mean, just recently you can start going down the list of atrocities that you see down there and those affect Americans too." For the first time in recent history, Mexico's new administration wholeheartedly agrees. Crenshaw says President Claudia Scheinbaum is looking to forge an unprecedented partnership to dismantle and potentially eradicate the cartels. "There's a new administration in Mexico, which has opened up a huge amount of opportunity. They want to partner with us in a way that Mexico has not wanted to partner with us before," Crenshaw said. "They need help, right? They don't have close air support assets like we would have. They don't have enough Blackhawk [helicopters] for transport. They don't enough intelligence and ISR platforms. We need to have a program where we deliver this." To cement the alliance, Crenshaw is crafting a measure known as the North America First Security Assistance Initiative. Money, training, intel, and equipment to neutralize an ongoing threat responsible for immense human carnage each and every year on both sides of the border. Perhaps most critical, Crenshaw says he's got the full backing of President Donald J. Trump. "He put it in very simple terms, you know, 'We want to kill them, right?' That's the Trump administration's position and that's also the Mexican administration's position," Crenshaw said. "My job in Congress is to make sure that we're developing that strategy. And that's what I've been working on for a year and a half is that counterinsurgency strategy. It doesn't just involve the Department of Defense. It involves all levels of government, the intelligence community, the law enforcement community, from the DEA to the FBI to the DOJ." Crenshaw, a Navy SEAL who served combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, emphasized the critical, time-sensitive nature of embracing a new level of cooperation with Mexico's chief executive and the forces she commands. "There's a long history between the United States and Mexico. It's not like working with Columbia, like we have for the last 30-plus years, where they welcomed U.S. support. That has not been the case with Mexico, but it has changed under this administration, and we've got to walk through that door of opportunity," Crenshaw said. You can watch Texas: The Issue Is on Sunday nights or anytime on FOX LOCAL and the Texas: The Issue Is Podcast. The Source Information in this article comes from FOX 26 reporter Greg Groogan's interview with Rep. Dan Crenshaw.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Inside House Republicans' new task force to battle criminal Mexican cartels
EXCLUSIVE: Successfully ridding the U.S. of the effects of Mexico's criminal cartels operating along the southwestern border would be a 20-year ordeal, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said – but argued Congress could begin having an impact in a matter of weeks to months. "Look, there's places we can boost right now to help the administration – the administration is refocusing a lot of efforts, especially in the [Department of Defense (DOD)], on the cartel situation, but there's no extra money for that. That is something we could produce in reconciliation," Crenshaw told Fox News Digital. "I already know what programs need to be boosted, I just need to know the numbers. And that will come from [the Office of Management and Budget] that'll come from the Department of Homeland Security, it'll come from the DOD, it'll come from [Department of Justice]. And so over the next couple of weeks, even while we're in recess, we're working on getting those numbers." Two Venezuelan Illegal Aliens Charged With Kidnapping, Torturing, Attempting To Kill Washington State Woman Fox News Digital spoke with Crenshaw days after he was tapped to lead a new task force on combating Mexico's drug cartels. It's operating under the House permanent select committee on intelligence, which Crenshaw sits on. He said it differs from his initiative last year, a similar task force, albeit with few resources to execute his goals, according to the congressman. Read On The Fox News App "Last year's cartel task force didn't have any staff. We were a series of members conducting hearings, investigations," Crenshaw said. "I think we're past that stage at the moment. Now, what I lead is really the House's effort to actually create some legislation to combat the cartels." He added that the intelligence panel was "the right place for it" given "a lot of the work we do is classified." "So the goal here is to actually get some outcomes as opposed to continuing more hearings, continuing more investigation. I've got a pretty good outline of what needs to happen. We've got President Trump in the White House now, who wants to make it happen," Crenshaw said. "Another huge difference between now and last year is we have a Mexican administration under President Sheinbaum, who also wants to make it happen and take the fight to the cartels." That fight would largely be a two-phase approach, Crenshaw explained. The first would be funding, while the second would entail "additional authorities and laws that need to be changed" to combat what the Texas congressman likened to "a terrorist insurgency" within the U.S.' close neighbor and trading partner. "That means boosting up certain funding lines in existing authorities, especially places like the Department of Defense. You know, NORTHCOM owns this area of operation when it comes to Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. They're going to need extra resources because we're going to need to do a lot more training on Mexican special forces," he said. Crenshaw called for sending military-grade gear to forces at the border, including Blackhawk helicopters, and bolstering reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering efforts. Pam Bondi Calls Out 'Detached From Reality' Dems For Demanding Alleged Ms-13 Gang Member Be Returned To Us "Things they really don't have and that currently cause them to be outgunned by these pretty massive militias that have unlimited funding and are ruthless in the way that they terrorize the Mexican population," Crenshaw explained. "So there's a lot to do there." He's hoping the funding can largely be allocated through the budget reconciliation process, a means for Republicans to pass a massive conservative policy overhaul while totally sidelining Democrats. They can do so because reconciliation brings the Senate's passage threshold down from 60 votes to 51, provided the legislation deals with taxation, spending or the national debt. Republicans are looking to increase funding for President Donald Trump's border initiatives, but it's not immediately clear what shape that will take. The contours of that plan will become clear in the next several weeks, with lawmakers returning from a two-week recess at the end of this month. But House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said his full faith was in Crenshaw to execute the task force's goals. "Now it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure this good work can continue by providing the President with the tools he needs to dismantle the drug cartels for good," Johnson said in a statement. "No one has worked harder on this important issue than Congressman Crenshaw, and I am grateful he is willing to continue leading at this pivotal time."Original article source: Inside House Republicans' new task force to battle criminal Mexican cartels
Fox News
16-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Inside House Republicans' new task force to battle criminal Mexican cartels
EXCLUSIVE: Successfully ridding the U.S. of the effects of Mexico's criminal cartels operating along the southwestern border would be a 20-year ordeal, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said – but argued Congress could begin having an impact in a matter of weeks to months. "Look, there's places we can boost right now to help the administration – the administration is refocusing a lot of efforts, especially in the [Department of Defense (DOD)], on the cartel situation, but there's no extra money for that. That is something we could produce in reconciliation," Crenshaw told Fox News Digital. "I already know what programs need to be boosted, I just need to know the numbers. And that will come from [the Office of Management and Budget] that'll come from the Department of Homeland Security, it'll come from the DOD, it'll come from [Department of Justice]. And so over the next couple of weeks, even while we're in recess, we're working on getting those numbers." Fox News Digital spoke with Crenshaw days after he was tapped to lead a new task force on combating Mexico's drug cartels. It's operating under the House permanent select committee on intelligence, which Crenshaw sits on. He said it differs from his initiative last year, a similar task force, albeit with few resources to execute his goals, according to the congressman. "Last year's cartel task force didn't have any staff. We were a series of members conducting hearings, investigations," Crenshaw said. "I think we're past that stage at the moment. Now, what I lead is really the House's effort to actually create some legislation to combat the cartels." He added that the intelligence panel was "the right place for it" given "a lot of the work we do is classified." "So the goal here is to actually get some outcomes as opposed to continuing more hearings, continuing more investigation. I've got a pretty good outline of what needs to happen. We've got President Trump in the White House now, who wants to make it happen," Crenshaw said. "Another huge difference between now and last year is we have a Mexican administration under President Sheinbaum, who also wants to make it happen and take the fight to the cartels." That fight would largely be a two-phase approach, Crenshaw explained. The first would be funding, while the second would entail "additional authorities and laws that need to be changed" to combat what the Texas congressman likened to "a terrorist insurgency" within the U.S.' close neighbor and trading partner. "That means boosting up certain funding lines in existing authorities, especially places like the Department of Defense. You know, NORTHCOM owns this area of operation when it comes to Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. They're going to need extra resources because we're going to need to do a lot more training on Mexican special forces," he said. Crenshaw called for sending military-grade gear to forces at the border, including Blackhawk helicopters, and bolstering reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering efforts. "Things they really don't have and that currently cause them to be outgunned by these pretty massive militias that have unlimited funding and are ruthless in the way that they terrorize the Mexican population," Crenshaw explained. "So there's a lot to do there." He's hoping the funding can largely be allocated through the budget reconciliation process, a means for Republicans to pass a massive conservative policy overhaul while totally sidelining Democrats. They can do so because reconciliation brings the Senate's passage threshold down from 60 votes to 51, provided the legislation deals with taxation, spending or the national debt. Republicans are looking to increase funding for President Donald Trump's border initiatives, but it's not immediately clear what shape that will take. The contours of that plan will become clear in the next several weeks, with lawmakers returning from a two-week recess at the end of this month. But House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said his full faith was in Crenshaw to execute the task force's goals. "Now it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure this good work can continue by providing the President with the tools he needs to dismantle the drug cartels for good," Johnson said in a statement. "No one has worked harder on this important issue than Congressman Crenshaw, and I am grateful he is willing to continue leading at this pivotal time."
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
GOP moves to defund hospitals that perform sex-change procedures on minors
FIRST ON FOX: A new House GOP bill would block federal funding for hospitals that perform sex-change surgeries on minors. The legislation, led by Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and backed by interest groups Do No Harm and Genspect, specifically targets funding that medical centers receive through a program aimed at fostering new children's physicians. "We're standing for basic medical ethics and recognizing those who have been silenced and betrayed by a system that put ideology ahead of genuine care," Crenshaw told Fox News Digital. "Medicine should be grounded in truth and healing—not in false promises that cause lasting harm." Gender Dysphoria And Eating Disorders Have Skyrocketed Since Pandemic, Report Reveals: 'Ripple Effects' The bill would require re-authorization of the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Payment Program through fiscal year (FY) 2030. The legislation includes a provision that "no payment may be made…to a children's hospital for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2026) if, at any point during the preceding fiscal year, such hospital furnished specific procedures…and drugs to an individual under 18 years of age." Read On The Fox News App Those specifics are defined as being "for the purpose of changing the body of such individual to no longer correspond to the individual's sex." Do No Harm Medical Director Dr. Kurt Miceli lauded the legislation to Fox News Digital. "The American taxpayer should not fund hospitals that perform unscientific sex-change procedures on minors. Representative Crenshaw's bill is important to help protect our children by ensuring federally funded graduate medical education programs do not engage in these harmful practices," he said. The bill is being introduced on what conservatives have dubbed "DeTrans Awareness Day." Permissions for transgender medical care or procedures for minors have been a lightening rod in the ongoing culture war between the right and left. Newsom Calls Biological Men In Women's Sports 'Deeply Unfair' In Podcast With Conservative Activist The issue of transgender minors' participation in school sports has also seen heated debate, with some Democrats even speaking out against their party for obliterating dissent on the topic. Notably, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently said on his new podcast that allowing transgender men to play in women's sports is "deeply unfair." "I think it's an issue of fairness. I completely agree with you on that. It is an issue of fairness," he said to conservative activist Charlie article source: GOP moves to defund hospitals that perform sex-change procedures on minors
