[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE BUDGET

  (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to offer 
prayers and hope for our situation that we face today in Kosova.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about the democratic alternative budget, 
a budget that extends Social Security until the year 2050 and saves 
Medicare, which will run out of money in 2008 unless we do save it.
  I am happy that the Democrats are proposing 77 percent for Social 
Security and to save Medicare to the year 2020. We also fully fund the 
President's education request. The other budget resolution does not. We 
offer money for child care. The other budget resolution does not.
  Mr. Speaker, we offer $1.9 billion for our veterans and their 
families. Let us support the democratic budget alternative that saves 
Social Security and Medicare, helps our veterans, helps our children as 
we move to the 21st Century.

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