[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 132 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H8855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION AND EXTREME BUDGET CUTS

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, this morning I note that Republicans in 
Congress have created a culture of corruption and cronyism at the 
expense of the American public. Instead of helping our senior citizens, 
students, veterans, and working families that are struggling every 
single day and see high prices at the gas station and high home heating 
costs, Republicans are demanding an additional $15 billion in cuts for 
a budget reconciliation plan. Republicans I understand want to cut the 
Federal low income heating program known as LIHEAP at a time when 
families are expected to pay double and triple compared to last year's 
heating home costs.
  Republicans also plan to cut Medicaid and Medicare at a time when the 
number of people without health insurance has grown to 5 million people 
in 4 years. Republicans plan to cut higher education when we know that 
the cost of education and to send our kids to college is more than 20 
percent higher than it was a few years ago. Republicans are demanding 
all these drastic cuts to help pay for the reconstruction of Katrina.
  Why aren't we asking the wealthiest people in the country who have 
been given tax credits and giveaways and somehow make them accountable 
to help with this?

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