[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 149 (Thursday, November 10, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H10148-H10149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         BUDGET RECONCILIATION

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow we will honor our 
Nation's veterans. But the budget reconciliation legislation that we 
present today will not honor our veterans, because their families will 
be impacted by the negative aspects of this legislation.
  $11.9 billion in cuts in Medicaid will impact the families of 
veterans. $50 billion cuts in Medicaid over 10 years will

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impact the families of veterans. $14.3 billion in student loan cuts 
will impact the children of veterans. And those National Guard and 
Reservists who came home after battling in Iraq to Alabama, 
Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana will find that $7 billion has been 
cut from the most vulnerable, and their homes that have been destroyed 
will be impacted by this budget because there will be no money at the 
end to be able to provide for the restoration of their lives.
  This budget reconciliation legislation will not honor our veterans. 
We honor them tomorrow. Why do we not honor them today? We can do 
better.

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