[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 43 (Thursday, April 6, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




DEMOCRATIC BUDGET IS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND PROTECTS WORKING FAMILIES

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak out against the House 
Republicans' plan for an irresponsible budget that they are going to be 
presenting.
  While the House Republican budget never reaches balance, the 
Democrats' alternative is balanced by 2012. We simply must restore 
fiscal sanity here in Washington and the fact is the Republican budget 
doesn't even get there.
  The House Democratic alternative will not only provide a blueprint to 
get us back to balanced budgets, but it will restore critical domestic 
funding for programs that are so important for working class families.
  The Democratic budget provides the needs for working families who 
have been hit hard by Washington Republicans over the last 5 years. As 
they continue to face increasing gasoline prices, home heating bills, 
an increase in health care costs, and high tuition bills, we can't even 
send our children to college. Our budget provides critical funding for 
homeland security, education, health, veterans' benefits, and 
environmental programs that are all left out of the Republican budget.
  It is time that this House start working on behalf of the working 
families in our country.

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