[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 175 (Tuesday, November 13, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




OPPOSING THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF THE LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 
                                  BILL

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                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 13, 2007

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Speaker, I am disappointed that the President 
chose today to veto important funding for our domestic priorities. 
After seven years of unrestrained spending and a ballooning deficit, 
the President has, under the guise of fiscal responsibility, rejected a 
$6.2 billion funding increase for education, health care, and workforce 
development, even as he requests nearly $200 billion in unbudgeted, no 
strings attached funding to continue the Iraq War for another year. 
That is no way to balance America's checkbook.
  Under the budget passed by the new Democratic Congress, we can take 
care of America at home--increase funding for our schools, offer more 
student assistance for college, invest in biomedical research at NIH, 
expand health care access, and help Americans compete in the global 
economy--and balance the budget by 2012. These priorities are America's 
priorities. It is time for Congress to come together, stand up for the 
American people and override this veto.

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