[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 52 (Thursday, March 26, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           A PROMISING BUDGET

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, this Congress' Budget Committee worked long 
into the night last night to prepare a budget for the House to vote on. 
It's a budget that cuts the deficit by two-thirds by the year 2013, and 
gives a tax cut for 95 percent of the American people.
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, the middle class and 95 percent of the people will 
get a tax cut, not simply the upper 1 percent who have gotten the tax 
cuts while we have been Bush-whacked over the 8 years of the Bush-
Cheney Presidency and a Congress that's now run off the tracks and 
threatened the world's economy.
  We're going to invest in health care to give people affordable health 
care, invest in education so the Chinese don't lead us in science and 
math, and we can maintain our position as the world's number one 
economic power and also invest in renewable energies so we're not 
dependent on Middle Eastern oil, and a Defense Department that needs to 
protect those routes to keep America secure; a budget that is a 
promising budget for the future to creates jobs.
  I am proud of the Budget Committee and look forward to supporting the 
President.

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