[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ``YOUCUT'' OR ``CUTYOU''?

  (Mr. HASTINGS of Florida asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, if you tuned in to last week's 
episode of YouCut, then you may recall that Republicans resorted to a 
legislative trick in an attempt to cut much needed funding from the 
Temporary Aid to Needy Families program. This cut would have been 
another break for the rich at the expense of the poor instead of 
providing financial support, job training, and child care subsidies to 
lower-income families with children. Fortunately, this measure was 
defeated.
  This week, Republicans seek to stall the important business of the 
House yet again with a new list of proposed cuts.
  While the YouCut program has been touted by Republicans as a 
partnership with the American people, a more fitting name for the 
program would be ``CutYou,'' because it can hurt everyday Americans 
while doing little to cut the Federal deficit.
  What Republicans fail to mention is that the YouCut program is 
inherently selective and, therefore, biased. Neither online nor cell 
phone voters are able to vote to save a program rather than cut it. 
Further, the YouCut program conveniently targets only those who have 
Internet access and cell phones, which disproportionately leaves out 
both the poor and the elderly.
  I will talk a little bit more about ``CutYou'' later on this evening.

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