[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 31 (Thursday, March 3, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H1527-H1528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, creating jobs and strengthening the economy 
must be the number one priority in Congress. Unemployment across the 
Nation remains far too high. In my district, unemployment still remains 
near 14 percent. Yet instead of focusing on creating jobs, the 
Republican budget plan passed last month would cause 700,000 Americans 
to lose their jobs. They will struggle to put food on the table.
  This budget is an assault on middle- and low-income families. 
Thousands of teachers will be laid off, job training programs across 
the country will be eliminated, Pell Grants will be slashed for low-
income college students, and investment in education will decrease.
  And now the Republicans are proposing yet another tax on middle class 
families to pay for the 1099 reporting fix.
  I urge my Republican friends to stand with the American middle class 
families and break free from the right-wing extremists. Let's work 
together on a real budget that creates jobs and responsibly lowers the 
deficit.

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