[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H1628-H1629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE REPUBLICANS' PRIORITIES

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority is indeed focused 
on jobs. In fact, their H.R. 1 would kill 700,000 jobs under the guise 
of fiscal responsibility. They'd cut transportation investments. They'd 
cut investments in education, student loans, and grants. They'd cut the 
COPS program, keeping our citizens safe with additional police on the 
street. They'd cut back on nutrition assistance to women, infants, and 
children.
  What's not on the table? Well, corporate welfare. Six billion dollars 
in

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ethanol subsidies--don't want to touch that. Twelve billion dollars in 
agriculture subsidies for corporate farms--can't touch that. Tax 
loopholes for Big Oil while they're gouging us at the pump and not 
paying taxes in the United States of America--can't put that on the 
table.
  But the Republicans have shown us their priorities, and even their 
friends in the Senate yesterday refused to take up their bill.
  And that's the way it is.

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