[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 36 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
H.R. 1 IS NOT THE ANSWER
(Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Ask Americans if we should reduce government spending
and most say yes. I agree. But let's dig a little deeper. Let's make
the kind of choices that families make.
H.R. 1 that the Republicans have offered in cuts will result in
218,000 fewer children getting the proven benefits of a preschool
program called Head Start. H.R. 1, at the same time, does nothing to
cut the $4 billion that we are giving every year to the Big Oil
companies. If we want to talk about oil prices, our taxpayers give $4
billion to the wealthiest corporations in the history of the world.
We are cutting about $5.7 billion from Pell Grants in H.R. 1. I voted
``no.'' What are we doing about billionaires who are getting tax breaks
to leave to their heirs? Eleven billion dollars a year for the
wealthiest Americans and their heirs.
We have to make the kind of choices that help middle class Americans.
We can tighten our belt, but we don't have to do it on the backs of the
middle class.
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