[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 45 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 LET'S WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS SMART CUTS

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, we have got to get ahold of reality. We 
have got to ask: What is it? What is it that we're doing when we're not 
able to come to a CR? Look at what we're telling the people. And worse 
than anything else, we are defeating the main purpose for which we are 
here.
  We're here to build public confidence. We're here to make people feel 
good that we know what we're doing and that there is a bright future 
for all of us. Instead, the majority is proposing yet another series of 
budget cuts.
  Cuts, yes, we must get our budget under control, but we must do it 
smartly. And somehow that message isn't getting through.
  Two economists said that the cuts are shortsighted. Budget cuts to 
human capital, our infrastructure, the next generation of scientific 
and technological advances do nothing for us. As a matter of fact, 
those are going to set us back.
  Mr. Speaker, please, what we need to do, what the majority needs to 
do, is to say, yes, cuts, but smart cuts. And let's work together 
towards smart cuts.

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