[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RYAN BUDGET IS SHAMEFUL

  (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Madam Speaker, the Republican budget cuts at least 
$3.3 trillion from low-income programs over the next 10 years while it 
increases the defense budget. It reduces taxes to a level that will 
wreak havoc on the Federal Treasury.
  The rate of poverty is at its highest level in nearly 30 years. The 
Republican budget would increase poverty and exponentially raise the 
misery index for hardworking American families.
  The Ryan budget also wreaks havoc on seniors. The American people 
must know that this Republican budget--which has been endorsed by all 
three Republican Presidential candidates--will end Medicare as we know 
it. Their plan is to get the Federal Government out of the Medicare 
program. Republicans simply want to provide seniors a small voucher to 
purchase Medicare insurance on the private market. Most seniors will 
not have the money to do that.
  The Ryan budget shows Medicaid cuts of $810 billion. They want to get 
the Federal Government out of the medical assistance program to low-
income families and place that burden on States with an underfunded 
mandate.
  Madam Speaker, the Ryan budget is absolutely shameful and misleading. 
House Democrats will fight it to the end.

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