[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H1731-H1738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 597 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the
concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 112.
Will the gentleman from Kansas kindly retake the chair.
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In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of
the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 112) establishing the budget
for the United States Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022, with
Mr. Yoder (Acting Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today,
amendment No. 3 printed in House Report 112 423 offered by the
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cooper) had been disposed of.
Amendment No. 4 in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by Mr. Honda
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4
printed in House Report 112 423.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment in the nature of a
substitute at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.
The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2013 through 2022:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2013: $2,197,368,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $2,612,409,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $2,881,422,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,106,522,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,301,143,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,452,783,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,660,783,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,855,297,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,043,898,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,236,911,000.
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(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal
revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 2013: -$74,614,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $115,212,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $156,357,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $220,790,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $279,347,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $291,219,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $342,648,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $356,393,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $353,732,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $345,788,000,000.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new
budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2013: $3,309,878,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $3,255,223,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $3,353,099,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,524,427,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,677,543,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,829,402,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $4,044,242,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $4,257,245,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,444,546,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,698,785,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget
outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2013: $3,287,716,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $3,261,796,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $3,352,964,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $3,532,436,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $3,649,001,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,783,230,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,998,222,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $4,194,577,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $4,395,373,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,657,085,000,000.
(4) Deficits (on-budget).--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget)
are as follows:
Fiscal year 2013: -$1,090,348,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: -$649,387,000.
Fiscal year 2015: -$471,542,000.
Fiscal year 2016: -$425,914,000.
Fiscal year 2017: -$347,858,000.
Fiscal year 2018: -$330,447,000.
Fiscal year 2019: -$337,439,000.
Fiscal year 2020: -$339,280,000.
Fiscal year 2021: -$351,475,000.
Fiscal year 2022: -$420,174,000.
(5) Debt subject to limit.--The appropriate levels of the
public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2013: $17,467,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $18,240,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $18,804,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $19,308,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $19,733,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $20,129,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $20,506,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $20,867,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $21,223,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $21,621,000,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of
debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2013: $12,655,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014: $13,331,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015: $13,787,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016: $14,152,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017: $14,390,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $14,577,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $14,755,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $14,927,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021; $15,107,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $15,357,000,000,000.
SEC. 2. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.
The Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2013 through 2022 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $659,719,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $669,687,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $532,574,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $585,818,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $526,836,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $546,976,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $528,581,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $539,638,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $539,841,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $536,425,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $551,797,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $537,397,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $560,862,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $551,693,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $571,661,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $561,905,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $586,462,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $574,908,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $601,815,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $595,149,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $73,837,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,498,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $66,309,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,844,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $62,079,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $59,507,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,501,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $62,004,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,334,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $64,068,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,237,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $65,148,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,132,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $66,977,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,515,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $68,872,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,132,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $71,074,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,005,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $37,106,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,204,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $40,096,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,135,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $39,366,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,957,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $38,701,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,875,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $39,331,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,142,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $40,034,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $39,687,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $40,742,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,260,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $41,821,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $41,127,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $42,936,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,068,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $44,073,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,163,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $22,101,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,223,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $25,537,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,344,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $22,580,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,315,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $20,022,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,198,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $19,741,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,124,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $19,586,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,336,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $19,523,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,308,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $20,223,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,476,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $20,896,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,984,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $21,716,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,693,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $46,024,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,772,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $48,969,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,207,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $48,398,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,941,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $48,221,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,503,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $49,558,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,232,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $51,348,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,517,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $52,593,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,636,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $54,599,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,234,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $55,593,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,455,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $57,150,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,777,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $21,228,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,125,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $17,892,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,723,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $18,721,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,214,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $19,944,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,494,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $19,796,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,333,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $18,887,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,362,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
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(A) New budget authority, $17,823,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,343,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $18,066,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,617,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $18,592,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,131,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $18,947,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $18,495,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $10,502,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $11,855,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $19,282,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,586,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $18,044,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,505,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $17,529,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,152,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $19,060,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,846,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $20,636,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,592,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $22,134,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$853,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $24,229,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $362,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $25,554,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,580,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $30,812,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $12,616,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $105,774,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $105,474,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $112,473,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $108,565,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $119,935,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $113,853,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $126,924,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $119,215,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $133,899,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $124,357,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $130,944,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $127,535,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $132,922,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $130,484,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $134,989,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $132,385,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $137,095,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $133,770,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $139,283,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $136,230,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $26,408,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,335,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $29,083,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,381,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $28,155,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,848,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $27,273,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,966,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $27,679,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,929,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $28,124,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,607,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $28,575,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,684,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $29,381,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,194,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $30,215,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,943,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $31,072,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,813,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $215,477,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $216,894,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $133,185,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $134,848,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $108,627,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $108,401,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $113,637,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $113,530,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $124,002,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $120,819,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $128,980,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $127,822,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $133,164,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $131,731,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $135,479,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $134,698,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $138,104,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $137,088,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $141,118,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $139,748,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $392,643,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $383,806,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $490,114,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $475,603,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $558,189,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $552,620,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $605,699,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $609,918,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $649,911,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $652,349,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $687,213,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $685,849,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $729,703,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $728,299,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $784,569,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $772,420,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $825,999,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $823,927,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $882,501,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $879,975,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $528,399,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $528,311,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $553,553,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $552,856,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $579,388,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $578,948,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $629,995,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $629,761,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $648,217,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $647,496,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $670,465,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $670,015,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $733,652,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $733,400,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $786,074,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $785,321,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $837,885,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $837,396,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $917,799,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $917,656,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $600,167,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $589,067,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $622,434,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $611,955,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $620,983,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $617,542,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $611,032,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $614,698,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $604,154,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $602,171,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $607,469,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $600,968,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $625,364,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $623,236,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $640,917,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $638,419,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $658,585,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $655,964,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $681,071,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $683,338,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $53,216,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,296,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $31,892,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,002,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $35,135,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,210,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $38,953,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,991,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $43,140,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,140,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $47,590,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,590,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $52,429,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,429,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $57,425,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,425,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $62,604,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,604,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $68,079,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,079,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $149,224,000,000.
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(B) Outlays, $145,567,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $156,328,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $152,548,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $157,222,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $156,643,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $163,556,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $163,960,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $162,499,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $162,122,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $161,341,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $160,695,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $171,034,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $170,211,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $176,196,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $174,995,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $181,451,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $180,089,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $192,540,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $191,089,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $71,906,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $64,625,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $66,516,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,844,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $66,602,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,316,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $68,761,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,667,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $68,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,168,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $70,425,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,745,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $72,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $72,514,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $74,692,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $73,924,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $77,213,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $76,341,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $83,484,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $82,533,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $24,636,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,466,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $25,311,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,862,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $25,950,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,268,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $26,692,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,969,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $27,287,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,231,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $28,186,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,967,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $29,097,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,638,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $29,877,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,490,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $30,771,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,274,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $31,715,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,190,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $347,247,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $347,247,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $361,372,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $361,372,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $400,420,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $400,420,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $464,626,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $464,626,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $532,290,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $532,290,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $599,375,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $599,375,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $660,922,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $660,922,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $712,948,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $712,948,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $752,887,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $752,887,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $794,191,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $794,191,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $0.00
(B) Outlays, $0.00
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):
Fiscal year 2013:
(A) New budget authority, -$75,736,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$75,736,000,000.
Fiscal year 2014:
(A) New budget authority, -$77,697,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$77,697,000,000.
Fiscal year 2015:
(A) New budget authority, -$83,531,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$83,531,000,000.
Fiscal year 2016:
(A) New budget authority, -$85,226,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$85,226,000,000.
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$93,507,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$93,507,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$97,066,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$97,066,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$103,845,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$103,845,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$102,878,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$102,878,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -$107,168,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$107,168,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -$109,655,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$109,655,000,000.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 597, the gentleman
from California (Mr. Honda) and a Member opposed each will control 15
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
{time} 2150
Mr. HONDA. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Chairman, this session of Congress represents a unique
opportunity in history to accomplish something great. The pending
sequester, the overwhelming number of tax provisions set to expire, and
the threat of growing debt must force us to make decisions. Inaction is
not an option.
The amendment before us today is more than just a set of numbers.
It's a pathway forward. It's a solution. The Progressive Caucus
developed the solution by listening to what the American people want.
They want shared responsibility and prosperity. They want us to protect
the social safety network. They want basic fairness. They want fiscal
sanity. That is exactly what this plan provides.
First and foremost, we focused our attention where it is needed the
most: job creation. This proposal is estimated to create 3.3 million
jobs over the next 2 years because it uses every single tool in the
Federal Government's arsenal: One, direct and local hire programs; two,
targeted tax incentives; and, three, widespread domestic investments.
Instead, the Republican budget relies on trickle-down voodoo
economics that haven't worked before and won't work now. Projections
show that the GOP plan would kill 4.1 million jobs in the next 2 years
alone.
Americans deserve proven solutions, a growing economy, and financial
security for themselves and their loved ones. The Progressive Caucus is
listening: We invest in America now and lay the foundation for a
globally competitive future.
We need to invest in human capital, education, first-class
infrastructure, and cutting edge technologies. This is the kind of
thinking that built a successful economy in the past, and it is the
real roadmap to prosperity.
Secondly, the Progressive Caucus believes that Medicare, Medicaid,
and Social Security are not up for negotiation. The Republican budget
treats our seniors and working families like lab rats, subjecting these
important programs to grand conservative experiments.
What the Budget for All proves is that we don't need to put these
essential programs on the chopping block. Their assumptions are wrong,
and we can do better.
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As the primary author of the Budget for All, I'm proud of the
transparency of what we put before the American people. What we've
released to the public and what we put online is very clear about the
policies we stand for and those we oppose.
Instead, the Republican budget focuses so much on what they don't
like about the President's proposal that we are left with little
details about how they feel they achieve their end goals. It is so
scarce on details that The Washington Post referred to it as
``dangerous and intentionally vague.''
It claims lower taxes for all, but there are no real details on how
to get there. It claims substantial deficit reduction, but assumes
trillions in lost revenue will magically return.
The Republican plan hides the real substance behind their proposals
because that is the truly hard part of governing. Being honest with the
American people isn't easy, but in these difficult times it's the very
least that we can do.
I urge my colleagues to support honest and responsible solutions.
I urge a ``yes'' vote on this amendment,
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 15
minutes.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 5 minutes.
I want to congratulate the Progressive Caucus on producing a budget
that actually addresses our crushing deficit, unlike the President's
budget. Their budget produces deficit numbers that are right in line
with the House Budget Committee's path to prosperity.
The difference between the two is that the Republican plan reduces
the deficit by reorganizing our government services in a much more
efficient and streamlined structure, saving trillions of dollars, while
the Progressive Democrats would radically increase spending, supported
by $6.8 trillion in new taxes over the next decade.
What does that mean in real numbers, $6.8 trillion? It comes to about
$22,000 of taxes for every, man, woman, and child in America. That's
about $88,000 for a family of four. Don't worry, we're told, we're not
taxing working class families, just rich people and corporations.
Let's get a few things straight here. First, it turns out that many
of the rich people aren't rich, and they aren't even people. They are
small businesses filing under Subchapter S, the very same small
businesses that we're depending upon to create two-thirds of the new
jobs that Americans desperately need. To whack small businesses with
crushing new financial burdens and then expect them to create more jobs
is simply absurd.
Second, remember that ultimately businesses do not pay business
taxes. Business taxes can only be paid in one of three ways: They're
paid by consumers through higher prices; they're paid by employees
through lower wages or no wages at all as jobs disappear; or they are
paid by investors, mainly pension plans, through lower earnings. That's
the only three ways they can possibly be paid.
Let's talk about fairness. In 2008, the top 1 percent of taxpayers,
folks earning about $344,000 per year, earned about 17 percent of all
income and paid 37 percent of all income taxes. As a class, they are
paying their fair share, but the Progressives are right that some
individuals within this class pay less than their fair share because of
their disproportionate access to tax loopholes. The Progressives
rightly want to get rid of some of these loopholes, and that's a good
thing. But at the same time, they want to increase loopholes for
others. They don't mind the government picking winners among their
friends; they just want to do the picking.
The Republican plan calls for the ultimate elimination of these
loopholes while lowering overall tax rates so that no American pays
more than a third of their earnings to the government. That is
fairness.
The underlying problem that's destroying our Nation's finances can be
summed up with three simple numbers: 35, 33, and 76.
Between 2002 and 2012, population and inflation combined grew 35
percent. Despite the recession and the recent tax cuts, Federal
revenues have grown 33 percent in the same period. Very close.
The third number is what is killing our country. Seventy-six percent
is the increase in spending, twice the rate of our revenues, twice the
rate of inflation and population growth. By the way, has anybody seen a
76 percent increase in the quality of our roads or our institutions or
our law enforcement or our border security? We paid for it, but we're
not getting it. That's what's out of control about this administration.
No nation has ever taxed and spent its way to prosperity, but many
nations have taxed and spent their way to economic ruin and bankruptcy.
When we're told this is the worst recession since the Depression, I
remember a time much more recently when we had not only double-digit
unemployment, but double-digit inflation, mile-long lines around gas
stations, interest rates at 21\1/2\ percent. That was the end of the
Carter administration.
Maybe we don't remember those days as vividly. It's because they
didn't last very long. We elected Ronald Reagan, whose policies were
very different than the current administration. He cut spending as a
percentage of GDP. He cut the top marginal income tax rate from 70
percent all the way down to 28 percent. He reduced the regulatory
burdens crushing the economy, and he produced one of the most prolonged
periods of economic expansion in our Nation's history. This isn't a
partisan policy. Warren Harding, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and
most recently Bill Clinton all followed similar policies with similar
results.
Phil Graham recently estimated that if the economy today had tracked
with the Reagan economy, 17 million more Americans would be working
right now and income would be $5,700 higher per person.
We need to choose wisely, Mr. Chairman, here and at the polls in
November.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Minnesota, Congressman Ellison.
{time} 2200
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, allow me to go right to the heart of the
matter. We're talking about budgets and how our Nation shall spend
money over the course of years. What we're dealing with now is we're
dealing with unemployment, and this budget is no decent budget at all
unless it deals with jobs. Now, the Budget for All, which is the
Progressive Caucus budget, is all about jobs. We make investments in
people developing our workforce, developing education and putting
Americans back to work.
America has work that needs to be done. We've got about $2 trillion
worth of crumbling infrastructure which Republicans don't invest in.
America has jobs that need to be done. We've got people that need to do
them, and we have privileged Americans in corporations who have the
money that, if they were to give it in the way of taxes as the dues we
pay to live in a civilized society, we could combine these three
elements to put America back to work.
Now, I'm proud to stand with the Budget for All because it makes the
priority of jobs the key thing, but it also invests in America's future
and reduces the deficit. We're serious about that. I'd like to make
sure that others are, too, and don't just say so.
We've got to put America back to work. The Budget for All does that.
We urge support for the Budget for All.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the
Member from Indiana, a member of the Budget Committee, Mr. Young.
Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, as our national recession near
its fourth year, unemployment stays above 8 percent and gas prices
continue to skyrocket, our brave men and women continue to serve in
harm's way overseas, this Nation is in trouble, and I wonder which of
the following choices would Americans choose if they had to pick one.
Would it be A, an across-the-board income tax increase? Would it be B,
a new tax increase on gas, electricity, and natural gas? Would it be C,
a cut in funding for our soldiers to levels that the Pentagon warns is
dangerous to our national security?
Now, I suspect, Mr. Chairman, that the American people, if given the
choice, would prefer to have an option
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D, none of the above. But, unfortunately, they're not given this choice
in the Progressive Caucus budget. It forces, instead, all three
unpalatable options on the American public that is already struggling.
It raises taxes in every income tax bracket to the tune of $4.4
trillion, it raises the price at the pump and on utility bills ever
higher by creating a new tax on all fossil fuel-based energy sources,
and it makes no attempt to offset the defense spending sequester. And
while I do commend my colleagues for making the effort to develop
solutions to the Nation's problems and getting specific on those
solutions, I think the American people can do better.
We House Republicans have given Americans that none-of-the-above
option through our own budget. Our budget responsibly solves our
Nation's debt challenges, it responsibly cuts our spending, it avoids a
tax increase, and it strengthens programs like Medicare and Medicaid,
important to so many Americans. Most importantly, it does so by
lightening the burden of government on hardworking American taxpayers,
not burdening them with more government.
I respect my colleagues, and urge my colleagues, however, to vote
against the Progressive Caucus budget.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to our next speaker, who is
the founder of the Progressive Caucus, the proud Congresswoman Woolsey.
Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Chairman, the Budget for All rearranges our national
security spending priorities in a way that keeps America safe instead
of keeping America bogged down in expensive, immoral wars. By bringing
our troops home from Afghanistan, we save over $1 trillion over 10
years. We reinvest that money in the American people, their education,
their health care, their infrastructure, their retirement security, and
their hopes and their dreams.
There's money left over to beef up SMART Security priorities--
development, diplomacy, foreign and humanitarian aid--the tools that
will truly combat terrorism and protect our Nation in the 21st century.
We get rid of ancient, obsolete Cold War weapons systems that are
doing nothing to address today's security threats as well. We also take
care of our veterans, and we dramatically reduce our nuclear arsenal.
I urge all Members, read this budget and embrace it, because it truly
reflects the values and priorities of the American people--the
Congressional Progressive Caucus' Budget for All.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Flores).
Mr. FLORES. I thank my colleague, Mr. McClintock.
Mr. Chairman, the Progressive Caucus budget amendment creates
devastating cuts to our Nation's defense. Our Federal Government's
primary responsibility under the Constitution is to provide for the
common defense for the security of all Americans. This budget amendment
causes the Federal Government to abdicate this important
responsibility.
This substitute amendment guts the Defense Department by calling for
cuts that are $900 billion deeper than the nearly half a trillion
dollars that the President already proposed to be cut from the defense
plan that he proposed just 1 year ago.
This substitute has no specific plan to replace the sequester, which
Secretary of Defense Panetta said would have catastrophic consequences
and which would devastate our Department of Defense.
This amendment ignores our constitutional responsibility and tells
our troops in the field that, regardless of where the mission is and
what state it's in, that we're going to cut all funding. This comes
despite the fact that U.S. commanders have made it clear that there
will be a continued role for the U.S. in Afghanistan even after
Afghanistan security forces assume lead responsibility for security.
This budget amendment also ignores the economic impact that deep
defense cuts will have on low- and middle-income Americans that work
for the Department of Defense or work for suppliers of the Department
of Defense.
Our Nation suffers from a growing number of low-income families and
high levels of poverty. We also have more people on food stamps than
ever before. This is not the time to cut spending on the one Federal
Government function that is specifically called for in our
Constitution.
The American people, as you hear from the other side, are looking for
fairness. Cutting defense funding, as our colleagues are trying to do
here, is not fair to the economic and military security of this
country.
This proposed budget amendment, as well as the President's budget,
which was soundly defeated a few minutes ago, are not fair for America.
What is fair is to set forth a budget which approves the atmosphere for
job creation and which stimulates economic growth by relying on Main
Street American solutions.
If the Progressive Caucus and the Obama budgets are looking for
fairness, they should not be looking to cut the Department of Defense.
I urge my colleagues to oppose this substitute amendment so that we can
ensure the safety and security of the brave men and women serving our
country and for the American workers who support them.
In the alternative, I urge my colleagues to support the House Budget
Committee's FY 2013 budget. It is the budget that will restore
America's promise, prosperity, and security for future generations.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, next I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from
California, the gentlelady from where there's a there, Ms. Barbara Lee.
Ms. LEE of California. Let me first thank Congressman Honda,
Congressmen Grijalva and Ellison, and all of the CPC members for their
tireless effort on this budget, Congresswoman Woolsey, and all our
members who really put so much time and effort into this. I'm proud to
be a cosponsor of the Budget for All because the American people must
have an honest budget that does not blame the poor for the problems
created by the superrich.
The Tea Party Republican budget for the 1 percent does just that.
Their budget only cuts programs for our seniors, our children, and our
Nation's working poor and vulnerable, while giving away $4.4 trillion
in tax cuts for the superrich. And for all of their heartless cuts that
end Medicare, hurt our children, close schools, and fire police
officers, they don't even come close to balancing the budget because
they can't stop themselves from giving away trillions to the special
interest Big Oil and the top 1 percent.
I strongly believe that a budget is a moral document that shows our
Nation's priorities and values. Like the Congressional Black Caucus'
budget, the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget is a moral budget,
one that invests in the future of all Americans and one that believes
that our greatest days lie ahead.
The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. HONDA. I yield the gentlelady 15 additional seconds.
{time} 2210
Ms. LEE of California. Let me just mention also, in closing, that our
budget also ends the combat operation in Afghanistan. The American
people want the war to end. We have decided no more funding for combat
operations; there's no military solution. We do provide the funds to
protect our troops and contractors and to bring them home safely in an
orderly fashion.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to
my friend and colleague from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford).
Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. Chairman, it is good to get a chance to have this
debate that is unique on the House floor, to be able to go through
this. Obviously, we look forward to the day that the Senate has this
same kind of dialog back and forth on what are spending priorities in
the budget. It's now well over 1,000 days since the Senate has had any
kind of conversation like this. It's terrific to be able to have this.
There are some areas of this budget that I'd take a look at and I
would say I would completely concur with. This budget takes on things
like the AMT fix, the alternative minimum tax, and tries to resolve
that over time. I think that's a terrific idea, and we need to get a
chance to move forward on that. But it does some things that I don't
think many people in my district would be in favor of.
Many people in my district look at the tax policy and say it's
incredibly
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complicated and complex. This budget moves the tax system from six
tiers to 10 tiers and dramatically increases the complexity of our Tax
Code.
It also changes the death tax to a 65 percent death tax. It puts
Uncle Sam squarely on the end of coffins, and as the grieving family is
there, Uncle Sam is standing there saying, I'm waiting for my cut. I
think that's the wrong way to go.
There's a large carbon tax that's included with this. With gas prices
going up, energy prices on the rise, I don't think this is the time to
also increase the price of energy again in that.
It also raises taxes, ironically enough, on McDonalds and on fast-
food places, to be able to punish them, I guess, for supplying food to
people that are on the run. It increases taxes on that. It also
provides public funding for elections so that people that are running
for office, like myself and others, will actually get public funding
for that, which many people don't want to be a part of.
It does also provide State flexibility though, but it's State
flexibility for a new system of health care oversight. We'd like to see
it have flexibility for things like Medicare and Medicaid and such.
So, with that, I would oppose this and would support the House
Republican budget.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
southern California (Ms. Chu).
Ms. CHU. Mr. Chairman, this budget is about fairness, where everyone,
not just a special few, can succeed.
While the Republican budget ends the Medicare guarantee, the Budget
for All makes no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security.
While their budget slashes Pell Grants, leaving 1 million students
struggling, the Budget for All actually increases investments in
education.
While their budget destroys 4.1 million jobs in just 2 years, the
Budget for All actually puts 2 million more people back to work by
investing in infrastructure.
The Republicans do all this to keep tax breaks for Big Oil and
provide an extra $150,000 for millionaires. The Budget for All creates
a fairer system by asking those who have benefited most from our
economy to pay a sensible share.
The Budget for All ensures everyone can achieve the American Dream if
they just work hard and play by the rules.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, we have no more speakers. I will
reserve my time until the gentleman has concluded.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute and 20 seconds to the
gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. Edwards).
Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, budgets are about priorities, and the
Budget for All sets priorities for the American people. It's about
creating jobs and opportunity, investing in education, investing in our
infrastructure, investing in our future.
The Budget for All, the Progressive Caucus budget, also makes
significant investments in our military that actually prepare our
defense forces for the 21st century.
The Budget for All is about priorities. And make no mistake, the
Republican budget sets completely different priorities. It says to our
seniors, we want you to pay more out of your pocket for Medicare;
destroys Medicare as we know it; creates a system that's not fair,
where young people who want to go to college won't be able to do that
because there won't be Pell Grants available for them.
The Republican budget says to you that if you actually want to work
hard and play by the rules, that you're not going to be treated fairly.
It's time for us to have a budget that reflects the priorities of the
American people, that makes investments in the American people. The
Budget for All makes those investments.
I urge my colleagues to read the budget, read the Budget for All, and
support the Budget for All, the Progressive Caucus budget that makes
important investments in the American people and does not destroy
Medicare as we know it.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock) has
3\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California (Mr. Honda)
has 6 minutes remaining.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute and 20 seconds to the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. I thank the gentleman from California for
his leadership, along with Congressmen Grijalva and Ellison.
I rise to support the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget. I
announce today that the Republican budget, according to the Economic
Policy Institute, is a job killer--1.3 million jobs will be lost in
2013, 2.8 million jobs will be lost in 2014, and 4.1 million jobs will
be lost in 2015.
It will also, in essence, defund the Affordable Care Act, which will
eliminate access to health care for many women dealing with
reproductive health, dealing with essential health benefits, and also
coverage of family planning services. It will cut $1.7 trillion from
Medicaid. But the Budget for All will provide a direct opportunity for
the School Improvement Corps, the Park Improvement Corps, and Student
Job Corps, creating jobs.
It will save TRICARE and personnel. The CBC budget doesn't impact
personnel, wages and benefits and pensions for our soldiers, but it
ends the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and saves money in doing so.
It extends the earned income tax credit and the child and dependent
care credit. It responsibly and expeditiously ends all of our military
presence, but, more importantly, it creates an atmosphere for economic
improvement and development by providing jobs to our young people,
stopping the taking away of the lifeline of Medicaid.
Support the Budget for All. Support the Congressional Progressive
Caucus budget.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/4\ minutes to the gentlelady
from California, the songstress, Congresswoman Laura Richardson.
Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of the
Progressive Caucus alternative budget.
This budget, as a member on the Transportation Committee, would help
us to be able to create, once and for all, the infrastructure bank that
we desperately needed that would allow us to attract private and public
partnership. The Progressive budget would also outline a plan to put
over 2 million individuals back to work. And my colleague just before
me highlighted what some of those would be. Some of them would include
the Improvement Corps for public school rehabilitation projects, Park
Improvement Corps for young adults, and Student Job Corps, one of which
I was able to take advantage of as a young individual.
Mr. Chairman, the CPC budget will assist us to be able to responsibly
act to reduce our budget deficit, but to also maintain our domestic
priorities.
This budget is the right budget. It will protect our fragile
recovery, and it will invest in our future.
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from
Michigan (Mr. Conyers).
Mr. CONYERS. Thank you very much, Mr. Honda.
Tonight, I want to commend my friends on the other side of the aisle,
starting with Mr. Tom McClintock of California and those who are with
him this evening, because what has happened is that we have begun to
see that, between the leaders in the Progressive Caucus and those who
can't possibly vote for the Progressive Caucus bill, we are still
finding things that we can agree on. For example, is there anybody, the
leader of the other side of the aisle, whose group does not believe
that we should invest in our children's education by increasing
education, training, and social services?
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We all agree on that.
Is there anybody on the other side of the aisle, Mr. Chairman, who
doesn't believe that our budget makes no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid,
and Social Security benefits?
These are beginnings of agreements. We all, on both sides, agree that
we must responsibly and expeditiously end our military presence in Iraq
and Afghanistan. And I congratulate the Member leading the other side.
Mr. HONDA. I yield the balance of my time to our closer, the
gentleman from Arizona, the great Raul Grijalva.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 2\1/4\
minutes.
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Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, let me thank Mr. Honda for his yeoman
work on the budget.
The Republican majority is asking the American people to, once more,
accept the premise that a trickle-down theory of economics is the path
to solvency, balanced budget, and fiscal responsibility. Well, this
trickle-down theory, as promoted, all it has done is create a dry
opportunity for the middle class in this country.
Unemployment is up, and it has increased the number of poor and
unemployed in this country, and this kind of insecurity has led us to
the situation that we're in.
Our budget, the Progressive budget, Budget for All, reintroduces
something fundamental to the American people, its values and its moral
imperatives that have made us a great Nation.
Our budget is about fairness in burden and fairness in all. There
should be no privileged group that receives that 40 to 50 of the
benefit from the tax cuts. That money is needed in this society, and
our budget asks for shared burden and shared responsibility.
We create jobs. We front-load jobs in this. We are about fiscal
responsibility, reducing the deficit and balancing the budget; and we,
more importantly than anything else, invest in the American people. We
invest in our people, our greatest resource.
We save and promote Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from the
destructive plan that's being promoted by the Republican majority. This
Budget for All by the Progressive Caucus, we are providing the American
people and this Congress with a choice and a contrast. Do we repeat the
mistakes of the past and pass a budget that's being recommended by the
Republicans that takes us down the same destructive economic path that
we've been on?
Or do we go in a direction that promotes equity, fairness, fiscal
responsibility, and, more importantly, puts the American people back to
work and offers their families the opportunities that we all have been
able to benefit?
The Progressive Caucus budget is a budget of choice, a budget of
fairness and, above all, returns us to our values as America.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I think the reason these times are so
impassioned is because we've arrived at a moment when two very
different visions of society are competing for our Nation's future, and
they're very much reflected in the budgets put forward by the two
parties in this House.
America's prosperity and greatness spring from uniquely American
principles of individual freedom, personal responsibility, and
constitutionally limited government. America's Founders created a
voluntary society where people are free to make their own choices,
enjoy the fruits of their own labors, take responsibility for their own
decisions, and lead their own lives with a minimum of government
interference and intrusion.
When someone needs help, we freely give that help, but we ask in
return that they make the effort to support themselves to the extent
that they can. Our government views no one person or group as more or
less worthy than any other.
We are Americans. We'll be judged on our own merits, and we'll make
on own choices, including what kind of car we'll drive, what kind of
toilets we'll have in our homes, how we'll raise our children, what
kind of light bulbs we prefer, what we'll have for dinner tonight.
Today, a very different vision competes for our future, that of a
compulsory society, where our individual rights are subordinated to the
mandates of government bureaucrats, where innocent taxpayers are forced
to bail out the bad decisions of others, and where consumers are
compelled to purchase the products or underwrite the losses of
politically favored companies.
Under this vision, the purpose of government is not to protect
individual freedom, but to improve society, however those in power
decide it should be improved, to take from those it declares are
undeserving to give to those it declares are deserving or, to put it
more succinctly, to take from each according to his abilities and to
give to each according to his needs. That's what this is all about.
Not more than 100 steps from where we debate right now, Thomas
Jefferson reviewed the bountiful resources of the Nation and asked:
With all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us
a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more,
fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall
restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them
otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and
improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the
bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.
This is the Path to Prosperity put forth by the House Budget
Committee. And let us be clear: the various Democratic plans, including
the one before us now, fundamentally reject these principles and
replace them with values alien and antithetical to those that built our
Nation.
That is the question that our generation must decide in all of its
forms, including the question put to us today by this substitute
amendment.
I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. All time for debate has expired.
The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
California (Mr. Honda).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. HONDA. I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California
will be postponed.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
McClintock) having assumed the chair, Mr. Yoder, Acting Chair of the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that
that Committee, having had under consideration the concurrent
resolution (H. Con. Res. 112) establishing the budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022, had come to no
resolution thereon.
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