[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E485-E486]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013

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                               speech of

                         HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 28, 2012

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (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:

  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Chair, the Republican budget reads like ``The Hunger 
Games''--forcing American families to compete for survival against a 
plutonium plutocracy. The Republican budget cuts Medicare. It cuts 
Medicaid. It cuts Pell Grants.
  Yet, at the same time, their budget calls for more spending on the 
weapons of last century's Cold War. More nuclear bomb-making plants. 
More nuclear missiles. More nuclear subs.
  Their budget fails to address the needs of the elderly, the children, 
the sick, and the most vulnerable. It makes no sense. It is insane.
  The CPC budget includes my legislation, the Smarter Approach to 
Nuclear Expenditures Act--the SANE Act. SANE will save $100 billion 
over the next 10 years by reducing nuclear weapons spending. The CPC 
and the SANE Act puts people ahead of plutonium.

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  I urge my colleagues to join me and vote for the CPC ``Budget for 
All''.

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