[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WHERE'S OUR SENSE OF JUSTICE?

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, we pick up the Politico today, and the 
headline is: ``Republicans Ax Aid to the Poor.'' It goes on to explain 
that there's a $33 billion cut in food stamps in the Romney-Ryan 
Republican budget that passed the House so that the average family of 
four gets an 11 percent cut in their monthly benefits after September 
1, and it requires that households exhaust most of their liquid assets 
before qualifying for help. This hits hardest among the long-term 
unemployed, who will be forced off the rolls until they've spent down 
their savings to less than $2,000, in many cases.
  Then, we read we're going to do another tax cut this week. Majority 
Leader Cantor wants to cut taxes by another $46 billion. In fact, the 
majority of it goes to less than 3 percent of all taxpayers and less 
than 8 percent of business owners. It's available to highly paid 
professionals, longtime lobby firms, professional sports teams, and 
entertainers like Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and the like. They all 
get another tax cut.
  Where is our sense of justice? Where are our priorities? Where is our 
commonsense?

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