[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 37 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E302]
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                        FY2014 BUDGET RESOLUTION

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                           HON. NITA M. LOWEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 14, 2013

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, by re-affirming this year's across-the-board 
cuts and slashing even more deeply into critical priorities like 
schools, roads and bridges, and medical research, the House budget 
resolution is a blueprint for stalled growth, joblessness, and 
abandonment of American families.
  Since 2010, Congress has cut discretionary spending by $1.5 trillion 
over ten years. The Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations bills lowered 
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)-projected spending by $550 billion 
over 10 years, and the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 lowered future 
spending by an additional $900 billion over 10 years.
  Congress' failure to replace this year's across-the-board budget cuts 
mandated through sequestration with a balanced alternative slashed an 
additional $68 billion in discretionary services and investments in 
Fiscal Year 2013. The nonpartisan, independent Congressional Budget 
Office (CBO) reported this will result in 750,000 fewer American jobs 
this year alone.
  The Republican budget resolution would further exacerbate these 
dangerous cuts. Under the caps already in place, spending on non-
defense discretionary services and investments, relative to the size of 
the economy, will fall to the lowest level on record--and records go 
back to 1962. Nevertheless, the Ryan budget would cut an additional $1 
trillion over 10 years from funding levels agreed to by Democrats and 
Republicans through the Budget Control Act.
  With proposed funding levels this irresponsible and dangerous, it is 
not surprising that Republicans failed to identify the services they 
would cut. This budget presents a false choice between services and 
assistance that Americans rely on, like veterans' benefits, homeland 
security, schools, medical research, law enforcement, and Pell Grants.
  Despite unprecedented discretionary spending cuts since 2010, the 
Republican budget proposal would continue to inflict wounds on our 
economy by deepening cuts to initiatives that support job growth and 
help middle class families.

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