[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 37 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              RYAN BUDGET

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the Republican 
budget proposal that's soon to be considered by the House.
  The policies therein were debated and soundly rejected in the last 
election. In Las Vegas and across the country, Americans made it clear 
that our budget should be a path forward for a strong middle class and 
should be a serious investment in the next generation.
  Instead, the Republican budget shrinks investment in infrastructure 
and education, cuts funding to research and development, eliminates the 
safety net for our most vulnerable, and ends the Medicare guarantee. 
Furthermore, it should include a question mark or a giant asterisk 
because so many aspects of it are vague and so many details are 
missing. This budget isn't a path to prosperity. It's a collection of 
inconsistent assumptions and mathematical gimmicks. It's full of 
phantom revenue and undelineated cuts.
  People in my district, District One of Nevada, want Congress to pass 
a budget that represents a balanced approach, not one based on partisan 
ideology that's out of touch with their priorities. So I say let's get 
to work on that.

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