[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 38 (Friday, March 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            THE RYAN BUDGET

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to comment about the budget 
introduced this week by the Republican Budget chairman, Paul Ryan.
  The first thing we notice about this budget is that it is nothing 
more than a tiresome rehash of the right-wing wish list. I call it a 
``tiresome rehash'' because we already know that Representative Ryan 
doesn't like ensuring that all Americans have access to affordable 
health care. We remember he doesn't like allowing coverage for 
preexisting conditions. We understand that he doesn't like closing the 
Medicare part D loophole, doughnut hole, for seniors. We are acquainted 
with his dislike for granting preventative health care services to 
women. We already know that he wants to turn Medicare into a lousy 
voucher system that costs seniors thousands of dollars extra every year 
for their health care whether they have it or not, and we already know 
that the American public rejects these positions as it did in the last 
election.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask: Can we not, at long last, move on?

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