[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              RYAN BUDGET

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, more than 4 months have passed since our 
country reelected President Obama and embraced his plans to keep moving 
our country forward. But right now, Republicans are offering a budget 
proposal that includes many of the same ideas that voters rejected this 
fall. The Republican budget would end the Medicare guarantee as we know 
it and repeal the Affordable Care Act that's already providing benefits 
to so many families in my home State of Rhode Island and across this 
country.
  Rhode Islanders don't want another Republican budget proposal that 
jeopardizes our economic recovery, gives away billions of dollars in 
tax subsidies to Big Oil, and protects tax breaks to companies that 
ship jobs overseas. They want a budget that reflects our values and 
priorities as a Nation, a budget that honors the promises we made to 
our seniors, puts our country back to work, invests in rebuilding our 
national infrastructure, protects our investments in education, and 
reduces our deficit by making smart cuts in spending and reforming our 
Tax Code.
  The Republican budget fails to meet any of these standards, and I 
hope my colleagues will join me in opposing it this week.

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