[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REPUBLICAN BUDGET PLAN

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Good day, Mr. Speaker. Good day, my colleagues--or as my 
Republican colleagues would say, bonjour.
  Today, we're considering the Republican budget, which is a plan 
modeled after European-style austerity measures. In plain English, it 
is bad.
  The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office makes clear this budget 
will slow economic growth and kill over 2.5 million American jobs. It 
requires further sacrifices from our veterans, our seniors, students, 
small businesses, and hardworking middle class families. It ends 
Medicare as we know it. And it has no vision for how we're going to 
create jobs. It doesn't even include the phrase ``job creation.''
  The American people rejected this budget in November 2012. The 
Congress should reject it today. It's time to say au revoir--good-bye--
to this Republican budget and move forward with a plan focused on jobs 
and creating a better future for this country.

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