[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H1869-H1870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I too adhere to the Second Amendment, 
as all of us do. I can assure the gentleman that anything we do with 
sensible gun legislation that will protect the lives of babies whose 
lives were lost in Newtown and Aurora and Virginia Tech and Columbine 
will be fair and just. I hope my colleagues in the Senate will hear 
from those of us who are sending him a letter: no filibuster, but real 
gun-sensible legislation.
  Let me turn to the budget and indicate that it is important that we 
rid ourselves of the sequester and ask the Speaker to put on the floor 
H.R. 900. I think it is good that the President has saved dollars out 
of the Iraq and Afghan war of over $1 billion and provided security for 
embassies and $222 million for gun legislation enforcement, but we must 
not have to change CPI.
  Many people don't realize that in this instance of Social Security 
seniors are paying more money for health care.

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They will not be able to compensate. Those who are poor and vulnerable 
will be worst off after the changed CPI.
  I join with many, many Members of the United States Congress to say 
we can make Social Security solvent, Medicare solvent and Medicaid 
solvent, but we must not have to change CPI. I oppose it and many 
others.

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