[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS IS A STRONG AMERICA

  (Mrs. DINGELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, the Republican budget released today would 
deny working families the opportunity to earn a fair living that used 
to ensure a strong middle class in this country.
  Their budget would hurt seniors, as Republicans have proposed four 
times before, by ending Medicare as we know it. It would place the 
burden of balancing the budget on the poor and keep arbitrary spending 
caps that hurt young and old alike by decimating Head Start and denying 
homebound seniors access to meals. It would cut Pell grants, hurting 
students seeking higher education, and it would leave our military 
lacking the critical resources we need to defend our country.
  Mr. Speaker, our Democratic budget will honor our promises to seniors 
and will give someone who worked hard the opportunity to earn a fair 
wage so that they can raise their family. It will keep health care 
affordable and help students seeking to better themselves attain an 
affordable education, and it will invest in our future by repairing our 
crumbling roads and bridges that are vital to a growing economy.
  Our budget stands for protecting Medicare, earning a fair wage, and 
rebuilding our infrastructure, because a strong middle class is a 
strong America.

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