[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET
(Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak out against the
Republican budget plan.
Budgets are not just numbers on a piece of paper; they are moral
documents, moral documents that demonstrate our Nation's values,
ideals, and our priorities.
The House Republican budget of ``work harder and get less'' is not
where it is at. Their budget makes it harder for American families to
pay for a home, to send their kids to college, and keeps paychecks in
this country stagnant; and it is something that we should not tolerate.
Instead, Republicans should work with Democrats to end the
sequestration so we can make it easier to send our kids to college, fix
our roads that are crumbling every day, and also to make sure that we
can keep good-paying jobs here in our country. That is the American
Dream; that is the land of opportunity.
I urge the Republicans to work with us, not against us, so we can fix
this problem for the American people.
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