[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1857]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               LIFTING DEFENSE AND NONDEFENSE BUDGET CAPS

  (Mrs. DINGELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, as the House begins to prepare to discuss 
the next year's fiscal budget, we need a budget that supports hard-
working Americans, not one that puts our families in jeopardy.
  The GOP budget ends Medicare as we know it; it cuts Pell grants; it 
decimates Head Start, and it doubles down on policies that put working 
families further behind. One thing that we all need to fear in this 
budget is the harmful, arbitrary budget caps on both our nondefense and 
defense programs. These caps hurt all Americans and make our military 
vulnerable.
  Our military leadership has made clear that the budget caps are 
harming our national security. Michigan is an important northern border 
State, and at too many places, like at the Selfridge Air National Guard 
Base in Michigan, our men and women in uniform face dramatic cuts to 
the critical training and equipment they need to defend our country.
  We can't afford more unrealistic budget gimmicks or plans that just 
kick the can down the road. We need to take up a serious budget, which 
the Democrats will offer this week.

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