[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H3067-H3068]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          BUDGET DEFICIT WILL PASS $1 TRILLION WITHIN 2 YEARS

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the nonpartisan Congressional 
Budget Office, the CBO, released a report highlighting the fact that 
the budget deficit will pass $1 trillion within 2 years, thanks in 
large part to the massive tax cuts granted to the wealthiest Americans 
in the recently adopted Republican tax plan. $1 trillion.
  This tax plan is projected to itself add close to $2 trillion to the 
deficit over a decade.
  This reckless plan jeopardizes our economic recovery by taking away 
the

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ability for us to invest in those elements of our communities and 
society that will grow the economy. The very thought that we have a 
massive deficit in our public infrastructure, and that is nowhere on 
the table in the House, roads and bridges crumbling, water systems, 
like the water system of my hometown of Flint, failing, and continuing 
to pass on massive debt to our children and grandchildren is 
irresponsible and it ought to be reversed.

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