[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REJECT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Mr. KENNEDY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, President Trump's budget landed with a thud 
on the backs of working Americans this week.
  Its message is quite simple: this administration will reward wealth 
with one hand and target working families with another.
  To this President, avoiding the estate tax for wealthy heirs is an 
entitlement, but the healthcare of everyday Americans is expendable.
  To this President, carried interest on passive income is a worthy tax 
benefit for executives, while a livable minimum wage for a working 
parent is a burden we cannot afford.
  To this President, a lengthy record of felony convictions won't deny 
your tax credit for a private jet, but a conviction for misdemeanor 
drug possession could cost you the roof over your head.
  A budget that puts Americans first doesn't deem millions of Americans 
unworthy.
  A budget that puts Americans first doesn't starve them of housing, of 
healthcare, and of food because their President counts stock market 
gains as more important than our common humanity.
  But putting Americans first has never been the fundamental policy of 
this administration. It has always been to draw a bright line between 
the wealthy and the striving.
  I stand to reject this budget.

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