[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      GOP BUDGET CUTS HURT OHIOANS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, dangerous budget shenanigans by House 
Republicans play with fire that can blunt economic growth and cruelly 
hurt countless Ohioans.
  Speaker McCarthy's roulette creates economic instability that can 
yield disastrous consequences for students, families, seniors, 
veterans, and public safety across our Buckeye State.
  His plan would endanger public safety and impact public health by 
shutting down five air traffic control towers in our State, cutting 330 
safety inspections in rail, and denying 2,000 Ohioans admission to 
opioid treatment.
  His plan would raise costs for working families and students by 
eliminating 12,300 preschool and childcare slots in Ohio, stripping 
food assistance from nearly half a million Ohioans, making college 
tuition expensive for 200,000 Ohioans, and raising housing costs for 
23,000 Ohioans. How about that for a start?
  The McCarthy plan is reckless and inches us closer to default. In 
sum, the McCarthy plan would thwart economic progress and should be 
shelved for a commonsense, bipartisan solution that serves all of 
America. Let's put people before politics.

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