[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DANGEROUS BUDGET CUTS THREATEN COMMUNITIES

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the dangerous 
Republican budget cuts and how they will hurt American families, damage 
education, and threaten our communities.
  They will force Border Patrol agencies to fire 800 agents and make 
our country less secure.
  They will remove 40,000 teachers from classrooms and affect the 
education of 33.5 million students.
  They will deny 55,000 American workers the money they earned on the 
job.
  They will take 4,000 law enforcement officers off our streets and 
make our neighborhoods less safe.
  In addition, these cuts will take food out of the mouths of millions 
of American children and seniors.
  If they do not get their way, Republicans will shut down the 
government and hurt more Americans, including our veterans. Clearly, 
this behavior does not represent a party working for the American 
people.

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