[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             RETAINING THE PROPOSED $70 BILLION BUDGET CUTS

  (Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the 
House regarding the proposed $70 billion cuts.
  Let me just say that this weekend I went to the Florida-Georgia game, 
and it was a real tough game, but at that game was the head of the 
Police Athletic League who had just read an article in the Times Union, 
which is one of the most conservative papers in the United States. It 
talked about the proposed cuts in the food stamp program, and he was 
appalled that we are going to cut programs for school lunch and senior 
citizens programs while we are trying to give tax breaks to the rich.
  I mean, just picture this. The head of the Police Athletic League, 
conservative group, giving me the going over.
  I told him, you know what, you are singing to the choir. I do not 
support these cuts. You need to talk to the people on the other side of 
the aisle, the people that you play golf with, the people that you run 
around with. Those are the ones that are planning on doing these cuts, 
and I recommend that you talk with them and let them know that you do 
not support those cuts.

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