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




                     BUDGET RECONCILIATION PROPOSAL

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I think the American people 
should be told why so many of us are rising to the floor even before 
the budget reconciliation proposal comes to this floor. It is because, 
what is the choice or the choice that is being made by Republicans? Is 
it that they are willing to give a $70 billion tax cut, rather than 
spend dollars on education, rather than spend dollars on health care, 
rather than spend dollars on easing the pain of senior citizens?
  The interesting aspect that I would like to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues is that there is a pending possibility of a veto because 
our colleagues in the Senate have been able to find some relief for the 
$10 billion Medicaid cut. Their proposal has to do with taking away the 
$10 billion cushion that has been established by the Medicare drug law. 
They want to take those dollars and have it to pay for the large cut of 
$10 or $11 billion that is coming out of this budget, out of Medicaid.
  Is it not ridiculous to spend $70 billion on tax cuts, borrowing from 
Peter to pay Paul, and we are going to get a veto by the President of 
the United States if we try to save the $10 billion for those seniors 
who need the money in Medicaid?
  Vote against the budget reconciliation when it comes to the floor.

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