[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25563]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        REPUBLICAN BUDGET DOES NOT REFLECT AMERICA'S PRIORITIES

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Madam Speaker, tomorrow the House is planning to vote on 
America's future. The budget vote will decide who wins, who loses. The 
Republican budget does not reflect America's priorities. Where else 
would you protect corporate welfare like $16.5 billion in handouts, 
taxpayer handouts to oil and gas companies, and all the while throwing 
America's children over the side. A Republican Congress, of course.
  Where else would you cut $9.5 billion from children's health care 
affecting 6 million children, while helping protect big oil and gas 
companies. Where else would you cut 330,000 children from child care 
assistance while protecting big HMOs. Where else would you cut 40,000 
children from nutrition programs while protecting America's polluters. 
Where else would you cut $14.3 billion in student college aid, the 
single largest cut in the history of the student aid program. A 
Republican Congress, but of course.
  These are not the right priorities for America. They are not 
America's priorities for its future. Madam Speaker, we should cut 
spending, but we should not jeopardize our future by cutting programs 
for our children. It is time we made a change. It is time that we 
choose our priorities. We can do better, not protecting Big Oil at the 
expense of taking America's children and throwing them over the side.

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