[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25566]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES DEMAND SACRIFICE OF THE MANY, PROVIDE ENRICHMENT 
                               OF THE FEW

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, the Republican budget bill is not a 
document of our Nation's priorities. The Republicans are not listening 
to the needs of average Americans who want a fair budget and lower 
deficits.
  Here are 10 quick reasons why this mean-spirited bill should be 
defeated this week. First, it takes from the poor and middle class to 
make the rich richer. Second, it includes the largest cuts in student 
loans in history. Third, it provides a $24 billion windfall to 
delinquent dads. Fourth, it destroys the pristine Arctic refuge and 
endangers our coastline.
  Fifth, it worsens America's health status by cutting Medicaid by $12 
billion. Sixth, it cuts safety-net funding for our most vulnerable 
children. Seventh, it takes school lunches away from 40,000 kids who 
desperately need the nutritional content that those lunches provide. 
Eighth, it fails to adequately fund vital support services for workers. 
Ninth, it adds insult to injury for farmers in the form of commodity 
cuts. And tenth, despite all these cuts, it still swells the deficit. 
And I stress, it still swells the deficit.

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