[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25701]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         REPUBLICAN BUDGET DOESN'T REFLECT AMERICA'S PRIORITIES

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, the Republican Congress is about to slash 
nearly $50 billion from investments in our children's future, in health 
care and education. Yet because of Republican priorities, they are 
going to actually add $20 billion to the $3 trillion in our deficit. 
Only in a Republican Congress.
  What kind of Congress passes a budget that cuts $9.5 billion from 
children's health care, affecting 6 million children, while overpaying 
HMOs by $5.4 billion? What kind of Congress hands out $16.5 billion to 
oil and gas companies, while cutting 40,000 children's nutrition 
programs and seniors from home heating assistance?
  What kind of Congress cuts 330,000 children from child care 
assistance, while giving special tax breaks to bow and arrow 
manufacturers, NASCAR track owners, and logging companies?
  What kind of Congress cuts $14.5 billion from student college 
assistance, the largest cut ever, while cutting taxes for millionaires?
  A Republican Congress, but of course.
  Those are the wrong priorities for America. Americans know.
  Mr. Speaker, we should cut spending, but we should not do it by 
throwing our children under the bus. America can do better. It is time 
for a change.

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