[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25701-25702]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TIME TO REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDING

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today, this body is going to address and

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pass the Deficit Reduction Act. While we are doing this, the left is 
out in full force telling Americans that we are about to cut Medicaid.
  Mr. Speaker, shame on them.
  Next year, under this bill, Medicaid will grow 7 percent. That is not 
a cut. We are taking the rate of growth from 7.3 to 7 percent.
  If the left wants to lie about it, there is not a lot that we are 
going to be able to do to stop them, but the American people should 
know that they are not being told the truth.
  So when the Democrats come down here today talking about how we are 
hurting the poor and hurting seniors and hurting children, they are 
being dishonest, because they know they cannot win this argument. The 
American people are ready to see Federal Government spending reduced.

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