[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         BUDGET RECONCILIATION

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in opposition to the Republican 
misguided and irresponsible plan to pass mandatory spending cuts and a 
companion tax cut package.
  The Republican budget reconciliation bill cuts $50 billion in vital 
programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans which are 
important to low-income and working-class families in this country.
  The Republicans claim that these spending cuts will be used to offset 
the cost of hurricane relief efforts, and that is simply not the case. 
In recent years, Republicans have not offset the supplemental funding 
for the war and rebuilding in Iraq.
  The reality is that Republicans are cutting vital services for the 
most vulnerable in our country in order to finance $70 billion in tax 
cuts to the wealthy few. The budget reconciliation bill, when combined 
with the tax cut, increases the Federal deficit by $20 billion.
  Do not be fooled. The Republican reconciliation plan is a plan to 
increase the deficit and the national debt. Republicans clearly have 
the wrong priorities for America's working families. The budget is 
wrong. I urge my colleagues to protect the health and well-being of our 
citizens and not support this plan.

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