[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2000-2001]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

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  Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, this week the President 
delivered a $2.5 trillion budget to Congress and the American people. 
What was missing was nearly a trillion dollars for his plan for Social 
Security.
  What was missing was the $1.8 billion, the cost of making the tax 
cuts permanent and retiring tax cuts.
  What was missing was the cost of the war in Iraq. He has already 
spent $280 billion. He has asked for $80 billion more, none of it in 
the budget.
  What was in the budget was $60 billion cut for Medicaid. Over 40 
million people, children and poor people, a $60 billion cut.
  What was missing was a $2 billion cut that was in the budget for 
community development block grants, monies to cities and towns to build 
their infrastructure, to help in their housing and other local 
community programs.
  What was in the budget was a cut to Upward Bound, TRIO and other 
education programs, cuts to our firefighters, at the same time asking 
for permanent tax cuts. We have got to do better and I hope we will.

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