[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4934]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           OPPOSED TO BUDGET

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Madam Speaker, I express my sincere opposition to this 
year's budget because it is immoral, especially to women.
  Our health care system is in bad shape. We all know that women use 
health care more than men and are more likely to need it. Under 
President Bush, the number of uninsured has risen. Yet what does this 
budget propose? Health savings accounts, which would only benefit the 
wealthiest and healthiest, those who could already afford health 
coverage. It cuts or levels funds for all but one of the Institutes of 
National Health, and at a time when we are making important advances in 
medical research, when we are just beginning to learn the ways that 
women are affected differently than men by certain diseases. And it 
cuts funding for nutritional programs that are designed to keep women 
and their families healthier.
  We have an obligation to ensure that everyone can have access to 
health care services. I urge my colleagues to reject this irresponsible 
and immoral budget, and instead, to pass a budget that lives up to our 
commitment to American women and their families.

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