[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5386]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




REPUBLICAN BUDGET A GIFT TO SPECIAL INTERESTS AND A SLAP IN THE FACE TO 
                          THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans are expected to bring a 
2007 budget to the floor this week that they say demonstrates their 
priorities. Unfortunately, House Republicans once again essentially 
rubber-stamp the President's budget, refusing to stand up for fiscal 
discipline and refusing to truly address the needs of everyday 
Americans.
  The Republican budget makes harmful cuts to critical services for 
working families and uses these cuts to partly pay for new tax cuts, 
primarily benefiting America's millionaires.
  This budget slashes education, training and social services funding; 
cuts veterans health care and taxes military retirees; cuts homeland 
security, including port security; squeezes programs for low-wage 
workers and vulnerable families; slashes environmental protection and 
conservation funding; and cuts funding for public health programs and 
medical research.
  The wealthiest Americans are doing just fine. They don't need any 
more help from Washington Republicans. It is America's middle class who 
have lost out over the last 5 years, and they are not getting help from 
the Republican budget. We should reject this mean-spirited budget.

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