[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          DEMOCRATS' BUDGET PRIORITIZES NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, when the Democrats took control of 
Congress this year, we pledged that the voices of children would become 
a top priority for a change. This month Democrats will complete a final 
budget that meets our commitment to our children and abides by tough 
pay-as-you-go rules we reinstituted in January.
  This new Congress has a responsibility to clean up the fiscal mess 
that we inherited. Deficits matter. Over the last 6 years, the choice 
to live beyond our means has come at a great expense to our children 
who will be forced to pay off that debt. The Democratic budget says, 
enough with deficit spending. Unlike the President's budget, ours will 
be balanced within the next 5 years.
  First, we increase funding for our children's health care by $50 
billion over the next 5 years, which will allow States to ensure 
millions of children who are now uninsured. And then we will provide 
$7.9 billion over the President's budget for education funding so we 
can really mean it when we say, No child left behind.

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