[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4074]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC BUDGET

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to express in the strongest 
terms possible my opposition to President Bush's proposed budget for 
2009, a budget that simply does not reflect our traditional American 
values. The Republican budget would sink us deeper into debt and will 
destroy Medicare and Medicaid as we know them. Everything, everything 
the President says he is, he is not. And with the help of his party, 
the President is doing what Germany and Japan could not do in World War 
II, destroying our Nation.
  The question America voters must ask is: Whose side are we on? Does 
anyone in this Chamber seriously intend to cut Community Service Block 
Grants, Community Oriented Policing, the Centers for Disease Control, 
NIH, the FAA, and Social Service Block Grants? These are essential 
people-oriented programs that serve as our Nation's social safety net, 
and we must invest in them.
  Join me in supporting the Democratic budget. Let's invest our hard-
earned tax dollars right here at home in America based upon our 
traditional American values.

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