[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE

  (Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. The President has presented his budget, and 
it really is a blueprint for the future. It's time to end the 
responsibility that's been created over the last decade and return us 
back to some honest accounting principles; to making certain that we 
put everything in the pot, examine line by line the budget, and make 
the kind of investments in the future that will strengthen our economy 
and grow our economy for our children.
  And what does that mean? Investments in clean energy, so that we're 
no longer dependent on fossil fuels and foreign oil; investments in 
renewable energy, wind and solar, and biofuels.
  We'll make sure that we have a health care system that really works 
for every American, making sure that we have quality affordable access 
to health care. This is an investment that the President has put before 
us in his budget, and it's an investment whose time is overdue.
  Investments in education that make certain that from pre-Kindergarten 
through high school and then on-going learning we are preparing a 
workforce for the future, a workforce for the 21st century economy. And 
then, of course, making sure that we invest in our infrastructure, in 
water and sewer and transportation and broadband, in an electrical grid 
for the future, being certain that we've made the kinds of investments. 
The President has presented a budget that makes the kind of investments 
that will restore us to a strengthened economy in the 21st century.

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