[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1819]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          CONSEQUENCES OF THE REPUBLICAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Ohio (Ms. Fudge) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FUDGE. Madam Speaker, Republicans have introduced an 
irresponsible and dangerous spending bill that cuts jobs, threatens 
American innovation, and diminishes investments in rebuilding America. 
Republicans only want to offer Americans a pink slip. We all want to 
find an appropriate way to reduce our deficit, but this certainly is 
not the way.
  Republicans have proposed a resolution that will not decrease the 
deficit, but that will add $5 trillion to the deficit through tax cuts 
for the wealthiest Americans, unlimited war funding, and the repeal of 
the health care legislation. They have not presented a serious plan for 
actually addressing the deficit.
  The irresponsible impact of Republican spending in education: 
Democrats are going to fight with everything we have to ensure that the 
next generation of students is prepared to become the educated 
workforce of tomorrow. But the Republicans believe that it is okay that 
more than 200,000 children will be kicked out of Head Start.

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  The Republicans believe that thousands of teachers should lose their 
jobs. The Republicans believe that Pell Grant recipients should lose 
$800 worth of financial support to pursue their educations.
  In the area of innovation, America's competitiveness depends on our 
ability to innovate and keep America number one. Republicans believe 
that there should be 20,000 fewer researchers supported at the National 
Science Foundation. They believe that there should be a $1.4 billion 
reduction in science and energy research. They believe that there 
should be $2.5 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health, 
representing a significant setback in cancer and other diseases and 
research in general, which will especially hit hard the district I 
represent.
  If we're talking about rebuilding America, Democrats support key 
investments in roads, schools, bridges that are critical for businesses 
to grow and that create good-paying American jobs. Republicans would 
rescind more than $2.5 billion for high-speed rail projects that have 
already been awarded. That would allow the loss of more than 25,000 new 
construction jobs and the cancellation of 76 projects in 40 States. 
Republicans would cut $234 million designed to improve our Nation's air 
traffic control system.
  And as it relates to public safety, one of the most important things 
that a government does provide, we are here to take care of our people. 
We are to provide safety. The Republicans propose that more than 1,300 
fewer cops should be on the streets because they are going to eliminate 
the COPS grants. And they would have 2,400 fewer firefighters on the 
job because they are going to eliminate funding for SAFER grants.
  As President Obama said, we must out-innovate, out-educate, and out-
build the rest of the world. Let's invest in America. Let us reject the 
Republican CR.

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