[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4175]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               NO MORE SHORT-TERM CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS

  (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, no more short-term continuing 
resolutions. All respected economists and the deficit commission have 
told us we should not make cuts in this fiscal year.
  Is no one listening? These short and the longer CRs will make our 
recession worse and destroy jobs. At a time when the recovery is 
beginning to make small steps forward, these cuts will destroy the 
progress we have made.
  Yesterday, the Republican majority cut wildfire suppression by $200 
million. Oklahoma, are you hearing this? Flood prevention, again. Are 
you hearing that, New Jersey? Funding for police. Don't Americans 
deserve safe neighborhoods? Programs that protect our food supply. Good 
for salmonella and E. coli but not for the American people
  It isn't enough for Republicans to deny the science on greenhouse 
gases; H.R. 44 and 48 cut funding from EPA programs that keep our air 
clean and our water safe. Are we creating jobs? No. Are we making a 
dent in the deficit? No. But are we hurting families? Yes.
  Don't stop the recovery our people need. Listen to the experts. 
Extend the CR at 2010 levels. No more cuts this year.

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