[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5102]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        ON THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mr. LUJAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUJAN. Mr. Speaker, our Nation faces serious economic challenges 
that require solutions that will create jobs and strengthen our 
economy. At a time when our top priorities should be creating jobs for 
the American people, our Republican colleagues have lost focus on 
working families.
  The House budget that Republicans introduced this morning fails to 
put our country on a path to prosperity. Budgets are about priorities 
and values, and the Republican budget makes wrong choices for 
hardworking families.
  Let's talk the Republican dictionary:
  Premium support system. When they talk about a premium support 
system, they mean vouchers and privatization.
  Pro-growth changes to the Tax Code. When they talk about pro-growth 
changes, in fact, when they talk about anything that's going to change 
the Tax Code, they mean more cuts for millionaires and billionaires.
  The Republican plan ends Medicare and Medicaid as we know it. By 
privatizing Medicare, millions of seniors who rely on this program will 
be left out in the cold.
  While it's critical that we tighten our belts, we have choices to 
make. Let's choose not to do it on the backs of our seniors.

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