[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               REPUBLICANS NOT SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Madam Speaker, there is no question the policy 
statement of any legislative body, including ours, is the budget. And 
what are we saying? I can tell you what the Republicans are saying. The 
Republicans are saying they haven't learned what caused the crash in 
2008. They haven't learned because they still want to continue to give 
the tax breaks to the super wealthy, and they still refuse to address 
the costs of the wars and what the defense budget is all about.
  Instead, the Republicans want to balance this budget on the backs of 
our kapuna, our elderly. And they want to take away from those who 
receive Medicaid, those who need the help of government.
  You know, this is not how a great Nation should act. This is not what 
the United States of America stands for. All I can say is we should be 
ashamed because we are better and we are not sending the right message.

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