[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6044-6045]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      REPUBLICAN 2012 BUDGET PLAN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from

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New York (Mr. Rangel) for 1\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. RANGEL. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
  As we're about to close this part of the legislative morning 
expressions of belief, I would just like to say that for decades, so 
many people have said that we can't tell the difference between 
Democrats and Republicans. Well, I think that is over, that the 
Republicans, in their Ryan-projected budget, have made it abundantly 
clear that there is a big difference.
  All Americans--Democrats, Republicans, and independents--know that we 
have a tremendous deficit, that the interest is just blocking out 
programs that we have to support. While it's abundantly clear that 
there is an emergency that we have to deal with, the Republicans' 
method of doing this, through the Ryan budget, is to look for the most 
vulnerable people that we have--the poor that are sick, the older 
people that are sick, our young people that are trying to get an 
education.
  It seems to me if we take a look at the alternative, in investing now 
for the future of this great country of ours, to make certain that 
education is a part of what we're doing, investing in our 
infrastructure so that as we pay off the debt we are still investing 
for the future, this is what the Democratic Party is all about. And, 
Madam Speaker, I truly believe this is what America is all about.

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