[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8438]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        RAISING THE DEBT CEILING

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Last night's vote on raising the debt ceiling is 
further proof that the Republican majority plans to hold the full faith 
and credit of the United States hostage while they demand as ransom 
extreme cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
  News flash: The American people simply won't sacrifice Medicare and 
Medicaid and the guaranteed benefits they provide.
  Seniors across the country are speaking out: Hands off Medicare, and, 
Don't slash Medicaid's health and long-term care benefits to pay for 
tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires, Big Oil and companies that 
offshore jobs.
  Unlike the Republicans, Democrats are serious about responsible and 
real deficit reduction.
  The Republican plan actually increases unemployment and the deficits, 
ends Medicare, further erodes our middle class and hurts poor children, 
all to increase the fortunes of oil companies, millionaires and 
billionaires. This is a plan that goes against the majority of 
Americans, and we won't have it.

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