[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15309]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE LEAST, THE LAST, AND THE LOST

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, we hear a lot of talk about the 
consequences of the fiscal cliff on the wealthy, the well-off, the 
well-heeled, and the well-to-do. We don't hear a lot of talk about how 
it will impact the least, the last, and the lost. Permit me today to 
share just a bit of information.
  Rental assistance for the poor would fall by $2.3 billion. Nutrition 
programs for women, infants, and children would lose $543 million. 
Those who provide services to persons who get Medicare--doctors--would 
lose about $4 billion.
  Mr. Speaker, if we are to have an act of Congress, we have to have a 
Congress willing to act. It is time for us to act, to protect the 
least, the last, and the lost, as well as others.

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