[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mr. HIMES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HIMES. Madam Speaker, as I reflect on where this country has been 
in the last 10 years, I see two wars fought at the cost of thousands of 
lives and $2 to $3 trillion; tax cuts during a time of war--something 
unprecedented in this country's history--and now we're seeing more of 
the same: a Republican budget that would increase spending on defense, 
despite the fact that we spend more than every other country combined 
on defense, and would provide tax cuts to the very wealthiest in this 
country. The Office of Management and Budget estimates that 
millionaires will see $150,000 in tax cuts with this budget.
  So who pays? Anybody who relies on medical research for a cure or to 
stay healthy will pay. Our education will pay. Pell Grants and Head 
Start for poor children to get educated will be gutted. Medicare will 
pay. Medicaid will pay. In my district where highways and railways are 
critical, investment in those things will be gutted. We all pay if this 
budget becomes law. I urge--implore--my colleagues to reject the 
Republican budget.

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