[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4364-4365]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                 REJECT THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET PROPOSAL

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)

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  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the 
Republican budget proposal offered by Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin. My home 
State of Rhode Island has one of the highest unemployment rates in the 
country. My constituents need commonsense solutions that will create 
jobs and get our country back on the right track, not another extreme 
proposal from the House Republican leadership.
  Unfortunately, this budget proposal would give the wealthiest 
Americans an average tax cut of $150,000 while slashing important 
support for middle class families and investments that we need to grow 
our economy. And once again, House Republicans are proposing to end the 
Medicare guarantee for our seniors; in this case, by replacing it with 
a voucher program that would not be guaranteed to keep pace with rising 
health care costs, which could result in higher costs for our seniors 
and less quality of care.
  I urge my colleagues to reject this proposal.

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