[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, Democrats are committed to reducing the 
deficit in a balanced way. In contrast, Republicans will bring up a 
bill this week that breaks our bipartisan agreement, erasing the hard 
work on both sides to reach compromise. This was the agreement that 
resulted in us allowing to raise the debt ceiling and put in place the 
supercommittee that could have reached a more balanced approach to 
budgeting, with both revenues and budget cuts. But my Republican 
colleagues rejected increased revenues that were needed.
  This wasn't simply a gentleman's agreement that was arrived at that 
will put in place sequester. This compromise was signed into law as our 
pledge to each other and to the Nation to work together to solve our 
most challenging issues.
  Republicans are reneging on that agreement. They've decided that 
cutting the programs which would help heat my constituents' homes, put 
food on their tables, and send their children to college is the right 
approach to rebuilding a strong economy. They've decided that denying 
health coverage to thousands of Americans is better than repealing tax 
cuts to millionaires. They've decided that going it alone is more 
important than working with Democrats.
  Democrats have a plan to put our fiscal house back in order. It's 
been 500 days since the GOP took over and we're still waiting for 
theirs. We can do better, and I urge them to work with us.

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