[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8440]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Madam Speaker, I'm here to ask that the Republican 
budget respect our seniors.
  We've got to ask ourselves why are we giving those who make over a 
million dollars about $394,000 on average in tax cuts and those making 
between $20,000 and $30,000 get $129. Why? And why is it that there is 
about $3 trillion in breaks that we're giving to Big Business, Big Oil, 
gas, and the super rich? Why are we doing that?
  Then there is an effort in the Republican budget to change Medicare 
to the voucher program. This is why AARP says, ``Republicans are 
shifting the cost to our seniors and ending the Medicare guarantee, 
that guarantee that many of them rely upon.'' And our Congressional 
Budget Office agrees with this.
  The attacks on the Affordable Care Act by the Republicans also are 
going to set us back. That act closes the doughnut hole for seniors' 
prescription drugs. It also allows them to have preventive health care, 
and we're taking that away, too.
  Madam Speaker, let's just respect our seniors, and not do what we're 
doing.

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