[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           BUDGET PRIORITIES

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, it is time to debate the 
budget again, but despite the differences in this Chamber, we could 
come together and choose to invest in our middle class. We could 
compromise and responsibly reduce spending while protecting the most 
vulnerable. We could reach across the aisle and protect the jobs of our 
teachers and police officers while ending the ludicrous tax loopholes 
for oil companies.
  Instead, we see another case of political gamesmanship. Instead of 
providing targeted tax cuts to working class families, the Republican 
budget increases tax breaks for the wealthiest in the country at the 
expense of middle-income taxpayers, who will pay an average of $2,000 
per family. Instead of solidifying the safety net for our seniors, the 
Republican budget guts it by turning Medicare into a voucher program. 
Instead of healing our still fragile housing market, the Republican 
budget refuses to protect the mortgage interest deduction that our 
middle class families depend upon.
  What we should be doing is working together to put the American Dream 
back within the reach of our middle class.

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