[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3630-3631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              RYAN BUDGET

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

[[Page 3631]]


  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Ryan's budget would cause 
millions of people to lose access to health care and tens of millions 
more to lose their jobs.
  My question is simple: Why?
  I've been here 802 days, and we have not considered a serious jobs 
bill yet. There are approximately 12 million people unemployed. It's 
unemployment, not debt, that's at an emergency level. When people lose 
their jobs, they lose their dignity; they lose their health care and 
eventually lose their homes.
  Shame, shame, shame.
  There is only one responsible way to reduce the deficit--get everyone 
trained, get everyone working, and get everyone contributing to the tax 
base. People are hurting. People are suffering. They want 
opportunities. Mr. Speaker, our mantra should be ``jobs, jobs, jobs.''

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