[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET IS NOT A PATH TO PROSPERITY

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, what's the message?
  The message is that Congressman Ryan's budget is not a path to 
prosperity for our country.
  Why? Because we lose with jobs. His 10-year budget destroys 2 million 
American jobs, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
  We lose with families and children, because families and children who 
have income below $200,000 would have to face a tax increase averaging 
more than $3,000 a year.
  We lose with seniors. According to the AARP, as they stated, the GOP 
budget will shift costs to seniors and end the Medicare guarantee. 
Removing the Medicare guarantee of affordable health care coverage 
seniors have contributed to through a lifetime of hard work definitely 
is not the answer.
  Mr. Speaker, the American path to prosperity is not for citizens to 
lose, as we do under the Ryan budget, but to move forward, as set forth 
in the Democratic alternatives.

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