[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             FALSE CHOICES

  (Mr. BARROW of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the 
budget proposals on both sides of the aisle that are before the House 
this week.
  Folks in Washington are good at giving the American people false 
choices. Today, we're forced to choose between budgets that cut 
Medicare benefits and budgets that unnecessarily raise taxes.
  Folks in my district in Georgia have had enough of these false 
choices. We need to cut spending on things we don't need and can't 
afford, balance the budget, and lower taxes on all families; but there 
are no proposals to do that.
  Each time we come to the House floor to deal with a budget, both 
sides are focused on messaging, not solutions. The people in my 
district deserve better. It's time for Congress to develop a 
responsible budget that cuts the deficit, protects Medicare and Social 
Security, and lowers taxes by fully reforming our outdated Tax Code.

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