[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4931-4932]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I too adhere to the Second Amendment, 
as all of us do. I can assure the gentleman that anything we do with 
sensible gun legislation that will protect the lives of babies whose 
lives were lost in Newtown and Aurora and Virginia Tech and Columbine 
will be fair and just. I hope my colleagues in the Senate will adhere 
to those of us who are sending them a letter: no filibuster, but real 
gun-sensible legislation.
  Let me turn to the budget and indicate that it is important that we 
rid ourselves of the sequester and ask the Speaker to put on the floor 
H.R. 900. I

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think it is good that the President has saved dollars out of the Iraq 
and Afghan war of over $1 billion and provided security for embassies 
and $222 million for gun legislation enforcement, but we must not have 
the chained CPI.
  Many people don't realize that in this instance of Social Security 
seniors are paying more money for health care. They will not be able to 
compensate. Those who are poor and vulnerable will be worse off after 
the chained CPI.
  I join with many, many Members of the United States Congress to say 
we can make Social Security solvent, Medicare solvent and Medicaid 
solvent, but we must not have the chained CPI. I oppose it and many 
others.

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