[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, saving Medicare and Social Security for future 
generations is something Republicans and Democrats can and should agree 
on. The House Republican budget preserves Social Security and Medicare 
for current seniors and future generations by beginning the work of 
making incremental cost-saving reforms.
  President Obama, however, sees the threat to Medicare and Social 
Security solvency as a chance to get more of what he wants. While 
Medicare and Social Security are going bankrupt, the President is 
refusing to consider reforms to save our senior safety nets unless he's 
allowed to raise taxes in exchange.
  When it comes to tax increases, how quickly the President forgets. 
The President just got done raising taxes on the American people on 
January 1.
  The American people send enough of their hard-earned money to 
Washington each year, and more should not be taken from them to enable 
further travails in misguided ``stimulus.''
  Reforms to save Medicare and Social Security are critically important 
to future generations of Americans. They should be treated as more than 
bargaining chips by the President.

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