[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 RYAN BUDGET PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, the Republicans released their 
budget blueprint to the American people.
  Budgets are moral documents that reflect our priorities as a nation. 
Republicans have clearly outlined their priorities in this budget, 
which are: raising taxes on the middle class, cutting taxes for 
multimillionaires, and hurting seniors by ending Medicare as we know 
it. The budget plan introduced this week offers no real solutions.
  If your thing is massive cuts to nutrition, health care, and other 
critical supports that give low-income children and families a decent 
chance at life, then the Ryan budget is your deal.
  Instead of making these hits on the middle class, we should focus on 
improving education, investing in domestic manufacturing, and paving 
the way for a good future.
  Also troubling is that the Ryan budget rejects the opportunity to 
enact immigration reform, to raise the minimum wage, and to extend 
unemployment insurance, which would create jobs and strengthen our 
economy.
  As elected leaders, we owe it to the American people to invest in 
them, not to cut the safety net from under them.

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