[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13084]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, today, some of my colleagues from across 
the aisle unveiled their proposal to address poverty in America. It is 
ironic because, tomorrow, they will vote to push 6 million children 
deeper into poverty by excluding their low-income families from the 
child tax credit.
  I just wish they would explain what they will do differently from 
their current budget, which is a hard-hearted and direct attack on the 
poor.
  Two-thirds of the cuts in the Republican budget come from our social 
safety net, including Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and education. 
Their budget ends the Medicare guarantee and raises prescription drug 
costs for seniors.
  It raids Pell grants, raises the already overwhelming cost of 
college, and slashes investments in jobs to rebuild our national 
infrastructure, and it does this to cut taxes by one-third for the 
well-off and well-connected, while continuing to reward companies that 
ship our jobs overseas.
  Madam Speaker, cutting services for low-income Americans, blocking a 
livable wage, and increasing health care costs isn't a path to 
prosperity. It is a promise of poverty.
  If we expect to have any hope of reducing poverty in generations to 
come, we need a strong safety net today, and we need to invest in 
quality education and good jobs to create opportunities for the future. 
Democrats promise to do that.

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