[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3878]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Speaker, today we have the opportunity to speak 
about values, the values that we have as Americans, the values that we 
hold dear. The fact that someone can work their entire life and finally 
make it to retirement and be able to live out their golden years with 
dignity is something that this budget denies.
  The idea that an American child could be born in this great country 
and have an opportunity to go to a college or university and become 
whatever they want to be--maybe an astronaut, maybe an engineer, maybe 
even a politician--but without an education, every single one of those 
dreams is tougher and harder than ever before.
  The budget that has been proposed by the Republicans in this House 
denies dreams, denies food, denies health care to seniors; and many 
more disasters are in this budget. This budget denies an opportunity 
for children to get an education.
  If you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, this budget is 
for you--extending tax loopholes into perpetuity but denying and 
condemning children away from education, seniors away from food and 
health care.
  This budget doesn't deserve one vote. This budget deserves to be 
reworked, to carry the values that we hold dear in this country.

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