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ON THIS VOTE THE
YEAS ARE 136.
THE NOES ARE 285 WITH THREE
MEMBERS VOTING PRESENT.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN RISE?
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE DO NOW RISE.
THE QUESTION IS ON
THE MOTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
THE AYES HAVE IT.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
ACCORDINGLY, THE COMMITTEE
RISES.
MR.
CHAIRMAN.
MR. SPEAKER, THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON
THE STATE OF THE UNION HAVING
HAD UNDER CONSIDERATION
H.CON.RES 112 DIRECTS ME TO
REPORT IT HAS COME TO NO
RESOLUTION THEREON.
THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE HOUSE ON THE STATE OF THE
UNION REPORTS THAT THE
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN UNDER
CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 112 AND
HAS COME TO NO RESOLUTION
THEREON.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA RISE?
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
ORDERING OF THE YEAS AND NAYS
ON THE MOTION THAT THE HOUSE
SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R.
4239, AS AMENDED, BE VACATED TO
THAT END AND THE QUESTION PUT
THE QUESTION DE NOVO.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE ORDERING
OF THE YEAS AND NAYS FROM THE
MOTION THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND
THE RULES -- THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MARYLAND IS RECOGNIZED ON HIS
RESERVATION.
I HAVE NO INTENTION
OF OBJECTING, MR. SPEAKER.
BUT SIMPLY SAY WE CONTINUE TO
BELIEVE ON THIS SIDE OF THE
AISLE THAT WE COULD RESOLVE
THIS ISSUE AS WE'VE HAD THIS
DEBATE OVER A LONGER TERM, GIVE
CONFIDENCE TO THE MARKETS, GIVE
CONFIDENCE TO THE STATES AND
LOCALITIES BY SIMPLY BRINGING
THE SENATE BILL TO THE FLOOR
AND PASSING THAT BILL.
AND WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, I
WITHDRAWAL MY RESERVATION.
GENTLEMAN WITHDRAWS HIS
OBJECTION.
IS THERE OBJECTION?
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE ORDERING
OF THE YEAS AND NAYS ON THE
MOTION THAT THE HOUSE SUSPEND
THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 4239 IS
VACATED AND THE CHAIR WILL PUT
THE QUESTION DE NOVO.
THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE
OF THE BILL.
H.R. 4239, A BILL TO
PROVIDE AN EXTENSION OF
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY
SAFETY, MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY,
TRANSIT AND OTHER PROGRAMS
FUNDED OUT OF THE HIGHWAY TRUST
FUND PENDING ENACTMENT OF A
MULTIYEAR LAW RE-AUTHORIZING
SUCH PROGRAMS.
THE
QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE
SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R.
4239, AS AMENDED.
THOSE IN FAVOR WILL SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
2/3 OF THOSE NOT RESPONDING IN
THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE
NOT SUSPENDED AND THE BILL IS
NOT PASSED.
DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM
WISCONSIN SEEK RECOGNITION?
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL
MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE
LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND
EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND
INCLUDE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON
H.CON.RES 112.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION
597 AND RULE 18, THE CHAIR
DECLARES THE HOUSE IN THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON
THE STATE OF THE UNION FOR THE
FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 112.
WILL THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS,
MR. THORNBERRY, KINDLY RESUME
THE CHAIR.
THE HOUSE IS IN THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON
THE STATE OF THE UNION FOR
FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF
WILL REPORT BY TITLE.
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE
BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
2013 AND SETTING FORTH
APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS
FOR FISCAL YEARS 2014 THROUGH
2022.
WHEN THE COMMITTEE
OF THE WHOLE ROWS EARLIER
TODAY, AMENDMENT NUMBER 5
PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT
112-423, OFFERED BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY, MR.
GARRETT, HAD BEEN DISPOSED OF.
IT IS NOW IN ORDER TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 PRINTED IN
HOUSE REPORT 112-423.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND RISE?
I HAVE AN
AMENDMENT AT THE DESK.
THE CLERK WILL
DESIGNATE THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 IN
THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT NUMBER
112-423, OFFERED BY MR. VEN OF
MARYLAND.
PURSUANT TO HOUSE
RESOLUTION 423, THE GENTLEMAN
FROM MARYLAND, MR. VAN HOLLEN,
AND A MEMBER OPPOSED EACH WILL
CONTROL 15 MINUTES.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN.
WE'RE HERE AT A VERY IMPORTANT
TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AS A RESULT OF EXTRAORDINARY
ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND
THANKS TO THE TENACITY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SMALL
BUSINESSES, WE HAVE BEGUN TO
CLIMB OUT OF A BIG ECONOMIC
HOLE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART RIGHT
HERE YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE WERE
BACK IN JANUARY, 2009.
THE FIRST MONTH OF PRESIDENT
OBAMA TOOK OFFICE.
HE WAS SWORN IN.
AT THAT TIME THE ECONOMY WAS IN
TOTAL FREE FALL.
AS A RESULT OF ACTIONS THAT WERE
TAKEN, WE HAVE BEGUN TO CLIMB
OUT OF THAT HOLE AND NOW WE HAVE
HAD 24 MONTHS, CONSECUTIVE
MONTHS OF POSITIVE PRIVATE
SECTOR JOB GROWTH, CREATED ABOUT
FOUR MILLION JOBS IN THE
WE NEED TO KEEP THAT JOB GROWTH
AND THAT'S WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC
ALTERNATIVE DOES.
PROPOSALS.
IN HERE WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S
JOBS PLAN, A PLAN WHICH HAS BEEN
SITTING IN FRONT OF THIS BODY
SINCE HE INTRODUCED IT BACK IN
SEPTEMBER.
WE TOOK SOME ACTION ON THE
THAT WAS GOOD.
BUT THE PRESIDENT'S ALSO CALLED
FOR A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT.
TO MODERNIZE OUR ROADS AND
BRIDGES.
WE FUND THAT PLAN AS OPPOSED TO
THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET WHICH AS
WE HAVE HEARD SLASHES
TRANSPORTATION.
IN FACT NEXT YEAR BY 46% IN
SPENDING, AND WHICH INDEPENDENT
ANALYSTS HAVE SAID WILL COST THE
ECONOMY 1.3 MILLION JOBS IN
2013, AND 2.8 MILLION JOBS IN
2014.
THAT IS NOT THE DIRECTION WE
SHOULD BE GOING.
WE NEED TO NURTURE THE FRAGILE
ECONOMY.
WE NEED TO DEAL WITH OUR BUDGET
DEFICITS IN A CREDIBLE WAY,
WHICH THIS DOES.
IT TAKES US FROM DEFICITS, OVER
8.5% OF G.D.P. DOWN TO UNDER 3%
OF G.D.P. BY 2015 AND SUSTAINS
THEM.
WE DO IT IN A BALANCED WAY BY
ASKING FOR SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY.
I NOW YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK,
MR. ISRAEL.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES.
I THANK THE
DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN, MY
FRIEND FROM MARYLAND.
I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC SUBSTITUTE BECAUSE
THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET
HARMS THE MIDDLE CLASS.
HARMS MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES
THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY.
MR. SPEAKER, UNDER THE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN BUDGET MEDICARE IS
TURNED FROM A GUARANTEED BENEFIT
PROGRAM INTO A BATHE AND -- BAIT
AND SWITCH SCHEME WHERE
MILLIONAIRES GET MORE AND
SENIORS HAVE TO PAY MORE.
UNDER THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN
BUDGET, IF YOU ARE A
MILLIONAIRE, YOU GET AN
ADDITIONAL $394,000 TAX CUT.
IF YOU ARE AN OIL COMPANY, YOU
GET A BIGGER TAX BREAK.
IF YOU ARE A COMPANY THAT
OUTSOURCES JOBS, YOU GET A
DEEPER TAX BREAK.
BUT IF YOU ARE A SENIOR YOU GET
AS MUCH AS A $6,000 INCREASE IN
YOUR MEDICAL COSTS.
YOU GET A BILL FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FOR YOUR ADDITIONAL
MEDICARE COSTS.
IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF A MIDDLE
CLASS FAMILY TRYING TO GO TO
COLLEGE, YOU GET AN ADDITIONAL
$2,800 DOLL TUITION INCREASE.
THE MIDDLE CLASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN
THE BACKBONE OF THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY, MR. SPEAKER, AND THE
HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET KICKS
THE MIDDLE CLASS IN THE STOMACH.
THE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET INVESTS IN
EDUCATION.
THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET DIE
VESTS FROM EDUCATION.
THE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET INVESTS IN
OUR CHILDREN.
THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET DIVESTS
FROM OUR CHILDREN.
THE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET INVESTS IN
AMERICA'S FUTURE.
THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET
DIVESTS FROM AMERICA'S FUTURE.
THAT IS WHY WE SHOULD PASS THIS
DEMOCRATIC SUBSTITUTE WHICH
INVESTS AND GROWS AND
STRENGTHENS THE MIDDLE CLASS AND
QUIT INVESTING IN AND GROWING
AND STRENGTHENING TAX CUTS FOR
BIG OIL COMPANIES AND
JOBS.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN.
TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN
SEEK TO CLAIM THE TIME IN
OPPOSITION TO THE AMENDMENT?
OPPOSITION.
THE GENTLEMAN
VIRGINIA TECH.
I'D LIKE TO YIELD ONE
MINUTE TO THE DISTINGUISHED
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, THE
BOEHNER.
RECOGNIZED.
LET ME THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FOR YIELDING.
LET ME SAY THANKS TO CHAIRMAN
RYAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
THIS IS A TOUGH PROCESS.
MAKING REAL DECISIONS ABOUT OUR
PATH FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THE INTERESTING THING I
FOUND ABOUT THIS DEBATE THAT'S
GONE ON THE LAST TWO DAYS IS
THAT OUR TEAM ACTUALLY WENT AND
MADE THE TOUGH CHOICES.
MADE THE TOUGH CHOICES TO
PRESERVE FREEDOM IN AMERICA AND
TO DEAL WITH OUR FISCAL
NIGHTMARE.
YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PROPOSALS WE
HAVE SEEN IN THIS DEBATE, IT'S
ALL MORE OF THE SAME.
TWO THINGS THAT ARE TROUBLING.
LET'S RAISE TAXES ON THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ONCE AGAIN.
AND SECONDLY, LET'S KICK THE CAN
DOWN THE ROAD AS IF NO ONE NOES
THAT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE,
AND MEDICAID ARE GOING BROKE.
OH, YEAH.
ALL THESE PROPOSALS WE HAVE SEEN
CONTINUE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN
THE ROAD.
AND I THINK THAT THE PATH TO
PROSPERITY, THAT CHAIRMAN
RYE-AND-AND HIS COMMITTEE HAS
PUT TOGETHER, IS A BLUEPRINT FOR
AMERICA'S FUTURE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SOME
$16 TRILLION WORTH OF DEBT
ALREADY.
$13ST TRILLION IN A BUDGET
DEFICIT THIS YEAR ALONE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THIS
THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THEIR
THEY HAVE TO DO A BUDGET.
THEY ALSO KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T
CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY THAT YOU
DON'T HAVE.
SO I APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES FOR
THE TOUGH DECISIONS THEY HAVE
MADE.
TO TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR
THEIR COUNTRY.
TO LAY OUT A REAL VISION OF WHAT
WE WERE TO DO IF WE GIVE MORE
CONTROL HERE IN THIS TOWN.
THIS IS STILL A DEMOCRAT-RUN
TOWN.
AND THE SADDEST THING I HAVE
SEEN, THOUGH, WHEN IT COMES TO
OUR BUDGET, IS WHILE WE DID A
BUDGET LAST YEAR, WE'LL DO
ANOTHER BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE ARE
MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS TO HELP
PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND
PRESERVE MEDICARE, THE UNITED
STATES SENATE HAS SPENT 1,065
DAYS SINCE THEY PASSED A BUDGET.
1,065 DAYS.
ALMOST THREE YEARS SINCE THEY
HAVE HAD THE COURAGE TO SHOW THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT THEIR
SOLUTIONS ARE.
I THINK IT'S HIGH TIME THAT IF
WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT SOLVING
AMERICA'S FISCAL PROBLEMS, THE
FIRST STEP IS ACTUALLY DOING A
BUDGET.
SO ON BEHALF OF MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES I WOULD SUGGEST LET'S
SUPPORT THE RYAN BUDGET.
IT'S A REAL PATHWAY TO
PROSPERITY.
IT MAKES THE TOUGH DECISIONS.
ON A COURSE THAT'S
SUSTAINABLE NOT JUST FOR OUR
GRANDKIDS.
I YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN.
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE
SPEAKER.
I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT HE MAY
CALL IT A TOUGH CHOICE TO
PROVIDE AND LOCK IN ANOTHER
ROUND OF TAX CUTS FOR THE
WEALTHIEST AMERICANS WHILE
CUTTING MEDICAID BY $800
BILLION.
BY A FULL 1/3 BY THE YEAR 2022.
2/3 OF THAT MONEY GOES TO
SENIORS IN NURSING HOMES,
DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A TOUGH
CHOICE, IT'S CERTAINLY THE WRONG
CHOICE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS DEBATE IS
ALL ABOUT.
NOT WHETHER WE REDUCE OUR
DEFICITS BUT HOW.
WITH THAT I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO
THE DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMAN OF
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, MR.
LARSEN.
RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
LET ME RISE AND THANK MR. VAN
HOLLEN AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
AND RISE IN FULL SUPPORT OF
THEIR BALANCED AND FAIR DOCUMENT
THAT EMPHASIZES SHARED
SACRIFICE.
LET ME SAY TO MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES THAT THIS APPEARS TO
US MUCH LIKE THAT GREAT
PHILOSOPHER, SAID, DEJA VU ALL
OVER AGAIN.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT IN
ANOTHER DIFFICULT PERIOD OF OUR
HISTORY SAID THAT WE NEED TO
PREVAIL UPON THIS COUNTRY TO
COME TOGETHER AND FIND THE WARM
COURAGE OF NATIONAL UNITY THAT
COMES FROM SHARED SACRIFICE.
THAT WOULD AGAIN DEMONSTRATE TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
THE MOST FRAIL AMONGST US, AND
THOSE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS AND
ARE IMPACTED THE MOST, THAT WE
HAVE NATIONAL UNITY BECAUSE WE
HAVE GARNE -- GUARANTEED THAT NO
LONGER WILL THEY BE IN A
POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO
SUFFER WHILE OTHERS WHO WOULD
USE GOVERNMENT IN A WAY TO
PROSPER AND GROW AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
THERE ISN'T A MEMBER OF THIS
CHAMBER WHO DOESN'T HAVE FRIENDS
OR FAMILY WHO AREN'T AFFECTED BY
THE AUTHORING OF MEDICARE,
SOCIAL SECURITY, OR MEDICAID.
THESE ARE THE TOUGH DECISIONS
THAT ARE MADE EVERY SINGLE DAY
ACROSS THE DINNER TABLE.
THIS FRAGILE RECOVERY IMPACTS
THE MOST FRAGILE AMONGST US AND
IS TEARING ASUNDER THE VERY
MIDDLE CLASS THAT WE SEEK TO
PROVIDE WITH A GUARANTEE.
THE GUARANTEE OF A SOCIAL
SECURITY SAFETY NET THAT
PROVIDES THEM WITH SOCIAL
SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND, YES,
HEALTH CARE AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN THAT
UNDERSCORES OUR CONVICTIONS AND
OUR BELIEF IN SOCIAL SECURITY,
MEDICARE, AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH
I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN.
I'D LIKE TO YIELD TWO
MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN.
I THANK THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE, HE'S DONE A
FANTASTIC JOB.
AND TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MARYLAND, I KNOW IT'S BEEN
DIFFICULT THIS WEEK.
YOU STOOD IN A DIFFICULT
POSITION AND NOW YOU'RE
PRESENTING YOUR POSITION.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN OPPOSITION TO
MANY OF THE BUDGETS PUT FORWARD,
NIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S TOUGH.
WHAT WE -- WHAT WE ARE
ADDRESSING HERE RIGHT NOW, MR.
CHAIRMAN, I THINK ARE A LOT OF
NUMBERS, CHARTS, RHETORIC.
WE HEAR THAT.
BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT
WASHINGTON HAS NOT BEEN
FORTHRIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
FOR FAR TOO LONG THE TOP HAS
BEEN GETTING THE BAILOUT.
THE BOTTOM THE HANDOUT.
NOW WHO WILL GET STUCK WITH THE
OUR KIDS.
THAT'S WHO IS GOING TO GET STUCK
WITH THE BILL.
WHY CAN'T WE FOR ONCE INSTEAD OF
LOOKING AT CHARTS, NUMBERS, JUST
LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF HOW
WILL THIS BUDGET IMPACT OUR
CHILDREN?
AND THEIR FUTURE, OPPORTUNITY
AND PROSPERITY?
IS THIS A BUDGET THAT PRESENTS
EQUAL OUTCOMES?
OR IS IT GOING TO BE ONE THAT
PRESENTS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES?
CAN WE NOT LOOK THERE THAT LENS
FOR UNITED STATES, MR. CHAIRMAN,
I WOULD SAY THE BUDGET THE
GENTLEMAN HAS PUT FORWARD IS ONE
ABOUT EQUAL OUTCOMES.
IT'S MORE TAXES, IT'S MORE
GOVERNMENT, IT'S MORE GOVERNMENT
SOLUTIONS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHY DON'T WE PROVIDE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES AND MORE
PROSPERITY FOR THE CHILDREN OF
THE NEXT GENERATION?
THAT'S THE LENS I BELIEVE WE
SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
LOOKING THROUGH.
THIS IS WHY, BECAUSE WHETHER WE
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WHETHER WE
ARE WILLING TO RECOGNIZE IT, WE
RIGHT NOW.
HISTORY IS BEING WRITTEN BASED
ON THE DISCUSSIONS, OUTCOME,
DEBATE WE HAVE.
WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
DETERMINING WHAT HISTORY WILL
REFLECT ON AND SAY WE DID AT
THIS TIME AND WHAT THE FUTURE
EXISTS LIKE LATER.
WHAT WILL WE CHOOSE?
WHAT WILL WE WRITE?
WILL THIS BE THE CHAPTER THAT
CONCLUDES WITH THE WORDS, THE
END?
OR WILL WE WRITE A CHAPTER THAT
WE CAN TURN THE PAGE AND HAND
THE PEN OFF TO THE NEXT
GENERATION?
MR. CHAIRMAN, IT IS MY HOPE THAT
WE TAKE OUR PEN AND WE PASS IT
TO THE NEXT GENERATION THAT WE
CAN TURN THE PAGE, WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD, AND WE CAN PROVIDE A
NEW CHAPTER, A NEW BEGINNING,
ONE THAT IS A BEGINNING THAT
LEADS TO ANOTHER FUTURE OF
OPPORTUNITY AND PROSPERITY.
I BELIEVE THAT ONLY HAPPENS IF
WE PASS THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET
THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
THANK YOU, MR.
I DO THINK THE FOCUS SHOULD BE
ON OUR CHILDREN AND ON THE
THAT'S WHY OUR BUDGET DOES NOT
DO SOME OF THE THINGS THE
REPUBLICAN BUDGET DOES DO.
WHICH IS, FOR EXAMPLE, SAY THAT
KIDS WHO HAVE PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS, WHETHER IT'S
DIABETES OR ASTHMA, GET
INSURANCE.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KIDS
CAN'T BE EXCLUDED BECAUSE OF
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THEY DON'T.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THE INTEREST
RATES ON STUDENT LOANS DON'T
DOUBLE THIS JULY.
AS THEIR BUDGET WOULD ALLOW,
BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE
EDUCATION, TO GET AHEAD, AND
SUCCEED.
I HOPE WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS
ON THAT QUESTION AS WE DEBATE
THE CHOICES BEING MADE IN THIS
BUDGET.
I NOW YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE
GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, A
MEMBER OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE,
MR. YARMUTH.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MINUTES.
I THANK MY FRIEND
FROM MARYLAND.
RECENTLY ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN
TAX RETURNS SHOWED THAT IN 2010
THE TOP 1% OF EARNERS IN THE
UNITED STATES EARNED $288
BILLION MORE THAN THEY HAD IN
2009.
$288 BILLION, THE TOP 1%.
IN FACT, THAT WAS 93% OF ALL THE
ADDITIONAL INCOME EARNED IN THE
ENTIRE UNITED STATES FROM YEAR
TO YEAR, 2009 TO 2010.
APPARENTLY MY FRIENDS ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE WERE OUTRAGED
THAT 7% OF THE ADDITIONAL
INCOME COULD SLIP AWAY TO THE
OTHER 99% OF AMERICAN FAMILIES
BECAUSE THEY CAME UP WITH A
BUDGET THAT TRIED TO RECTIFY
THAT IMMEDIATELY.
I CALL IT THE REPUBLICAN 1%
BUDGET.
IT'S A GIFT BASKET FOR
BILLIONAIRES AND MILLIONAIRES.
IT CONTAINS A PERMANENT
EXTENSION OF THE BUSH TAX CUTS
WHICH HAVE CREATED AN INCOME
GAP IN THIS COUNTRY ON PAR WITH
IT'S A BUDGET THAT'S ALL FOR
THE 1%.
BY CONTRAST, THE DEMOCRATIC
BUDGET, THE RESOLUTION WE'RE
OFFERING NOW, IS REALLY THE ONE
FOR ALL BUDGET -- THE
ONE-FOR-ALL BUDGET, ONE BUDGET
THAT PROVIDES BENEFITS FOR ALL
AMERICANS, YET IT MAKE -- AN IT
MAKES THE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS
WE NEED TO MAKE TO MAKE SURE
ALL AMERICANS HAVE THE EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY AN EQUAL TOOLS TO
REALIZE THE AMERICAN DREAM AND
MAKE SHURES THAT ALL CONTRIBUTE
TO THE DEFICIT REDUCTION THAT
WE ALL ARE COMMITTED TO.
EVERYBODY PLAYS A PART,
EVERYBODY DOES THEIR SHARE.
I SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET
AND URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO
LIKEWISE.
I YIELD BACK.
HAS EXPIRE.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD TWO
MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN, MR.
GUINTA, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS
SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT.
I FIND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS
COUNTRY WITH THE LEVEL OF
SPENDING IN AMERICA OUTRAGEOUS.
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE
SENT US HERE TO DO A JOB, TO BE
LEADERS, TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
WE HAVE CURRENT DEFICIT OF
ROUGHLY $1.3 TRILLION,
SOMETHING THAT'S SO HIGH THAT
SO MANY PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN
COMPREHEND THAT NUMBER.
WE HAVE A LONG-TERM DEFICIT
APPROACHING $16 TRILLION.
THIS SUBSTITUTE TODAY CONTINUES
THAT PATH.
OF SPENDING MONEY THAT WE
SIMPLY DON'T HAVE.
I DO THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR AT
LEAST OFFERING A PROPOSAL,
SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN
DONE IN THE SENATE.
SO WE CAN DEBATE IN I THINK A
REASONABLE WAY WHAT THE PATH IS
THAT HIS BUDGET WOULD PROPOSE,
VERSUS THE PATH TO PROSPERITY.
THIS PROPOSAL, THE SUBSTITUTE
PROPOSAL, DOES THREE THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, IT SPENDS $3.7
TRILLION.
ROUGHLY $1 TRILLION ONGOING
DEFICIT.
SECONDLY, OVER THE 10-YEAR
WINDOW, IT SPENDS $44.7
TRILLION.
CONTINUING THE LONG-TERM DEBT
THAT WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES IN
CURRENTLY.
AND FINALLY, IT DOESN'T SOLVE
THE SIGNIFICANT DRIVERS OF OUR
DEBT AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE AND
PROTECT MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND
SOCIAL SECURITY.
THE COUNTRY WANTS US TO BE
HONEST.
WANTS LEADERSHIP.
WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT IN
THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH
THE PATH TO PROSPERITY.
I REMIND PEOPLE THAT BUDGET
PROPOSES STABILITY AND
PREDIXABILITY BY CUTTING $5.3
TRILLION IN SPENDING.
BY REDUCING THE TAX ON BOTH
INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE.
TO GIVE US A FAIR, LEVEL
PLAYING FIELD AND PREDIXABILITY
FOR THE LONG-TERM.
AND IT REDUCE OUR SHORT-TERM
DEFICIT TO ABOUT $700 BILLION
NEXT YEAR AND CONTINUES TO
ENSURE WE GET ON A PATH TO
A BALANCED BUDGET IS THE DREAM
OF EVERY AMERICAN AND WE OFFER
THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE PATH TO
PROSPERITY.
SO WITH THAT, I URGE A NO VOTE
ON THIS AMENDMENT AND I YIELD
BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE TIME OF THE
GENTLEMAN HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
AT THIS POINT,
I RESERVE.
WISCONSIN.
I YIELD TWO MINUTES
TO THE GENTLELADY FROM
TENNESSEE, MRS. BLACK, A MEMBER
OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THE GENTLELADY IS
RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES.
SPEAKER.
IN LIGHT OF THIS WEEK'S SUPREME
COURT ARGUMENTS ON THE HEALTH
CARE LAW I'D LIKE TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE
CONTRAST BETWEEN OUR PATH TO
PROSPERITY BUDGET AND THE
BROKEN PROMISES OF THAT LAW.
AS WE'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF
MY COLLEAGUES IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, WE ARE ON THE
VERGE OF A DEBT CRISIS, I DON'T
THINK ANY OF US CAN ARGUMENT
THAT, AND THIS HEALTH CARE LAW
WITH A TOTAL PRICE TAG OF $1.76
TRILLION WOULD SURELY DRIVE US
OVER THAT CLIFF FASTER.
THAT IS WHY IN THE PATH TO
PROSPERITY BUDGET WE REPEAL THE
ENTIRE HEALTH CARE LAW,
INCLUDING THE VERY DANGEROUS
U.A.B. WHICH WOULD SLASH --
IPAB WHICH WOULD SLASH
PHYSICIAN PAYMENTS.
OF THE 15 MEMBER UNELECTED
BOARD THAT MAKES SENIOR CARE
EVEN HARDER TO ACCESS PUTS
BUREAUCRATS BETWEEN THEIR
AND THEIR DOCTORS.
OUR PLAN FOR MEDICARE OFFERS A
CHOICE FOR SENIORS AND THEY
DESERVE A CHOICE.
WE INCREASE THE COMPETITION
BETWEEN A GUARANTEED COVERAGE
OPTION, AND I WANT TO REPEAT
THIS, THAT IT'S A GUARANTEED
COVERAGE OPTION AND A
TRADITIONAL MEDICARE AND IT
ALLOWS SENIORS TO CHOOSE AND
ALL OF THIS WOULD LOWER COSTS
TO THE PROGRAM WHILE INCREASING
THE QUALITY OF CARE.
THIS IS THE CHOICE OF TWO
FUTURES, BOTH FOR OUR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM AND ALSO THE
PROSPERITY OF OUR NATION.
NOW, WE CAN CONTINUE TO GO DOWN
THE PATH OF OBAMACARE WHERE WE
SEE 1.76 TRILLION DOLLARS IN
SPENDING OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS
AND SEE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
NEW TAXES, FEES, PENALTIES ON
FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
OR WE CAN REPEAL THIS LAW AND
PUT IN PLACE POLICIES THAT
INCREASE COMPETITION, DECREASE
COSTS AND ASSURE THAT OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS PATIENT
FOCUSED.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPLODE THE
SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AS MY COLLEAGUES ON
WOULD LIKE.
AND IF DEMOCRATS HAVE IT RIGHT,
THEIR BUDGET WOULD TAX MORE,
BORROW MORE, SPEND MORE AND
WASTE MORE OF THE HARDWORKING
AMERICANS TAX DOLLARS.
30 SECONDS.
I FIND IT
INTERESTING THAT THIS CHAMBER
UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED THE
PRESIDENT'S 2013 BUDGET THAT
WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE FISCAL
DISASTER.
AND YET THIS BUDGET BEFORE US
TODAY AGAIN DOUBLES DOWN ON
THOSE FAILED POLICIES OF THE
PAST.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SICK
AND TIRED OF WASHINGTON'S
CULTURE OF SPEND, SPEND, SPEND
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE ARE
CONSEQUENCES OF LIVING OUT OF
WE TAKE IN.
WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY IS
BEING HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
WE ARE HERE TO CUT SPENDING,
REFORM PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO
SAVE THEM AND WE MAKE
INTRUSIVE.
YIELD BACK.
THE TIME OF THE
GENTLELADY HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN
HAS 7 1/2 MINUTES REMAINING.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND HAS
SIX MINUTES REMAINING.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I'M GLAD THE GENTLELADY BROUGHT
UP THE ISSUE OF HEALTH CARE AND
HOW THESE BUDGETS IMPACT HEALTH
CARE.
SHE DESCRIBED THEIR PROPOSALS
GIVING SENIORS A CHOICE.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT THEY
WOULD GIVE SENIORS ON MEDICARE
A CHOICE THAT THEY DON'T WANT
THEMSELVES TO HAVE, THAT THEY
GIVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS A MUCH
BETTER DEAL IN HEALTH CARE THAN
THEY WOULD GIVE TO SENIORS ON
MEDICARE.
AND HERE'S WHAT THEIR BUDGET
WOULD DO IN ENDING THE MEDICARE
GUARANTEE.
THIS BLUE LINE SHOWS THE
CURRENT LEVEL OF SUPPORT
MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES GET FROM
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
UP AROUND 90%.
THAT GREEN LINE RIGHT THERE,
THAT'S THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GET FROM
THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH
BENEFIT PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S STEADY.
AS COSTS GO UP, SUPPORT GOES UP
PROPORTIONATELY.
THE REPUBLICAN PLAN, THAT RED
LINE IS THE ONE FOR SENIORS.
THAT TAKES SUPPORT STEADILY
DOWN RELATIVE TO RISING HEALTH
CARE COSTS.
SO THAT SENIORS WOULD HAVE TO
EAT THOSE RISING HEALTH CARE
THEY BEAR THE RISK.
THAT IS A BAD PLAN FOR AMERICAN
SENIORS.
IT'S A BAD PLAN FOR AMERICA,
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS WHO HAS FOCUSED A
LOT ON THESE ISSUES AS A MEMBER
OF THE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE, MR. NEAL.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES.
WHAT'S STRIKING ABOUT
THE DEBATE WE'RE HAVING TODAY
AND THIS DISCUSSION IS
ESSENTIALLY OUR REPUBLICAN
FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ARE
ASKING US TO GO BACK TO THE
POLICIES THAT GOT US HERE IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
THE SIX YEARS WHEN THEY
CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENCY, WHEN
THEY CONTROLLED THE SENATE AND
WHEN THEY CONTROLLED THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SO LET ME REACQUAINT ALL WITH
THEIR NUMBER FORECAST.
THEY OFFERED $1.3 TRILLION
WORTH OF TAX CUTS IN 2001.
AND THEN CAME BACK IN 2003 AND
SAID THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.
LET'S CUT TAXES BY ANOTHER $1
TRILLION.
THE UNDERLYING ARGUMENT THAT
THEY OFFERED AT THE TIME WAS
THAT THIS WOULD JUMP-START
GROWTH DESPITE THE FACT AS WE
CAME OFF THE CLINTON YEARS WITH
THE GREATEST SPURT OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WORLD, A BUDGET THAT WAS
BALANCED FOR FOUR SUCCESSIVE
YEARS AND 22 MILLION JOBS,
THEIR ARGUMENT WAS WE CAN OUTDO
THAT GROWTH IF WE SIMPLY CUT
TAXES BY $2.3 TRILLION.
INCIDENTALLY NOT FOR THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
THESE TAX CUTS OVERWHELMINGLY
WENT TO PEOPLE IN THE ONE
PERCENTILE.
REMEMBER THE THEORY THAT TAX
CUTS PAY FOR THEMSELVES.
SO LET'S CONTRAST JANUARY 19 OF
2001 WITH THE END OF THE BUSH
YEARS.
$15 TRILLION WORTH OF DEBT.
DEFICITS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN
SEE ALL UNDER THE GUISE OF
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
SO LET ME GIVE YOU A NUMBER,
NOT AN OPINION BUT A FACT.
THOSE EIGHT YEARS OFFERED THE
MOST ANEMIC ECONOMIC GROWTH AT
ANY TIME SINCE HERBERT HOOVER
WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
AND WHAT THEY ASK FOR TODAY IN
THIS BUDGET IS TO HAVE BIGGER
TAX CUTS FOR WEALTHY PEOPLE AND
EVISCERATE THE GUARANTEE OF
MEDICARE.
TO EVISCERATE THE GUARANTEE OF
MEDICARE.
I YIELD THE
GENTLEMAN AN ADDITIONAL 30
SECONDS.
THIS IS THE PARTY ON
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE THAT TRIED
TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY
AND ALL THEY
WANT TO DO IS SHOEHORN THESE
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS INTO TAX
CUTS FOR WEALTHY PEOPLE.
AND THEIR ARGUMENT TODAY,
DESPITE THESE RECORD DEFICITS,
IS WITH REVENUE AT 14.7% OF
G.D.P. HEADED BY HOOVER, BY THE
WAY, RATHER IN THE EISENHOWER
YEARS, WHEN THE TOWN ARGUED FOR
YEARS OF REVENUE BEING BETWEEN
19% AND 21%.
THEY ARE GOING TO CUT MEDICARE
TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO WEALTHY
PEOPLE.
GENTLEMAN HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D
LIKE TO YIELD A MINUTE AND A
HALF TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA, A MEMBER OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE, MR. MULVANEY.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR 1 1/2 MINUTES.
BEFORE WE GOT A
CHANCE TO VOTE ON THE
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, I RECEIVED
A COPY OF A PRESS RELEASE FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE AND IT
ENCOURAGED THAT THE HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP TO VOTE
FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
IT ENCOURAGED THE DEMOCRATS IN
THE HOUSE TO VOTE FOR THE VAN
HOLLEN AMENDMENT WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS WORTHY GETTING UP
AND TALKING ABOUT VERY BRIEFLY.
IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY THE
PRESIDENT DIDN'T SEND A PRESS
RELEASE ASKING THE DEMOCRATS TO
VOTE FOR HIS BUDGET.
IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS THINKING.
DOES HE LIKE THE VAN HOLLEN
BUDGET?
I MEAN, I GUESS THERE'S SOME
THINGS TO LIKES.
THE PRESIDENT RAISES TAXES BY
$1.9 TRILLION.
THE VAN HOLLEN ONLY RAISES
TAXES BY $1.7 TRILLION.
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
INCREASES SPENDING BY $1.3
TRILLION.
PRESIDENT IS.
DOES THE PRESIDENT THINK THAT
HIS BUDGET THAT HE OFFERED US A
MONTH AGO RAISES TAXES TOO
MUCH?
RAISES SPENDING TOO MUCH?
IS IT TOO BIG OF A TAX AND
SPEND DOCUMENT AND NOW HE WANTS
LESS OF A TAX AND SPEND
DOCUMENT?
I GUESS THE REASON HE LIKES THE
VAN HOLLEN BUDGET IS IT RAISES
TAXES, IT RAISES SPENDING AND
IT NEVER BALANCES.
I GUESS THOSE ARE THE
CONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE VAN
HOLLEN BUDGET AND THE PRESIDENT
BUDGET WE UNANIMOUSLY DEFEATED
LAST NIGHT 414-0.
I GUESS THE PRESIDENT LIKES
BUDGETS THAT RAISES TAXES,
RAISES SPENDING AND NEVER
BALANCES.
I SUGGEST TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN,
AS I HAVE THROUGHOUT THIS
ENTIRE DEBATE THAT ANY BALANCED
APPROACH THAT DOES NOT END UP
IN A BALANCED BUDGET IS NO
BALANCE AND IS NO BUDGET.
AND FOR THAT REASON I ENCOURAGE
US TO DEFEAT THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE TIME OF THE
GENTLEMAN HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
MR. CHAIRMAN.
I THOUGHT WE WERE BACK TO
REALITY TODAY INSTEAD OF IN THE
LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE.
MR. MULVANEY OFFERED AN
AMENDMENT YESTERDAY THAT WAS
NOT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.
WE DEBATED THAT LAST NIGHT.
DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE CONTINUING
THAT CHARADE.
I YIELD A MINUTE TO THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS,
MR. KEATING.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
THERE IS TALK
ROAD.
KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ROAD THAT
IS.
THE AMERICAN DREAM IS A ROAD TO
UNDERCUT.
IT'S A ROAD TO SECURITY THAT
OUR -- MY GRANDPARENTS WORKED
TO GIVE TO ME.
THAT'S THE ROAD WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
THE QUESTION I HAVE, WHAT CAN
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
THE BUDGET OFFERED BY THE
REPUBLICANS KICKS THE CAN DOWN
THE ROAD ALL RIGHT, BUT THAT
CAN IS THE MIDDLE CLASS
AMERI-CAN.
WISCONSIN.
I YIELD A MINUTE TO
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
MR. SOUTHERLAND.
RECOGNIZED.
WE HAVE A LOT
-- MR. SPEAKER, WE HAVE A LOT OF
FOLKS IN THE GALLERY TODAY THAT
HAVE WORKED HARD AND SAVED MONEY
THAT THEY HAVE EARNED TO MAKE
THEIR TRIP AND TO COME HERE AND
DEBATE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT SANTA CLAUS
AND FAIRY TALE IS NOT GOING TO
PAY FOR THEIR TRANSPORTATION
BACK.
THEY GET THAT.
THEY KNOW WHEN THEY GET BACK
HOME THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
EARN AND WORK AND FIND EARNED
SUCCESS IF THEY WANT TO BRING
THEIR FAMILY BACK AGAIN.
THEY GET IT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GET IT.
AT NO POINT IN TIME HAS THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE HAD TO DO MORE
WITH LESS AND THE FEDERAL
MORE.
YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT
FAIRNESS.
TRUE FAIRNESS DOES NOT COME FROM
WEALTH DISTRIBUTION.
TRUE FAIRNESS MEANS REWARDING
MERIT, CREATING OPPORTUNITY, AND
LETTING PEOPLE RISE.
THAT HAS BEEN A BEDROCK OF THE
AMERICAN SYSTEM.
THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.
IT IS THAT FREE ENTERPRISE
SYSTEM THAT IS GIVEN OPPORTUNITY
AND REWARDED PEOPLE AND AMERICA
HAS BEEN BENEVOLENT WITH THE
GIFTS OF BEING REWARDED BY HARD
WORK AND HONEST DEALINGS MUCH
THE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET DOES NOT
YET THE RYAN BUDGET OR THE PATH
TO PROSPERITY, THE REPUBLICAN
I YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
HAS EXPIRED.
THE CHAIR ALSO REMINDS ALL
MEMBERS NOT TO REFER TO
THEIR COMMENTS.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND HAS
1 3/4 MINUTES REMAINING.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN HAS
FIVE MINUTES REMAINING.
I RESERVE.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
WISCONSIN.
I YIELD A MINUTE AND A
IDAHO.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR 1 1/2 MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
IF I LISTEN TO THE OTHER SIDE
SPEAK ABOUT THEIR BUDGET, IT
TAKES ME BACK TO GROWING UP IN
PUERTO RICO AS A YOUNG MAN.
AND I'M VERY PRIVILEGED TO
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO
RIGHT NOW, BUT I GREW UP IN A
VERY POOR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I GREW UP IN A VERY POOR
ENVIRONMENT IN PUERTO RICO.
AND I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TAKING
ME TO THE WEALTHIER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I REMEMBER HER TAKING ME TO
DIFFERENT PLACES TO THE NICER
STORES, THE NICER PLACES IN
PUERTO RICO AND TELLING ME THAT
I HAD A CHOICE.
THAT I COULD WORK HARD, I COULD
PLAY BY THE RULES, I COULD DO
ALL THE THINGS I NEEDED TO DO
AND ONE DAY I COULD LIVE IN ONE
OF THOSE HOMES.
ONE DAY I COULD ACTUALLY HAVE
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT IF MY MOTHER WOULD HAVE HAD
THE SAME MENTALITY THAT THE
OTHER SIDE HAS, I WOULD HAVE
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AMOUNT TO
ANYTHING IN MY LIFE BECAUSE WHAT
THEY BELIEVE IS THAT THE ONLY
WAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY AMOUNT TO
SOMETHING IS IF YOU TAKE FROM
THE ONES WHO HAVE.
IF YOU ARE A HAVE NOT.
AND MY MOTHER NEVER BELIEVED IN
THAT.
SHE NEVER SAID SOMEDAY SHE WILL
OWN A BEAUTIFUL HOME, YOU WILL
OWN A BEAUTIFUL CAR, YOU WILL
OWN A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IF YOU
TAKE AWAY FROM THE RICH.
SHE ALWAYS SAID THAT IT WAS UP
YOUR LIFE.
THAT'S THE MENTALITY THE OTHER
SIDE HAS.
I HAVE THIS CHART HERE TO SHOW
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED UNDER THE
DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICANS.
IF YOU SEE THIS, WHEN THE
DEMOCRATS TOOK CONTROL OF
CONGRESS, WE WERE AT JUST UNDER
5% UNEMPLOYMENT.
AS SOON AS THEY TOOK OVER
CONGRESS AND BARACK OBAMA WAS
ELECTED, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
WENT HIGHER.
AND AS SOON AS THE REPUBLICANS
WERE ELECTED THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE STARTED GOING DOWN.
THAT'S THE PATH THAT WE CAN HAVE
BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN.
AT THIS TIME I YIELD 1
1/2 MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN
FROM KANSAS, A MEMBER OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE, MR. HUELSKAMP.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR 1 1/2 MINUTES.
I RISE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE BUDGET OFFERED
BY MY COLLEAGUE MR. VAN HOLLEN.
THEN SENATOR OBAMA, WHEN
CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT,
CALLED PRESIDENT BUSH
UNPATRIOTIC FOR RAISING OUR
NATIONAL DEBT BY $4 TRILLION IN
EIGHT YEARS.
A BIG HE HAD SURPASSED IN LESS
THAN FOUR YEARS.
WHEN THEN SENATOR OBAMA VOTED
AGAINST A DEBT LIMIT INCREASE HE
SAID, LEADERSHIP MEANS THE BUCK
STOPS HERE.
INSTEAD WASHINGTON IS SHIFTING
THE BURDEN OF BAD CHOICES TODAY
ON TO THE BACKS OF OUR CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN.
AMERICA HAS A DEBT PROBLEM AND A
FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP.
AMERICANS DESERVE BETTER.
I AGREE.
WITH SENATOR OBAMA.
IF HE BELIEVES THIS TYPE OF
LEADERSHIP WAS A FAILURE AND
UNPATRIOTIC, THEN CERTAINLY SO,
TOO, SHOULD HE THINK THAT ABOUT
HIS BUDGET AND THIS BUDGET HERE.
FOR THIS BUDGET WOULD LEAVE THE
U.S. WITH NEARLY $25 TRILLION OF
DEBT BY THE END OF 2022 DESPITE
A MASSIVE TAX INCREASE OF $1.7
TRILLION.
DESPITE THE INCREASE, THIS
BUDGET DOES NOT BALANCE WITHIN
THE NEXT 10 YEARS, NEXT 20
YEARS, NOT EVEN IN 75 YEARS.
WE CAN'T WAIT.
WE CAN'T WAIT, MR. SPEAKER.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO BALANCE THE
BUDGET FOR 75 YEARS.
NOW MORE THAN EVER AMERICA NEEDS
LEADERSHIP.
AS SENATOR OBAMA SAID, WE CANNOT
PUT THE FAILURES OF TODAY ON THE
BACKS OF THE NEXT GENERATION.
I AGREE, SENATOR OBAMA.
SO I REJECT THIS BUDGET FOR THE
SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
I THANK YOU.
I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN.
I WOULD JUST REMIND MY
COLLEAGUES THAT AT THE END OF
THE EIGHT YEARS OF THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, AFTER THE TAX
CUTS WHICH HELPED CREATE THE
DEFICITS, WE ENDED UP LOSING
OVER 600,000 PRIVATE SECTOR
JOBS.
THAT'S THE RESULT OF
TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS.
THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS
GO BACK TO THOSE POLICIES.
THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET TAKES US
WE INVEST IN JOBS.
WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO YIELD A
MINUTE TO THE DISTINGUISHED
DEMOCRATIC LEADER WHO HAS BEEN
FOCUSED ON JOBS, MS. PELOSI.
THE MINORITY LEADER
IS RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
YIELDING.
I WANT TO RISE TO SING THE
RAISES OF OUR DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
ON THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE
LED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MARYLAND, MR. VAN HOLLEN.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US A
BALANCED BUDGET TO THE FORE, A
BALANCED OPTION ON HOW WE GO
FORWARD TO THE FLOOR.
YES, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO MAKE
CUTS.
THAT WE HAVE TO INCREASE
REVENUE, BUT MOST OF ALL WE HAVE
TO INCREASE JOBS.
GROWTH IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE
TWO BUDGETS, THE BUDGET THAT MR.
VAN HOLLEN IS PROPOSING AND THE
RYAN REPUBLICAN BUDGET IS THAT
THE RYAN REPUBLICAN BUDGET LOSES
JOBS, THE VAN HOLLEN BUDGET, THE
DEMOCRATIC BUDGET, IS A JOB
CREATOR.
IT'S A JOB CREATOR, IT ALSO
INVESTS IN EDUCATION.
THINK OF IT.
IF YOU ARE A STUDENT AND HAVE A
STUDENT LOAN, ON JULY 1 YOUR
INTEREST RATE WILL DOUBLE FROM
6.8%.
RYAN REPUBLICAN BUDGET SAYS
THAT'S JUST FINE.
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET
PREVENTS THAT FROM HAPPENING.
IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, THE RYAN
BUDGET TAKES YOU DOWN A PATH
WHERE THE MEDICARE GUARANTEE IS
CUT, YOU MAY HAVE TO SPEND
$6,000 OR MORE FOR LESS IN TERMS
OF BENEFITS, ALL THE WHILE WHILE
NOT PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS,
WHILE NOT CREATING JOBS, WHILE
NOT PROTECTING OUR SENIORS AND
THEIR MEDICARE, THE RYAN BUDGET
GIVES OVER $300,000 TAX BREAKS
TO PEOPLE MAKING OVER $1 MILLION
HOW CAN THAT BE?
HOW CAN THAT BE?
THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THAT
BUDGET, THE MORE THEY KNOW THAT
IT HURTS THEM AND THEIR LIVES.
THE BUDGET PUT FORTH BY THE
HOUSE DEMOCRATS IS A POSITIVE
ONE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, FOR
INVESTMENT IN OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES, FOR HONORING THE
ENTREPRENEURIAL SHIRT OF
AMERICA, FOR STRENGTHENING THE
MIDDLE CLASS, FOR BUILDING
LADDERS OF OPPORTUNITY, FOR
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK HARD,
PLAY BY THE RULES, TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM TO
SUCCEED AS WE REIGNITE THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
SO I THANK YOU, MR. VAN HOLLEN,
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN PUTTING A
BUDGET FORTH THAT IS
RESPONSIBLE, THAT HONORS OUR
COMMITMENT TO FUTURE
GENERATIONS, THAT REDUCES THE
DEFICIT IN A POSITIVE WAY, AS
OPPOSED TO MR. RYAN'S REPUBLICAN
BUDGET DOESN'T EVEN GET TO --
DOESN'T GET TO REDUCTION UNTIL
CLOSE TO 2040.
I MEAN THE CONTRAST COULD NOT BE
GREATER.
THE IMPACT ON AMERICA'S FAMILIES
COULD NOT BE GREATER.
JUST THINK, SENIORS PAY $6,000
MORE FOR FEWER BENEFITS IN
MEDICARE WHILE IT GIVES $300,000
TAX CUTS TO THE WEALTHIEST
PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY.
YOU BE THE JUDGE.
IS THAT A BUDGET THAT IS A
STATEMENT OF YOUR VALUES?
VOTE YES ON THE VAN HOLLEN
BUDGET.
VOTE NO ON THE RYAN REPUBLICAN
BUDGET.
TIME.
THE GENTLELADY YIELDS
BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND HAS
15 SECONDS REMAINING.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN HAS
TWO MINUTES REMAINING.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND WISH
TO USE HIS REMAINING 15 SECONDS?
I RESERVE.
I'M SORRY.
YES, I WOULD.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AGAIN, OUR DEMOCRATIC
ALTERNATIVE INVESTS IN THE
PRESIDENT'S JOB PROPOSAL, A
PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN SITTING
HERE IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES SINCE SEPTEMBER.
WE REDUCE THE DEFICIT IN A
BALANCED, FAIR WAY.
WE MAKE CHOICES NOT TO PROVIDE
MOTHER TAX BREAK TO THE
WEALTHIEST, BUT TO SAY WE NEED A
COMBINATION OF CUTS AND REVENUE
JUST LIKE BIPARTISAN COMMISSIONS
HAVE DONE.
I URGE ADOPTION OF THE
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN.
HAVE REMAINING?
THE GENTLEMAN HAS TWO
MINUTES REMAINING.
I YIELD MYSELF THE
BALANCE OF THE TIME.
MR. CHAIRMAN, LET ME JUST TRY TO
GIVE IN A NUTSHELL THE ECONOMIC
VISION THE MINORITY LEADER JUST
IT KIND OF WORKS LIKE THIS.
TAKE MORE MONEY FROM
COMMUNITIES, FROM FAMILIES, FROM
SMALL BUSINESSES AND SEND IT TO
WASHINGTON, SWITCH IT AROUND TO
BUREAUCRACY, MAKE THE DECISIONS
HERE, AND THROUGH TRICKLE-DOWN
GOVERNMENT TRY TO CREATE JOBS
FROM GOVERNMENT.
BORROW MORE MONEY IF THAT'S NOT
ENOUGH, AND THEN PRINT MORE
MONEY IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH OVER
AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE.
GOVERNMENT.
IT DOESN'T WORK.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING THIS.
LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
OUR DEBT IS BIGGER THAN OUR
ECONOMY.
LOOK AT THE COMMON THEME WE HAVE
SEEN BEFORE US.
THIS BUDGET, THE HOUSE
DEMOCRATIC BUDGET, $1.7 TRILLION
TAX INCREASE.
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, $2
TRILLION TAX INCREASE.
THE C.B.C. BUDGET, A $6 TRILLION
TAX INCREASE.
AND LEAST BUT NOT LAST, THE
PROGRESSIVE BUDGET A $6.7
TRILLION TAX INCREASE.
NO.
IT'S FOR MORE SPENDING.
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET,
$4.6 TRILLION SPENDING INCREASE.
THE C.B.C. BUDGET, $5.2 TRILLION
SPENDING INCREASE.
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, $5.2
TRILLION SPENDING INCREASE.
AND THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS
BUDGET, $6.6 TRILLION SPENDING
INCREASE.
IT IS CLEAR THEY WANT TO TAX
MORE SO THEY CAN SPEND MORE AND
THEY NEVER, EVER BALANCE THEIR
BUDGET.
THEY SENT US OFF -- SEND US OFF
A DEBT CLIFF.
THIS DEBT CRISIS IS THE MOST
PREDICTABLE CRISIS WE HAVE EVER
HAD IN THE HISTORY OF THIS
COUNTRY.
AND WE'VE GOT TO STOP THIS
NOTION THAT WE CAN JUST KEEP
TAKING MORE AND MORE AND MORE
BUSINESSES TO
SPEND US DEEPER INTO DEBT.
IT DOESN'T WORK AND I URGE A NO
VOTE ON THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
SUBSTITUTE.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
ALL TIME FOR DEBATE ON THIS
AMENDMENT HAS EXPIRED.
THE QUESTION IS ON THE AMENDMENT
OFFERED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM
SO MANY AS ARE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, THE
NOES HAVE IT.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND.
YEAS AND NAYS.
A RECORDED VOTE IS
REQUESTED.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING THIS
VOTE BY A RECORDED VOTE WILL
RISE.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ORDERED.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS IS A 15-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE,
INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED BY THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS
ARE 162.
THE NOES ARE --