Mr. Chairman, it should be noted for my colleague that the Republican budget, according to the Economic Policy Institute, will slow the recovery, costing 1.1 million jobs in fiscal year 2015, rising to costing nearly 3 million jobs the next year. That is not a budget of growth. I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison), the cochair.
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