Barbara Lee: “Let me just also conclude by saying our budget protects the safety net…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2013

Let me just also conclude by saying our budget protects the safety net and protects those initiatives which create pathways out of poverty, such as the earned income tax credit, the child tax credit, the SNAP program, food and nutrition assistance, and the program that assists women with nutrition assistance when they're pregnant. All of these efforts are protected in the Congressional Black Caucus budget; whereas, the Ryan budget would cut these programs. These are needed desperately as we move to a pathway to prosperity. Our budget is pro-American, pro-growth, and pro-people.

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Barbara Lee

Democratic · California

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Mar 20, 2013

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