Patricia Schroeder: “it is amazing. Never did I think I would be down here saying, ``Listen to the Senate,'' but here I am saying, ``Listen…”

“it is amazing. Never did I think I would be down here saying, ``Listen to the Senate,'' but here I am saying, ``Listen to the Senate,'' because they are speaking words we should hear here. Yesterday they voted 84 to 16, and they said very clearly, ``You do not balance the budget on the backs of America's children. You do not balance the budget on the backs of America's future.'' These are not the people that caused this deficit. B-2 bombers caused this deficit. All sorts of other pork projects caused this deficit. Mr. Speaker, I think we have to get down to the specifics of how we do it. And to do this on children, children that do not have political action committees, children who do not have Gucci-shoed lawyers, they are the easy ones to shove out in the cold and say, ``We have to balance the budget.'' We do that, and we have shortchanged the future of this Nation. Listen to the Senate. They have understood how extreme the other side of this aisle is on those issues. Do not cut Head Start, do not cut drug-free schools, and do not demolish our future.”