Political Quotes

“I thank my friend and fellow member of the Agriculture Committee, Mr. McGovern, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H. Con. Res. 71, the Republicans' proposed budget. This plan would make extreme and irresponsible cuts to domestic spending programs and weaken our Nation's social safety net. We should be proposing a budget that provides for real economic growth. We should be strengthening programs that help young Americans access higher education, increasing infrastructure funding, and investing in our Nation's roads and bridges. We should be focused on vision, aspiration, a budget reflective of our great Nation and the great things we can do. This budget instructs my friend from Massachusetts and my committee to find $10 billion in cuts to agriculture programs over the next 10 years. This decrease will affect our ability to fund essential USDA programs across our country in every congressional district. These are programs that farmers, schoolchildren, families, communities, and Americans rely on. Where will we be forced to take the money from? Rural development? conservation programs? our already insufficient nutrition programs? resources for schools? At a time when spending on fighting wildfires has surpassed previous records, will we cut that budget? This budget and accompanying tax plan does not put us on strong fiscal ground either. Many people don't realize the significance of the agricultural industry in Delaware.…”