Karen Thurman: “I think that is just a real stretch here. However, I do want to say…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2000

I think that is just a real stretch here. However, I do want to say that I will not vote for the Republican budget resolution and will support the Democratic alternative for lots of reasons. Yesterday on this floor I talked about renewable resources for gas so that we could go on with solar energy, wind, biomass; and I think that is an absolute necessity for this country. I think the veterans' mail order plan is absolutely something that has to be done, something that I have looked at and actually introduced. I think the extension of Social Security for 15 years, the Republican plan, does nothing in that area, Medicare by 10 years, and then the long-term tax credit for caregivers, and then also in education, reducing class size, renovation of schools, Pell grants, Head Start; we can go on and on. And as importantly as all of these expenditures are, so is paying down the debt.

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Karen Thurman

Democratic · Florida

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Discussing opposition to the Republican budget resolution and support for the Democratic alternative.

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Karen Thurman: “I think that is just a real stretch here. However, I do want to say that I will not vote for the Republican budget…”

Editor's note · Context