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Mr. Chairman, the interesting thing about my friends on the other side is that they know the words of deficit reduction and they know the words of fiscal responsibility, but they have not yet learned the music. They know the words to the…
I write to strongly endorse the House passage of H. Con. Res. 393. The President's budgets have provided historic funding levels for America's veterans today. The Veterans Administration provides nearly a million more veterans with better…
You mean to tell me that the words to this song are cut taxes and control spending and the deficit goes down. My goodness, what a novel concept. We should write a budget that says that. In fact, we have. We have written a budget which is…
In Washington, a cut, the definition of a cut and listen to this, if you ask for one thing and it is an increase and you do not quite get the increase you want, then you are cut. It is like my son, and I hope he is not listening. If my son…
Let me tell Members what is happening to Medicaid. Let us assume for a moment that was coming out of Medicaid, $2 billion was coming out of Medicaid. Sounds like a lot of money; it is a lot of money, particularly if you are a small…
The one program that seniors in our country depend on is Medicare. Are there any cuts in the Republican budget for Medicare? No. In fact, we funded a new drug benefit last year, and that is included in our budget. But, boy, it is…
I am trying understand here, when we talk about the other side where it is just talking about the fact that we are not living up to our commitments. Just so everybody knows, there are some other charts here that we want you to see. Total…
I think we not only should be proud of that, but I think we should work with the Senate in order to make sure that as we work through this process, that we work together with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to come to a common number. I…
I yield myself 15 seconds again just to point out that the Democratic alternative, while they come to the floor and lament that we do not fully fund No Child Left Behind, guess what? The alternative budget presented by the Democrats does…
has the gentlewoman heard, and I have been hearing some confusion over our numbers, the Senate numbers, the Principi numbers, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and I commend the gentlewoman for her work in offering that amendment to…
Since 1995, let us be very clear about this, since 1995 Medicaid spending has grown 95 percent, a 95 percent increase. The average increase was 7.7 percent per year. Federal Medicaid outlays increased from $108 billion in 1999, as an…
Mr. Speaker, America has got a big decision tonight and seniors have been waiting a long time. The previous gentleman said that seniors when they wake up tomorrow, if this passes, will find out they still have to pay a little bit of money…
I rise today to support a long overdue, welcome victory for Iowa's seniors and health care providers. Medicare's policies have penalized health care providers in Iowa and other rural areas since the 1960s. While Medicare's primary purpose…
As I communicate with Iowans, they often share their concern about our country's economic vulnerability in regard to its energy supply. Spikes in oil and gas prices, high utility costs and the dangers of a heavy reliance on foreign…
if I can reclaim the time and just report that we have had one successful bill that already has moved to the floor that reduced, for waste, fraud, and abuse, $33 billion in a mandatory program called Medicare. It was part of the bill that…
I am wondering if he could report to us why it is that there is a shortfall of resources for FEMA for this year.
I understand that, but my point is that the Committee on the Budget tries not to meddle other than when it writes the budget itself, which is our prerogative as a committee to write. And I would just say, I think the gentleman might…
I take this time just to respond to my very distinguished appropriations chairman and subcommittee chairman to report to them that I heard their personal conversations to me about the need to take on mandatory spending and not just fight…
I rise to speak on H.R. 2754, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2004. This bill, which provides important flood protection, water transportation, energy, and irrigation services across the country is…
I would like to know where the new Democrat budget hawks are tonight, those new birds who seem to have flown the coop, who have spent the last many months here on the floor talking about the debt tax, something that does not exist but they…
Iowans should be proud of the tremendous accomplishments of our dedicated troops over the last couple of years, particularly those serving with Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. These men and women have risked their…
The question is, where is the money? The money is in the pockets of the people that earn it. The government earns no money. Tax cuts do not cost the government. And that is the argument you are going to hear tonight. It is that if you…
I submit for printing in the Congressional Record targets for the elimination of waste, fraud and abuse in Government programs under the authority of Section 301 of H. Con. Res. 95, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year…
I rise in support of H.R. 2--``The Jobs and Growth Act of 2003.'' This bill is appropriately named--it provides tax relief to boost economic growth and create jobs. And that is what workers and their families in Iowa and across the nation…
just like last year when the Democrats did not have a budget, this year they do not have an economic plan. They have a press release that they rushed to the floor today, had it put into legislative language, but it is basically a press…
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