Rich Neal: “I want to thank Mr. Rangel for yielding me the time. But let us clear something up immediately. Let us not demean the…”

“I want to thank Mr. Rangel for yielding me the time. But let us clear something up immediately. Let us not demean the intelligence of the American people when we hear waste, fraud, and abuse. Where has the spending gone? They are bragging on one hand about increasing military spending by 70 percent. Seventy percent for the military. We are fighting two wars, Iraq and Afghanistan. Have we forgotten about that? What about Katrina? Have we forgotten about Katrina? What about their prescription drug bill? Now, which of those qualifies for waste, fraud, and abuse? That is where the money has gone. The problem we have today in this House is their tax cuts that, by the way, went to the top 1 percent of the wage earners in America. The millionaires were taken care of with their largesse. This budget takes the word ``compassionate'' out of ``compassionate conservatism.'' The Republicans would have the country believe that the budget cuts do not have any impact on Americans. There is not a family in America that will not be harmed by this budget. The President's budget was bad enough. I was honored as a Democrat to present the President's budget at the budget meeting. Do you know why? Because not one Republican would present the President's budget. The result, 39-0, we knocked down the President's budget. But let us talk about what this budget does. It calls for freezing child care funding.…”