Chris Van Hollen: “Somebody who has said let's fix this in an adult way, a balanced way, the way other bipartisan groups have done is Ms.…”

“Somebody who has said let's fix this in an adult way, a balanced way, the way other bipartisan groups have done is Ms. McCollum from Minnesota. I yield the gentlelady 2 minutes. Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Chair, this Republican budget is a political document. It's the House Republicans' platform for November. The GOP platform puts our economy and millions of jobs at risk. They gut protections for seniors and families in need. They abandon local communities at a time when Washington should be a partner for opportunity and economic growth. The Republican platform cuts student loans and grants for higher education by $166 billion. The Republican budget forces seniors to pay out of pocket an average of $600 additional every year for medications they need because the GOP reopens and throws seniors back into the Medicare part D doughnut hole. This budget drives Americans into an enormous GOP pothole, gutting Federal transportation investments by 25 percent, abandoning communities and businesses that need improved infrastructure to remain competitive. This Republican budget cuts regular folks and then protects and showers benefits on the wealthiest and most privileged millionaires and billionaires. The Republican platform should really be called Millionaires' Manifesto, because it will borrow billions of dollars from Communist China to guarantee every millionaire a tax cut worth nearly $400,000, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.…”