Mitch Landrieu: “Before I do, let me restate for the record that I intend to vote against this budget. It is not a budget that will put…”

“Before I do, let me restate for the record that I intend to vote against this budget. It is not a budget that will put America on the right course. This is a budget that will turn a stream of red ink into a raging river that will threaten to wash away Social Security, and this is according not to the Democratic spin room or Democratic operatives, this is according to Alan Greenspan, who testified before the Budget Committee last week and basically said because of the choices President Bush and the Republican leadership are making in this budget, adjustments will have to be made to Social Security. He could have gone on to say--and I am sure he will in further speeches--that adjustments are going to have to be made to education and the Federal contribution to education.”