Eva M. Clayton: “I would disagree a little bit with my colleague from Massachusetts, Mr. Frank. I would say that the Republicans did not…”

“I would disagree a little bit with my colleague from Massachusetts, Mr. Frank. I would say that the Republicans did not hear, or maybe they did not listen and did not want to hear the American people when they said indeed that what they were doing in the budget was extreme. They wanted the deficit to go down, but they did not like their priorities. Indeed, the Republicans refuse to hear because again they are cutting Medicaid, Medicaid severely, $72 billion in the next 6 years, which will hurt pregnant women, hurt children, hurt those in rural hospitals. It means they have not heard the American people when they do not want these extreme priorities. What we do on the budget says volumes about who is important and who is not, and what the Republicans have said through this budget resolution is if you are poor and live in rural areas you are not important; if you are wealthy and if you are healthy and you want to be in a health plan, then you have all the benefits. I would say that is the wrong priority. I urge a no vote on this budget resolution.”