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On the recordFebruary 11, 2016
At least they detail these cuts, such as ending Medicare as you know it. Even more sinister, their budget--which every one of them brags about supporting--includes $1.1 trillion in spending cuts that are not even detailed, except to say they will go after retirement programs for Federal employees, military personnel, and veterans. They very cleverly hid those cuts in a footnote in their budget. I am wondering on what page of their phony budget they create unicorns, because everything else in their so-called budget is one big, giant fairy tale. So, Mr. Chairman, let's not fool the American people. They know what exactly is going on here. They want to have it both ways: they want to call the White House on the carpet and say they want to discuss the Nation's deficit, and, at the same time, this very week, give the Budget Director an invitation to come before the Congress and talk about the budget and the deficit. The American people are asking: What is going on? They know exactly what you are doing. Once again, you are using rhetoric, but not addressing the real problems of everyday Americans. Mr. Chairman, we need to get down to the American people's business and get the answers we need and that they demand.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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