Jason Altmire: “Whenever our nation has bounced back from previous downturns, the key ingredient has always been the same: innovation.”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 127, line 5, after the dollar amount insert the following: ``(increased by $5,500,000)''. Page 128, line 11, after the…

Simply put, veterans and seniors are not the cause of our deficits, so we should not look to them to solve our current crisis.

We have no additional speakers, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Social Security, Medicare, and veterans benefit programs represent an ironclad agreement between citizens and the federal government, a promise that can never be broken.