On the recordOctober 26, 2017
What do you think will happen to this Nation if we vote for this budget plan, this Halloween of a plan? The latest Republican budget mandates $4.9 trillion in budget cuts. Mr. Speaker, I cannot vote for this. I cannot vote for it because of the people in Texas after Hurricane Harvey; the people in Louisiana after Hurricane Nate; the people in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Florida after Hurricanes Maria and Irma. I cannot vote for this. This will gut disaster relief, education, infrastructure, research, veterans benefits, and it will clearly provide tax cuts for the rich. The Republican budget provides $1.6 trillion in tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, wealthy corporations. It doesn't give any money to the middle class. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mitchell). The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
