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Opposing the President's Veto of The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 13, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Labor Unions Education

SPEECH OF
HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN
OF MARYLAND
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2007

* Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Speaker, I am disappointed that the President chose today to veto important funding for our domestic priorities. After seven years of unrestrained spending and a ballooning deficit, the President has, under the guise of fiscal responsibility, rejected a $6.2 billion funding increase for education, health care, and workforce development, even as he requests nearly $200 billion in unbudgeted, no strings attached funding to continue the Iraq War for another year. That is no way to balance America's checkbook.

* Under the budget passed by the new Democratic Congress, we can take care of America at home--increase funding for our schools, offer more student assistance for college, invest in biomedical research at NIH, expand health care access, and help Americans compete in the global economy--and balance the budget by 2012. These priorities are America's priorities. It is time for Congress to come together, stand up for the American people and override this veto.


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