Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2012

Floor Speech

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Ms. CLARKE of New York. Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of the Congressional Black Caucus budget alternative which lays out what I truly believe to be a more responsible way forward. In stark contrast to the irresponsible and reckless cuts proposed by the majority in the Ryan budget, the CBC budget alternative recognizes that not only can we not cut and slash our way to prosperity on the backs of our Nation's most vulnerable while protecting tax cuts for multimillionaires, but we also must invest in our Nation's future.

Our proposal creates jobs by investing in the green economy, diminishing our dependence on foreign oil, invests in our future by supporting programs that make education from the cradle to college more affordable, and protects the most vulnerable Americans.

Madam Chair, it is time we have an honest conversation with the American people about where we are: the greatest wealth transfer from the poor and the middle class to the rich and the wealthy in our lifetime. How we got here: Bush tax cuts, subprime scamming, and financial sector greed. And how we get to fiscal solvency: By supporting the CBC budget alternative. We are the conscience of the Congress.

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