Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2013

Statement

This week the House passed the Republican Fiscal Year 2013 Budget resolution, which will end the Medicare guarantee, stall the economic recovery, and reduce federal revenues without doing anything to reduce the long-term deficit.

I opposed this budget resolution because it would pay for tax breaks to people who don't need them by cutting services for people who can't afford to lose them: seniors, students, and working people who are struggling to remain part of the middle class. The nation's budget is a reflection of our values and aspirations. I supported alternative budget proposals offered by my Democratic colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus, the Progressive Caucus, and in the larger Democratic Caucus which are fair, responsible, and better embody the spirit of this great nation.

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