Republican Budget Unmitigated Disaster

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, the Republican budget put together by Chairman Ryan is one of the world's worst vanity projects. It doesn't actually help the American people. It simply fulfills Mr. Ryan's ideological fantasies.

I want a budget that will grow our economy, create jobs, invest in the American people. Mr. Ryan wants a budget that will make Ayn Rand proud. I want a budget that improves our national education system. Mr. Ryan's budget will cut funding for nearly 8,000 schools. I want a budget that expands job training. Mr. Ryan's budget would deny 3.5 million Americans access to job training programs. I want a budget that keeps the promises to our seniors. Mr. Ryan's budget ends the guarantee of Medicare and turns it into a voucher system.

Mr. Speaker, the Ryan budget is an unmitigated disaster. I opposed it, and I know all my Democratic colleagues opposed it. This budget is at odds with what the American people need.

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