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CONGRESSIONAL RECORDHOUSE H2729May 17, 2006

my colleagues to respectfully oppose

this well-intentioned but devastating

amendment to the American taxpayer

and to the American economy.Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today

in opposition to the FY 07 Republican BudgetResolution, H. Con. Res. 376, and in supportof the Congressional Black Caucus BudgetSubstitute.

Mr. Chairman, the Republican Budget sets arecordnot for balancing the budget, loweringthe deficit, or reducing our reliance on foreigndebtbut for exceeding the callousness evi-dent in President Bushs Budget for America.This compromise is devoid of direction, bal-ance and compassion.

It slashes K12 programs, job training,Community Development and Social ServicesBlock grants. It cuts veterans health care, thehomeland security function; mandatory studentloan spending and programs that help feedlow-income elderly, mothers and children.

The sad truth is that all of these cuts are thesacrificial lamb for tax cuts for the wealthiest1 percent of Americans. While many Ameri-cans are struggling under mounting debt andour country faces record deficits, this Budgetfunds another shameless $228 billion in taxcuts over 5 years.

The CBC Alternative Budget offers a real

budget for all Americans. It would balance thebudget, restore pay-as-you-go principles andrestore funding to critical programs; not bycreating deficits, but by rescinding the tax cutsfor those making over $200,000, eliminatingcorporate tax incentives and closing corporateloopholesall while eliminating waste, fraudand abuse.

I urge my colleagues to support the CBC Al-ternative Budget, which represents a return tofiscal discipline and responsibility and focusesour spending priorities on ALL Americans.

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, Irise today in strong support of the Americanpeople, and the Congressional Black CaucusAlternative U.S. Budget (CBC Budget).

Mr. Chairman, budgets are moral docu-

ments. They reflect in a very real sense, ourdeep beliefs, our priorities, and define us as acommunity and as a Nation. So it is with deepregret that, as people of conscience, we mustrise against this attack on seniors, children,families, workers, and small businessagainstthe Majoritys budget which levies an enor-mous cost on the backs of the majority ofAmericans, in order to benefit the wealthiestfew among us.

Make no mistake about itthe majoritysbudget is a reckless and unfair attack on mostAmericans. It exacerbates our national debt inan age when we have already squandered a$5.6 trillion budget surplus and added $3 tril-lion in debt. It freezes important domestic pro-gramsreducing veterans health care by $6billion, education by $45.3 billion, public healthby $18.1 billion, and environmental protectionby $25.0 billionwhile also adding $6.8 billionin reconciliation cuts to mandatory programs.It is outrageous, Mr. Chairman, and its simplyun-American.

The CBC budget, which my office helped todraft, restores fiscal responsibility, balancingthe budget in 5 years and creating a surplusof $2.3 billion in FY 2011. It reduces the deficitby $313 billion and saves $10.5 billion in inter-est payments compared to the Majoritysbudget. And it adopts PAYGO rules, so thatCongress balances our checkbook just likemost Americans do.

The CBC Budget adds $32 billion in Edu-cation, Training, Employment and Social Serv-ices, $1 billion in Natural Resources and Envi-ronment; and $5.4 billion in Health programs.It increases security and critical investmentsfor our homeland, for our troops, for rail andport security grants, cargo and air cargoscreening equipment, first responders, federalair marshals, and the U.S. Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention.

It funds juvenile justice and local law en-forcement programs, while restoring cuts in

veterans

health care, enhances benefits toour veterans in survivor benefits, medical andprosthetic research, long-term care, and men-tal health care. It provides $80 billion more foreducation and job training programs than theRepublic budget over 5 years, including fund-ing for No Child Left Behind and school con-struction. It funds the minority health initiative,child nutrition programs, job creation pro-grams, community and regional development,Gulf Coast reconstruction, scientific research,transportation, Medicare, and a variety ofgreatly-needed housing initiatives.

Mr. Chairman, we have a historic oppor-tunity before us, to help millions of Americans,and to turn back the clock on fiscal policies,the effect of which this Nation will endure for

decades. I urge my colleagues to join in con-science, and adopt this CBC Budget.The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques-

tion is on the amendment offered by

the gentleman from North Carolina

(Mr. WATT).

The question was taken; and the Act-

ing Chairman announced that the noes

appeared to have it.

RECORDED VOTE

Mr. WATT. Mr. Chairman, I demand

a recorded vote.

A recorded vote was ordered.

The vote was taken by electronic de-

vice, and there wereayes 131, noes 294,

not voting 7, as follows:

[Roll No. 155]

AYES131

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baca

Baldwin

Becerra

Berman

Bishop (GA)

Bishop (NY)

Blumenauer

Brady (PA)

Brown, Corrine

Butterfield

Capps

Capuano

Cardin

Carson

Cleaver

Clyburn

Conyers

Crowley

Cuellar

Cummings

Davis (AL)

Davis (FL)

Davis (IL)

DeFazio

Delahunt

DeLauro

Dingell

Doggett

Doyle

Emanuel

Engel

Eshoo

Farr

Fattah

Filner

Ford

Frank (MA)

Green, Al

Green, Gene

Grijalva

Gutierrez

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Higgins

Hinchey

Hinojosa

Holt

Honda

Hoyer

Jackson (IL)

Jackson-Lee

(TX)

Jefferson

Johnson, E. B.

Jones (OH)

Kaptur

Kildee

Kilpatrick (MI)

Lantos

Lee

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lofgren, Zoe

Lowey

Lynch

Maloney

Markey

Matsui

McCarthy

McCollum (MN)

McDermott

McGovern

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek (FL)

Meeks (NY)

Millender-

McDonald

Miller (NC)

Miller, George

Moore (WI)

Moran (VA)

Nadler

Napolitano

Neal (MA)

Oberstar

Olver

Ortiz

Owens

Pallone

Pascrell

Pastor

Payne

Pelosi

Price (NC)

Rahall

Rangel

Rothman

Roybal-Allard

Ruppersberger

Rush

Ryan (OH)

Sabo

Sanchez, Linda

T.

Sanders

Schakowsky

Scott (GA)

Scott (VA)

Serrano

Slaughter

Solis

Stark

Tauscher

Thompson (MS)

Tierney

Towns

Van Hollen

Velazquez

Visclosky

Wasserman

Schultz

Waters

Watson

Watt

Waxman

Weiner

Wexler

Woolsey

Wu

Wynn

NOES294

Aderholt

Akin

Alexander

Allen

Bachus

Baird

BakerBarrett (SC)

Barrow

Bartlett (MD)

Barton (TX)

Bass

Bean

Beauprez

Berkley

Berry

Biggert

Bilirakis

Bishop (UT)

Blackburn

Blunt

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bonner

Bono

Boozman

Boren

BoswellBoucher

Boustany

Boyd

Bradley (NH)

Brady (TX)

Brown (OH)

Brown (SC)

Brown-Waite,

Ginny

Burgess

Burton (IN)

Buyer

Calvert

Camp (MI)

Campbell (CA)

Cannon

Cantor

Capito

Carnahan

Carter

Case

CastleChabot

Chandler

Chocola

Coble

Cole (OK)

Conaway

Cooper

Costa

Costello

Cramer

Crenshaw

Cubin

Culberson

Davis (CA)

Davis (KY)

Davis (TN)

Davis, Jo Ann

Davis, Tom

Deal (GA)

DeGette

DeLay

Dent

Diaz-Balart, L.

Diaz-Balart, M.

Dicks

Doolittle

Drake

Dreier

Duncan

Edwards

Ehlers

Emerson

English (PA)

Etheridge

Everett

Feeney

Ferguson

Fitzpatrick (PA)

Flake

Foley

Forbes

Fortenberry

Fossella

Foxx

Franks (AZ)

FrelinghuysenGallegly

Garrett (NJ)

Gerlach

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gingrey

Gohmert

Gonzalez

Goode

Goodlatte

Gordon

Granger

Graves

Green (WI)

Gutknecht

Hall

Harris

Hart

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

HayworthHefley

Hensarling

Herger

Herseth

Hobson

Hoekstra

Holden

Hooley

Hostettler

Hulshof

Hunter

Hyde

Inglis (SC)

Inslee

Israel

Issa

Istook

Jenkins

Jindal

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (IL)

Johnson, SamJones (NC)

Kanjorski

Keller

Kelly

Kennedy (MN)

Kind

King (IA)

King (NY)

Kingston

Kirk

Kline

Knollenberg

Kolbe

Kucinich

Kuhl (NY)

LaHood

Langevin

Larsen (WA)

Latham

LaTourette

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Linder

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Lucas

Lungren, Daniel

E.

Mack

Manzullo

Marchant

Marshall

Matheson

McCaul (TX)

McCotter

McCrery

McHenry

McHugh

McIntyre

McKeon

McMorris

Melancon

Mica

Michaud

Miller (FL)Miller (MI)

Miller, Gary

Mollohan

Moore (KS)

Moran (KS)

Murphy

Murtha

Musgrave

Myrick

Neugebauer

Ney

Northup

Norwood

Nunes

Nussle

Obey

Osborne

Otter

Oxley

Paul

Pearce

PencePeterson (MN)

Peterson (PA)

Petri

Pickering

Pitts

Platts

Poe

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Price (GA)

Pryce (OH)

Putnam

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Rehberg

Reichert

Renzi

Reyes

Reynolds

Rogers (AL)Rogers (KY)

Rogers (MI)

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Ross

Royce

Ryan (WI)

Ryun (KS)

Salazar

Sanchez, Loretta

Saxton

Schiff

Schmidt

Schwartz (PA)

Schwarz (MI)

Sensenbrenner

Sessions

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Sherman

Sherwood

Shimkus

Shuster

Simmons

Simpson

Skelton

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Snyder

Sodrel

Souder

Spratt

Stearns

Strickland

Sullivan

Sweeney

Tancredo

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