Conference Report On S. Con. Res. 13, Concurrent Resolution On The Budget For Fiscal Year 2010

Floor Speech

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Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Democratic budget. This budget makes the vital investments that America needs to stabilize the economy and lay the groundwork for a new environmentally sustainable and energy independent green economy.

Let me thank the Chairman for his hard work on a budget that makes many hard choices and I thank him for his consideration of the budget priorities of the Congressional Black Caucus which augments and strengthens the President's budget.

The Democratic budget contains many of the shared priorities with the CBC and makes targeted investments in strengthening education, healthcare, clean energy, transportation, and strengthens foreign aid during a critical downturn in the global economy.

We must pass a budget that will continue the anti-poverty investments that we made in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

It is critical during this economic crisis, which we inherited from the Bush Administration, that we pass a budget that will lift up the millions of Americans who have fallen into poverty.

Our budget must continue our economic recovery and return our nation to the fiscal responsibility that we last saw with the budget surpluses under President Clinton.

I urge my colleagues to vote yes on the Democratic budget.

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