| Cbc Hour: The People’S Budget |
March 18, 2013 |
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Corrine Brown, D-FL
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"I just want to add one other thing. I will never forget that Newt Gingrich said that he wanted Medicaid and Medicare to wither on the vine. That is the philosophy of these people who control this House—wither on the vine."
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| No More Solyndras Act |
September 14, 2012 |
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Bobby Rush, D-IL
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"This past summer, two-thirds of the country experienced severe drought, causing crops to wither and spurring the earliest corn harvest in 25 years. At the same time, the water levels in four of the five Great Lakes has plummeted due to high evaporation rates and insufficient rainfall."
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| Veterans Jobs Corps Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed—Continued |
September 10, 2012 |
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Barbara Boxer, D-CA
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"Look, putting Republicans in charge of Medicare is like putting the Cookie Monster in charge of your favorite bakery. And I am not overstating it. No one would put the Cookie Monster in charge of their favorite bakery. Well, we can’t put the Republicans in charge of Medicare, and I will prove why. This isn’t just rhetoric. Listen. In 1995 Newt Gingrich said he thought Medicare, in his words, should wither on the vine. In his 1996 Presidential campaign, Senate majority leader Bob Dole bragged:"
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| Extension Of Renewable Energy Tax Incentives |
June 19, 2012 |
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Gerald Connolly, D-VA
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"The House Republican leadership won’t even bring legislation to the floor to extend critical renewable tax credits for wind and solar energy. Republicans consider it anathema to even suggest that they reconsider special oil and gas company tax breaks in the face of record industry profits. Yet while the extension of renewable energy tax credits would encourage the development of an innovative industry that would support America’s energy independence, they allow it to wither. In fact, House Republicans actually attacked the renewable energy sector through a number of different amendments to the Energy and Water appropriations bill earlier this month."
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| Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolution |
April 18, 2012 |
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David Cicilline, D-RI
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"With so many Americans out of work, it’s hard to believe that the House Republican leadership would ask members to support a budget proposal that would seriously undermine key investments that are so important to creating jobs. Rather than trying to pass another tax giveaway for the richest among us, House Republicans should join with Democrats and enact public policies that will actually benefit our seniors, and middle class and working families. Instead the Republican budget proposal will undermine our economic recovery, and replace the current health care system for our seniors with a voucher program that could allow Medicare to wither on the vine, create higher costs, and reduce the overall quality of health care services."
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