Speech #1050031569

That Is real progress. Nevertheless. this budget--conceived In a strong economyis one only a mother could love. How does one explain prionies that over the next 10 years set aside only S3 billion to get people--Including legal immigrantsoff welfare and into jobs but more than $16 billion for additional entitlement benefits for noncitizens? How does one explain that over the next 5 years $13 billion in Medicaid savings are mostly offset by $10 billion in additional bane. fits for noncItizens? That $10 billion funds additional benefits for noncitizens. many of whom are financially selfsufficient. most of whom entered the country on the promises of their sponsors to financially provide for them. The mandatory added spending over the next 5 years for benefits for noncitizensindividuals whose sponsors average income is 538.000 a yearis four times greater than that for defense. twice that for natural resource and environment programs. and six times greater than that for community and regional development. Explain these priorities to overtaxed. middle. income Americans trying to buy a house and educate their children. Amencans who worked until May 9 this year to pay taxes to fund these priorities. I will support this budget resolution because it balances. That will help families. But Its priontles are not those of hardworkIng Americans or hardworking legal Immigrants.