House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today called on the House of Representatives to pass a plan that improves the lives of American families by balancing the budget in 10 years. Following is the full video and excerpts from Boehner’s floor speech: “This budget does more than balance. … It addresses the things that are important to American families. “Fixing the tax code & lowering rates means more jobs and higher wages for the American people. Voting for this budget means supporting the Keystone pipeline & American-made energy, means more jobs and lower energy bills. Repealing ObamaCare & supporting patient-centered reforms means more jobs and lower health care costs for the American people. Protecting & strengthening Medicare means a secure retirement for older Americans. Cutting waste means more fairness and accountability for hard-working taxpayers. Doing all of this means preserving the American Dream, which is what we were sent here to do. “We’ve balanced the budget before. In 1997, a Republican Congress working with a Democratic president, Bill Clinton, came together to put a plan that would in fact balance the budget, and we did. And for four years, ran a budget surplus. “The president has an opportunity during this critical [...]
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