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Today Congressman David Scott voted against the House Republican budget resolution that cuts funding for vital Georgia programs and continues large deficits and spiraling debt. The Republican FY2006 budget resolution, H. Con. Res. 95, adds more than $4 trillion to the deficit in the next 10 years while cutting billions in education, health care, housing, and environmental programs. H. Con. Res. 95 passed the House today by a 218-214, mostly party-line vote.

“The Republican’s 2006 budget resolution makes the wrong choices for our nation. It reflects skewed priorities and runs counter to our deepest held beliefs. The budget embraces disastrous economic policies while at the same time failing to put forward a vision of what the United States should be. Despite these cuts, every Georgia family’s share of the national debt has been increased by $38, 281!” said Congressman Scott.

Programs important to Georgia that are cut in the budget include:

• $800 million from the Centers for Disease Control
• $60 million from 2004 spending for military construction projects in Georgia
• $366.8 Million from 91,050 Georgia children by under funding No Child Left Behind
• $26.7 Million in Homeland Security Funding for Georgia
• $7.9 million negative impact to Southern Regional Hospital by cuts to Medicaid
• Section 8 families cut by 8,700 in 2010
• Community Development Block Grants cut by $211.9 million from 2006-2010
• Elimination of the HOPE VI program, which is revitalizing public housing in Georgia
• Health care for 2 million Georgia veterans
• Funding for firefighters by 30 Percent

“The federal budget should be an honest blueprint for the spending priorities of the government. Instead, this budget is passing our obligations, responsibilities and challenges to our children and grandchildren, while cutting programs that benefit our society's most vulnerable citizens,” Scott continued.