fundamental american promise ensuring our children have more opportunity and inherit a stronger america tga us. it is time for us to get to ann people to put an end to empty promises and to choose prosperity. at the end of the day we haveha make. what kind of country do we want? what kind of people do we want to be? our budget is our answer to this question. we want a country that is prosperous, strong, secure and free. and, most of all, we want people to fulfill our founding vision. a free people with the opportunie happiness for ourselves and our children. with that, i will reserve and yield to mr. val hollen for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think we all we gather today to consider a long-term budget plan at an especially consequential moment for our country. unfortunately, this republican budget makes the wrong choices for america. up a slide now that shows the current jobs situation where we've come wre slide shows is that as a result of the extraordinary actions that have been taken over the last few years and many different decisions made by the president and the