the chair will now recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois mrs. bustos, for five minutes. mrs. bustos: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in opposition of the anti-middle class budget introduced yesterday by the house republicans. i view a budget as a statement of priorities. where we allocate our resources in a clear demonstration that he we value our priorities as a nation. this budget moves the middle class backward, hurts families across my region the state of illinois, and in our nation. their budget makes deep cuts to investments in education. i view education as a long-term down payment not only for the lives of individual students and families, but for the future of our country. last week, i toured a region of our state that i am privileged to represent, and i spoke with community college students about programs that help make college affordable and accessible to them. i spoke with a young lady named anna who attends spoon river college in canton, illinois. she's one of eight children in her family. she's been raised by a single mother. her father was addicted to drugs