What we are arguing about, what the debate is about is we want to extend unemployment insurance. We want to make sure the State and local tax deductions continue. We want to make sure tuition deduction and the various disaster relief credits and the research and development tax credits all stay in place. But we want to make sure it is done without adding to a Federal debt that we believe is out of control.
Heidi Alexander: “What we are arguing about, what the debate is about is we want to extend unemployment insurance. We want to make sure…”
Editor's note · Context
The speaker addresses the need to extend unemployment insurance and various tax deductions without increasing federal debt.
Share
More from Heidi Alexander
I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to use, during my remarks, two exhibits of the Federal aid application form. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
this morning, our Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee had a hearing, and one of the members came up to me on the floor and said: That was the most civil hearing I have attended in the Senate in a while. The truth is that most…
Today we’re giving local leaders more power to shape transport in their community.
Not only are we lowering costs for the summer, the £2 bus fare cap will help all passengers get to where they need to for less.





