Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, there they go again. Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are dusting off a familiar Republican playbook. I will break it down for you: Step one, slash taxes for millionaires and billionaires; Step two, explode the deficit; Step three, use rising deficits to justify cuts to Medicare and Medicaid; Step four, accuse Democrats of being irresponsible for opposing said cuts; Step five, repeat. Repeat as the rich get richer, repeat as the deficit grows larger, repeat as working families struggle, and repeat as the social safety net disintegrates. We saw it a decade ago under President Bush, and we are seeing it again right now. But you don't have to take my word for it, Mr. Speaker. The Republican tax bill will add $1.5 trillion to our national debt over the next decade, yet Paul Ryan is already claiming that we need to cut entitlements to get America's finances under control. Last week, Ryan warned: ``We're going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform. . . . Frankly, it's the healthcare entitlements that are the big drivers of our debt . . . that's really where the problem lies.'' Not true, Mr. Speaker. Our problem doesn't lie with lifesaving healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Our problem lies with this monstrosity of a tax bill. What if we tried a different approach? What if, instead of slashing Medicare to pay for tax cuts for Trump's cronies, we said no to this scam of a tax bill? What if we said no to raising taxes on middle class families?…”