Barbara Boxer: “That is the point. In other words, all of life involves shortages. The Presiding Officer has worked for so many years…”

“That is the point. In other words, all of life involves shortages. The Presiding Officer has worked for so many years, ever since I have been here, to help provide for dropout kids. And he has won approval on many amendments. But it does not do any good if this President does not fund those programs. It does not do any good when we pass an authorization for afterschool, and the President does not fund those programs. It does not do any good if we have money for rebuilding our schools, and the President does not fund the programs or fund Head Start or fund special education. The reason he cannot do it is because of the tax cut to the people earning over $1 million a year. That is the bottom line. I think if we go to the people earning $1 million a year--and I have a lot of those people in my State, I say to my friend, because we have 35 million people in my State, and we have people who do very well--they will tell me to do all I can to redirect their tax cut, that they do not need, to those things that the communities need: prescription drugs for our seniors; education for our children; a clean, healthy environment; beautiful parks that are maintained.…”