If I might, my good colleague from Virginia, on the floor today it was perfectly clear that the Republicans are refusing to even consider any increases in taxes or the elimination of tax breaks, on oil, on corporations that send jobs overseas, it's no. On the high end, the hedge fund managers that have a billion dollars of income, no, they're going to keep those tax breaks.
John Garamendi: “If I might, my good colleague from Virginia, on the floor today it was perfectly clear that the Republicans are refusing…”
On the recordJuly 29, 2011
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