Mike Levin: “I just want to talk for my 1 minute about my Republican colleagues' mind-boggling inconsistencies. They say they…”

“I just want to talk for my 1 minute about my Republican colleagues' mind-boggling inconsistencies. They say they invented deficit reduction; they come here with a budget that increases the deficit. They are suffering from amnesia or arrogance. Who was President when these deficits exploded? And in 1993, many of us had the courage to vote for deficit reduction and every Republican voted ``no.'' And one of them comes forth now and says under Democrats, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. But what are they suggesting? Increasing taxes on poor working families. Now, Mr. Speaker, their message does not ring. There is economic prosperity under Democrats. We have to do better. We cannot trust the party that will make it worse.”