Mike Thompson: “Mr. Speaker, talk about driving off of the cliff. That Florida district where my friend represents is going to drive off…”

“Mr. Speaker, talk about driving off of the cliff. That Florida district where my friend represents is going to drive off of the cliff. Mr. Speaker, 22,000 people in his district will face nutrition cuts, 91,000 people will lose their health coverage, and 486 jobs are going to be lost due to canceling clean energy credits. If that is not a steep enough cliff to drive off of, try this one: $4.2 trillion added to our national debt. Those constituents in Florida have some responsibility for that debt, just like the rest of our constituents do. As far as the tax credit for the children that my friend talked about, it is permanent. It is permanent for rich kids. Poor kids won't get the whole credit because it isn't fully refundable.”