Nancy Pelosi: “when people ask me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say: the children, the…”

“when people ask me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say: the children, the children, the children. But a close look at the Republican tax break bill shows that the rich are the winners in this bill and the losers, the losers are the children, the children, the children. The children are losers because 40 million children are not eligible for the tax credit. The children are losers because the HOPE scholarships will be cut in half in the Republican tax bill. The children are losers because the economic security of their families is threatened by the concentrated and reckless assault on the American family, the American worker and the American dream. Do not let children be losers, Mr. Chairman. We should all vote for the Democratic tax cut which is a vote for fairness, for opportunity and for work. Children can tell us, looking at this: ``Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?'' Clearly the fairest of them all is the Democratic tax cut for working, low and moderate income families in America. I urge my colleagues to oppose the Republican tax break for the wealthy and support the Democratic tax plan for fairness.”