Political Quotes

“Another point I want to make is I hear them saying that this is going to be such a thing about the audits. Despite the Republicans' desperate falsehoods, this bill does not increase IRS audits on America's working families. The IRS commissioner himself, a Republican appointed by Donald Trump, said these resources are absolutely not about increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans. So there you have it. So I would just say at the end of all of this, I ask these questions: When you hear about what this means to America's working families, how can you vote against lowering healthcare costs and prescription drugs costs for seniors and underserved communities as we continue to fight inflation? How can you vote with pharma at the cost of America's seniors and America's working families? How can you vote against protecting future generations from rising sea levels, raging wildfires, and crippling drought? How can you vote against reducing the deficit and asking billionaires, companies, and wealthy avoiders of taxes to pay their fair share? I am not talking about people who work the system. I am talking about people who illegally do not pay their taxes. So, Madam Speaker, every Member of this body is confronted with a choice. We either put people over politics or politics over people.…”