Pete Stark: “We are still in a deep hole and we can't really talk about a jobs recovery until we see robust job creation for several…”

I strongly oppose these budget cuts which are kind of like the cable company starting to bill you for a service while you are at home waiting for them to show up and connect it.

The legislation we are considering today is quite possibly the moral low-point of this House Republican Majority. Not only does it negate a law that was agreed to just last year to cut the deficit, it makes unconscionable cuts to safety…

I think it is the first hearing that Republicans have held in the Ways and Means Committee to advance their plan to end the Medicare as we know it.

The Republicans want to kill Social Security and Medicare and turn them into voucher systems.