Ed Perlmutter said "I am going to ask the Speaker: How is it that the Republican majority, in really less than a month, could pass legislation that was the biggest transfer of wealth to the wealthiest people in America through this giant tax cut that costs every single American $7,000 or more, but the Republican majority cannot pass a budget that they have had a year to pass, that addresses our military, that addresses healthcare, that addresses pensions, that addresses the DREAMers, and that addresses a whole variety of things? Why can't it get done? Why is the only thing that the Republican majority has found the will to pass is giant tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans? That is really the question that people should be asking. Here we are, we can't even pass a budget to keep the government open. I ask my friends to continue to ask that question of the majority party. ___________________

On the recordJanuary 22, 2018

I am going to ask the Speaker: How is it that the Republican majority, in really less than a month, could pass legislation that was the biggest transfer of wealth to the wealthiest people in America through this giant tax cut that costs every single American $7,000 or more, but the Republican majority cannot pass a budget that they have had a year to pass, that addresses our military, that addresses healthcare, that addresses pensions, that addresses the DREAMers, and that addresses a whole variety of things? Why can't it get done? Why is the only thing that the Republican majority has found the will to pass is giant tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans? That is really the question that people should be asking. Here we are, we can't even pass a budget to keep the government open. I ask my friends to continue to ask that question of the majority party. ____________________

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Ed Perlmutter

Democratic · Colorado

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