Political Quotes

“Thanks very much. Mr. President, I don't have enough time to respond to everything that my colleague from South Dakota has said. If I did, it would take a long while. I would say this: A couple of years ago, when we passed with only Republican votes in the House and Senate, signed by President Trump, a tax-cut bill that was supposed to pay for itself, it didn't. It increased our deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars. I think most of us know, with respect to abortion, the law of the land for many years--over 30 years--has been Roe v. Wade; and, essentially, after a certain point, when you have viability in the womb, abortions cannot be performed except in very limited cases, including rape, incest, and the life of the mother. The legislation that we passed and considered in the House does not provide for changing those limitations, and that needs to be made clear. The other thing I would say, with respect to the reconciliation bill, the Build Back Better legislation that the House is considering today in the Rules Committee, it is paid for. It is actually paid for, and it is paid for largely by making sure that everybody is paying their fair share. Folks don't mind in my State--and other States don't mind--you know, seeing their taxes raised, but they want to make sure that everybody else is paying their fair share.…”