Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Because I want to illuminate what you just said because actually, we put our action where our words are, because it is…”

“Because I want to illuminate what you just said because actually, we put our action where our words are, because it is not just that we said that we should drop those tax cuts by just a little bit and make sure we could fund port security. Here is the third party validation that we always talk about. On June 18, 2004, there was an amendment by Representative Dave Obey, who is the ranking member on the Appropriations Committee that Mr. Rothman sits on. He offered an amendment to increase port and container security by $400 million. Republicans refused to allow consideration of that amendment. October 7, 2004 an amendment offered by Representatives Obey and Sabo and Senator Byrd that would have increased funding to enhance port security by $150 million. Republicans defeated this amendment along party lines. September 29, 2005, just last fall, there was an amendment which Representatives Obey, Sabo and Senator Byrd, again, to increase funding for port and container security by $300 million; all of these proposing to drop the tax cut for the wealthiest Americans by just a small amount of money. The House Conferees, led by the Republicans, defeated this amendment along party lines. And March 2, 2006, Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to bring the King-Thompson Dubai port deal bill to the floor, which would have expedited procedures to ensure a congressional vote on the Dubai port deal bill sponsored by a Republican and a Democrat.…”