Kendrick Meek: “Well, I can tell my colleagues right now, this whole issue of taxes, who pays them and who does not pay taxes is the…”

“Well, I can tell my colleagues right now, this whole issue of taxes, who pays them and who does not pay taxes is the defining issue here. I think it is very important that the American people understand that I am so glad that we are here tonight talking about solutions. We have a bigger job, identifying and describing the problem, that is good, because we are the Congress, we are an investigative body, we are hopefully a body of action and correction. But I will tell my colleagues this: if we stand idly by and allow individuals to come in, rob future blood lines of families, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, you name it, like David Letterman said, if you live in Sioux City, Iowa, you should be able to receive a higher education, your grandchildren and your children. I will say once again, there is no greater prayer or hope that your children do better than what you have done, and the grandparents' philosophy is that their grandchildren have a better opportunity than what they had. And right now the way we are going, that is not happening.”