Kendrick Meek: “It is letter number six, letter number seven, letter number eight is coming. The reason we have to do it is because we…”

“It is letter number six, letter number seven, letter number eight is coming. The reason we have to do it is because we have to pay on the debt, and it is irresponsible policy by saying that we want to make tax cuts permanent for billionaires. Meanwhile, Mr. Ryan, we cannot carry out an innovation agenda, we can't carry out a true health care agenda. The President comes here and says, hey, let's talk about health care. Okay, let's talk about health care. No, it is not really a discussion. I just want to expand a program that only those that have disposable income to put on the side for a rainy day for when they get sick, but the folks that are living from paycheck to paycheck, I want to tell you something, many of those individuals are making good money. Many of those individuals are trying to pay for college loans and tuition, many of them are trying to do that. Many of them have sick family members. They don't have $1,000 or $2,000 to put to one side for the rainy day fund for when they get sick. That is not a health care policy. That is a health care policy for a couple of folks that can afford to do it. I think it is important that we engage, Mr. Ryan, as we do, we come to this floor in this 30-something Working Group, we engage the majority, not in the political sense, but in the sense of saying that the American people deserve better. In the same breath, Mr.…”