Maxwell Frost: “Mr. Speaker, it is with a sense of deep disappointment that I rise today, not because it is difficult to oppose this…”

“Mr. Speaker, it is with a sense of deep disappointment that I rise today, not because it is difficult to oppose this rule and this bill. Republican leaders have presented the House with a bill that is so partisan, so unfair to laid-off workers and so fiscally irresponsible that there is little doubt about the harm it would do to the economy, to Social Security and Medicare and to public health and other homeland security problems. A person could not write a more dangerous piece of partisan posturing if they tried. No, Mr. Speaker, my deep disappointment today is with the fact that we are considering this bill at all. At a time like this, as Americans pull together to fight anthrax in the mail and to support our troops in Afghanistan, does anyone really believe we need more billion dollar corporate tax breaks? At a time like this as American cities cry out for bipartisan leadership, does anyone really believe we need more partisan posturing and politics as usual? It does not have to be this way, Mr. Speaker.”