Austin Scott: “who is telling the truth? The Democrats are telling the truth on this. This is smoke and mirrors, and the Republicans…”

“who is telling the truth? The Democrats are telling the truth on this. This is smoke and mirrors, and the Republicans are offering a budget reconciliation package that is definitely harmful to the American people. We can do better, this Congress deserves to do better, and the American people are expecting us to do better. Here is the truth: the truth is that this is not deficit reduction. It will add a total of $16 billion to our deficit. Here are the facts: The cuts are $54 billion. Yet there is a tax cut in here for $70 billion. Separate it, the math is there: 54 from 70 is 16. It adds $16 billion just in adding the tax cuts to it. I tell my colleagues, there was a young fellow named David who came from the sheep and they told him to go back and mind his sheep, and he was to go get Goliath. David looked at him and said, Is there not a cause? Well, I am here to tell my colleagues there is a cause for you and a cause for me, and that cause is to stand up for Americans, stand up for the American people. We can do better. Let us vote down this awful budget reconciliation. ____________________”