Rick Allen: “The one thing that is absolutely clear about this tax bill that the Republicans brought to the floor today is they…”

“The one thing that is absolutely clear about this tax bill that the Republicans brought to the floor today is they brought it to the floor before the needs of our veterans, the needs of our kids, the needs of our transportation infrastructure, our defense requirements. None of that has even been laid out by this administration. Yet they are rushing through a tax cut which would basically eat up all, when you make the proper, reasonable assumptions, eats up all of the surplus for the next 10 years. I think a lot of the debate today was the concern that that is simply going at this backwards. It is dessert first, as some have said. We needed a much more responsible, more fiscally disciplined approach. We did not get it today, but we will hope for the best.”