Political Quotes

“Mr. President, here is what is happening with so-called ``tax reform.'' Tonight, the Budget Committee is voting on a budget resolution that does two things. First, it sets the spending limits for everything in the government-- environment, energy, defense, healthcare, education, transportation, and so on. Second, it includes something called reconciliation instructions that basically direct all of the committees to report back with legislation that either increases or decreases the Federal deficit by a certain amount. This time around, here is what they are doing--asking the Senate Finance Committee to draft legislation to increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion. Again, this is going to pass on a party-line vote, with Republicans prevailing, to increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion. This is what will start the tax reform process. That is not all. Republicans still haven't given up on decimating our healthcare system. They are still trying to cut Medicaid and, this time, Medicare, and they are going to use this tax bill. They are going to cut $473 billion from Medicare at a time when our population is getting older and many seniors are already struggling. They are also going to cut $1 trillion from Medicaid. This is the program that pays for one out of every two births in this country. It helps millions of families who have loved ones in nursing home care. Last week, they tried to pass a healthcare bill that cut taxes.…”