Political Quotes

“on Monday, I was in Crystal Lake, IL, in the 6th Congressional District. I was joined by realtors and local elected officials to talk about how the GOP tax plan would hurt families in my home State of Illinois. The families in the 6th Congressional District would be hit especially hard since they are in the 12th highest district in terms of the benefit received from the State and local tax deduction--a deduction that is gutted in the Republican House tax plan. Republicans released this plan last Thursday, have been marking it up in committee this week, with the plan to have it on the House floor next week. It is already clear that this partisan plan does nothing more than double-down on some of the most damaging ideas from the framework congressional Republicans and the White House released in September-- and the bill gets worse the closer you look. The House Republican bill would bankroll massive tax cuts for the wealthy few and the largest corporations on the backs of hard-working families in Illinois and across the country. The bill eliminates some of the most vital tax breaks for people in Illinois--making it so that struggling seniors no longer will be able to deduct costly out-of-pocket medical expenses and that the 1.5 million Illinoisans with Federal student loan debt will no longer be able to deduct the interest paid on those loans. Congressional Republicans didn't stop at eliminating deductions for medical expenses and student loan interest.…”