Political Quotes

“my friend from North Carolina expressed his point of view. I would like to express mine. Do you think that those who are making incomes in America in the highest levels should pay their fair share of taxes? I do. Do you think that those who get the tax break from the Trump tax plan of 4 years ago, which added $2 trillion to our deficit, should pay more in taxes? I do. Do you think we should help families who are struggling with the cost of living to defray those costs, for example, for daycare? Well, I do; and I can tell you from my family experience, so do my kids. What do you think about the possibility of starting kids in school, a possibility at 3 years of age or 4 years of age, if that is a parent's choice? Is that a good idea? I think it is. And so do educators. If kids get a flying start at education, they have a much more likely chance to succeed and to graduate and to progress to a point in life where they are making a living and more. That is part of it. So do you support, as I do, cutting the rate of childhood poverty in the United States in half? I think we ought to at least do that, maybe even more. If your answer was yes to these questions, what I describe is the mechanism which we have taken into the reconciliation process. It is a long Senate word for a bill that we are going to consider in about 10 days to 2 weeks. What we are trying to do is to alleviate and reduce the costs that families face.…”