Political Quotes

“since the year 2000 this Congress has racked up more than $3 trillion in new debt. How did that happen? They tried to do what no other President has tried to do and no other Congress, to fund two wars with four tax cuts. This Congress has served as an ATM to special interests, showering them with billions in tax breaks and handouts. Suddenly our Republican friends have become born-again budget hawks. In fact, tomorrow we may have to vote on a resolution to slash more than $50 billion from education, health care, nutritional investments important to millions of Americans and families and their future. All for what? So we can fund $70 billion in tax cuts just for the wealthy Americans. That is what this budget package is, $70 billion in tax cuts. At the same time that these so-called new-born fiscal conservatives are complaining about the deficit, they are going to push through yet another round of tax cuts on top, close to $20 billion added to our deficit. I ask my colleagues, are these the choices the American people asked us to do? To date, the American taxpayer has funded $445 billion in the effort in Iraq, $20 billion going to rebuild Iraq. We have built and renovated 110 primary health care centers in Iraq, vaccinated 3.2 million Iraqi children; all the while here in the United States the Republican budget has cut $10 billion from Medicaid. We have also cut community health care clinics.…”