Political Quotes

“I am saddened and deeply disappointed that this divisive, partisan budget bill is being brought up on a day when we Americans should be coming together to show support for our soldiers and troops, servicemen and women in Iraq. Young Americans are fighting for our country even as we speak. They are in harm's way and deserve our full attention and support today. Instead the Republican House leadership has us debating a partisan bill that cuts taxes for the wealthiest Americans who sit safely here at home and astonishingly pays for those tax cuts by cutting benefits to war-wounded veterans. To do so at any time would be wrong. To do so during the first 4 hours of our war in Iraq is shameful. Is the altar of dividend tax cuts so sacred to our House Republican leadership that it is even willing to cut veterans' benefits by over $28 billion on the day our future veterans are risking their lives for our country? Tax cuts for the wealthy, paid for by benefit cuts to veterans, is this the new Republican model for the long time-honored American tradition of shared sacrifice in time of war?”