Ed Markey: “if you kicked the Republican budget in the heart, you would break your toe. These guys tonight are going to vote to cut…”

“if you kicked the Republican budget in the heart, you would break your toe. These guys tonight are going to vote to cut $162 billion out of programs for the poor and the sick and the aged in our country in order to accommodate a $228 billion tax break for the wealthy. Now, it would not be so bad if you did not follow the details. They are going to cut $18 billion out of public health programs for people across our country. They are going to cut the Centers for Disease Control. They are going to cut the research at the National Institutes of Health, which is looking for the cures for Alzheimer's, for Parkinson's, for juvenile diabetes. They are going to cut those programs. They are going to cut $6 billion in veterans health care. They are going to cut money for homeland security all to accommodate a $228 billion tax break almost exclusively for the wealthy in our country. If you kicked the Republican budget in the heart, you would break your toe.”