Ed Markey: “first of all, this budget is a house of cards. There are so many assumptions built into the Republican budget and tax…”

“first of all, this budget is a house of cards. There are so many assumptions built into the Republican budget and tax bill that it is important for them to keep them separate. Yesterday, the budget. Then after a respectful overnight wait, we bring the tax breaks out here onto the floor. Today they give the tax breaks to the people who do not need them. Do they give them to the people who they hurt yesterday? Well, they say, with bleeding palms yesterday on the floor, look how much we would like to help those uninsured children. We have no money. Look how much it hurts us to cut the Medicare for the elderly. We have no money. And then after a respectful overnight wait, the tax break fairy shows up on the floor on the Republican side, sprinkling tax breaks across America. And who do they give them to? Do they give them to the families with uninsured children? No. Do they give them to the elderly on Medicare? No. They give them disproportionately, overwhelmingly to those that come from families of $100,000 or more.”