Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today is a terrible day. It is a terrible day for millions of working families in this country. They just want Congress to work for them. It is a terrible day for people who just want to get on with their lives and not have Congress cost them even more money. It is a terrible day for millions of hard-working people, but it is a great day for giant multinational corporations and billionaires who fund Republican campaigns across this country. Today is their day. Every fundraiser, every fat check from a billionaire, and every champagne-and-caviar party has been about getting to this day--the day when the politicians whom they put in charge of Washington would pay them back with a $1.5 trillion giveaway. Supporters of this bill call it tax reform. It is not tax reform. It is a heist--a heist that steals from millions of middle-class families and hands that money over to the wealthy; a heist that will hurt Medicare and Social Security and reduce healthcare coverage by 13 million people in order to hand over money to giant corporations that are already rolling in profits; a heist that will hurt our economy and blow a hole in our national debt. The American people have seen through this scam. They see through every lie that has been pushed forward. They know this bill doesn't provide middle-class tax relief. It ultimately raises taxes on more than 60 percent of working families in this country. They know this bill does not promote economic growth.…”