Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. McNerney), well-known as a champion of America's middle class. Mr. McNERNEY. Madam Speaker, I want to thank the ranking member of the committee for his hard work on this. He has been a great voice. Madam Speaker, this is a harmful and deceitful bill. It is strictly partisan. We have learned over the years, if you do something strictly on a partisan basis, it isn't going to work. It is going to fall apart. It will come back to you. I am telling you, learn from our mistakes. Work with us. There hasn't been a single hearing on this bill. Is the public out there confused? They should be because they haven't been informed about what this bill does. It was rushed through in 1 week. It takes more than a week to name a post office around here. What is the deal? What is going on here? No one really understands the consequences of this bill, but I can tell you what it does. It will greatly reduce taxes for corporate America. It will reduce taxes for the wealthy. So where do you think the money is going to come from to pay for Social Security? to pay for our roads and highways? to pay for our education? to pay for Medicare? If you haven't guessed, it is going to come from the middle class. There is no other way we can pay for this. So I will be kind and say maybe they are being overoptimistic. Maybe they don't really understand what is going on there, but don't believe it. You are going to pay more taxes.…”