Chris Van Hollen actually said...

You have created a nemesis. You have created a situation where folks, you want folks to think that you want to protect their tax dollar...

The American people didn't buy that in the last election. They just simply did not buy it.

We asked higher-income individuals to begin to contribute to reducing the debt over the long term.

We should get rid of some of those [tax breaks], and we should get rid of some of those for the purpose of deficit reduction in a balanced w...