On the recordApril 14, 2015
The House has passed a budget. It is a budget that is wrong for America. It does not reflect our country's priorities, and it does not reflect our values. What it says to the American people is work harder and take home less. That is the House budget. We also have the Senate budget. The Senate budget is also wrong for America. The Senate budget also says to the American people work harder and take home less. That is the message. When you have got a House budget that is wrong for America and a Senate budget that is wrong for America, both which say to the country ``work harder and take home less,'' the midpoint between the two--or any point between the two--is also wrong for America and also says to the American people work harder and take home less. Now, why do I say that both the House and the Senate budgets say ``work harder and take home less''? It is because, amazingly, they both actually increase the tax burden on working families. How? They actually phase out the increase in the child tax credit, which helps working families. They phase out the increase, or get rid of the increase, in the earned income tax credit. They entirely get rid of the higher education deduction. These are deductions that families use to help make college more affordable. They get rid of the Affordable Care Act tax credits, which help millions of Americans afford health insurance. They are squeezing hard-working, middle class families.…
