"the richest five percent of Americans would receive nearly two-thirds of the benefit of the type of tax cut that he says he wants"
"the current concern for budget deficits, which I share and which I think we should find a way to try to bring under control, is not brought under control by adding trillions of additional dollars in t..."
"The Default on America Act would hurt our country, hurt our people, hurt our children, hurt our future, but extreme Republicans still voted to pass it."
"So, it would undermine our future. It would undermine our ability to grow a strong workforce that can compete with the rest of the world."
"The Department of Education is estimated, from the Default to America Act, to lose $4 billion cut from schools serving low-income students."
"That is the way it works."
"Bring our growth rate to a halt. Stop an economy that is growing."
"We were called here today to talk about a woke government. Fascinating. Our government's barreling toward a default on its debt."
"You are sponsoring yet another massive tax cut that is estimated to cost about $2 trillion or more."
"Just one last point. Mr. Harris, I would say to you, we ought to tax sugary beverages, which I introduced many years ago to do that, in which case that would cut down on some of the health impacts tha..."
"I believe--and I don't say this because I am not in the business of ad hominem efforts. But I think the fairy land has been the $1,700,000,000,000 that was dispensed to the richest one-tenth of 1 perc..."