Donna Edwards: “Today, as Americans put the finishing touches on their tax returns, they'll see that Congress and this President have…”

“Today, as Americans put the finishing touches on their tax returns, they'll see that Congress and this President have enacted tax cuts that benefit middle class and working class families. Despite the echo chamber of right wing misinformation, some of it we've heard here today, Mr. Speaker, we can finally set the record straight. For 8 long years, the Republicans put the interests of the wealthy few above the interests of middle class families, and they gave massive tax cuts for only a few Americans, sent the national debt soaring, and they had no way to pay for it. In this last year we've cut $800 billion in taxes focused on helping middle class families and small businesses. Americans are getting jobs, they're buying homes or a car, and they're sending their children to college. As Bruce Bartlett, adviser under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush recently noted, 'Federal taxes are very considerably lower by every measure since Obama became President.' And so while the other guys stand with the banks and insurance companies and CEOs, we'll continue to stand on the side of working families.”