Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Cicilline for his strong leadership for the people of Rhode Island and his dedication to the middle class of America, which is besieged and under attack today in Washington, D.C. You know, the former Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Rubin, came and said that this is the worst piece of tax legislation he had seen ever in the history of the United States of America. Now, the good news is that the American people have taken a look, and they don't like it. By more than 2-1, the American people in public opinion polls are rejecting this plan. The Quinnipiac poll found that American voters are rejecting the plan by more than 2-1, with 52 percent disapproving and only 25 percent approving. Every day, the more people find out about it, the more that they hate the guts of this bill and what is inside of the tax plan. We are in a situation of ``beat the clock'' now. Can we get the information out to the people, Mr. Speaker, about what is in this bill before it is rammed through the United States Congress? So let's start with this: 82 million middle class households are going to see their taxes go up over the next decade.…”