Dan Kildee: “I thank the ranking member for yielding. I think we can agree at least on the rhetoric that the best thing we can do to…”

“I thank the ranking member for yielding. I think we can agree at least on the rhetoric that the best thing we can do to balance our budget in the long-term is to grow the economy, but it is pretty clear we have a different vision as to how that will actually happen. We believe that a Tax Code that is fair, that equally distributes the obligation to all Americans, is one of the ways we get there. We don't believe that simply cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans and passing the obligation on to working people is the way to do it. We believe that we grow the economy by investing in infrastructure so that we can grow jobs and deliver products across the country and across the planet. We don't think we get there by cutting infrastructure and continuing to challenge our businesses. We believe we grow the economy by investing in the skills of our workforce so that they can become more productive, not by cutting those necessary programs.”