On the recordAugust 1, 2012
I yield myself such time as I may consume. I don't have to refute what the Member from New York said because the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation has already done that. They've said the matters the gentleman is talking about are not tax increases. Those are spending through the Tax Code. That spending was put into the stimulus bill. We know how unsuccessful that was in lowering our unemployment rate below 8 percent, as was promised. So at this time, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Reed).
