On the recordDecember 1, 2010
as we come to the end of the year and the end of the session, I want to talk about what is happening for the American people, for small businesses, what is happening in terms of the Senate, and what is at stake as we come to the end of the year for American families, folks who are struggling every day, people trying to keep in the middle class, get into the middle class, a small business trying to keep its head above water, as well as our manufacturers, and so on. It is extremely concerning to me that colleagues on the other side of the aisle--and they have shown it again today in a letter that was written to the leader--are willing to risk everything in order to get a bonus round of tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. They are literally willing to stop everything, risk everything in the economy, in order to get an extra tax cut. The reason I say ``extra'' or ``bonus'' is because we have in front of us an agreement that 97 percent of the public who earn less than $250,000 a year for their family should be continuing to receive tax cuts permanently.
