Amy Klobuchar: “I rise in strong opposition to our colleagues' budget, the Republican budget, the Trump budget and plan where…”

“I rise in strong opposition to our colleagues' budget, the Republican budget, the Trump budget and plan where billionaires win and families lose. We are voting on this budget resolution because our colleagues are once again telling us whose problems they are focused on solving, and-- spoiler alert--it is not the problems of everyday Americans. Two-thirds of these tax cuts go to billionaires. After an election where the American people sent a clear message that they were concerned about the high price of essentials like healthcare, my Republican colleagues are focused on another round of tax cuts for billionaires. This proposal gives the top 0.1 percent of income earners a new tax break worth an average of $180,000. It gives a $50 million tax break to Elon Musk over the next 10 years. That is right--10 years, $50 million. I bet a lot of Americans would like that, but it is going to Elon Musk. And it pays for it by threatening the healthcare of 80 million Americans, including 31 million children. This is not what Americans signed up for when they voted. I have heard this from constituents. I know because some of the people who--a number of them, a lot of them--voted for Donald Trump and me--what did they want? They wanted us to work on costs. They wanted us to bring down the cost of groceries and bring down the cost of healthcare, bring down the cost of everything from housing to childcare. They wanted us to stand up for them.…”