Deborah Koff Ross: “I do not understand what the problem is. Why is he arguing against this when the House has already passed this motion to…”

“I do not understand what the problem is. Why is he arguing against this when the House has already passed this motion to instruct? The President says he likes it. In fact, the President's press secretary, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, quote, he the President wants to sign this legislation. Hopes that Congress will get it to him quickly. He believes that what the Senate has done is the right thing to do, a good thing to do, and he wants to sign it. President Bush's press secretary from June 9, 1 month ago or so. And the GOP Senators like it, 94 to 2. It was a bipartisan vote. To the other matter that he keeps bringing up, he tries to tell us that folks who earn $26,625 a year do not pay income taxes. Yes, they pay income taxes; and yes, they pay sales taxes and property taxes and gas taxes and the list of taxes goes on. Please tell me one time when the gas tax, the sales tax, the property tax has been cut. We are talking about people that are trying to do the right thing and stay off welfare and work in the jobs with no benefits. If you earn $80,000 a year and you have got three children at home, in about 2 weeks you are getting a check for $1,200. If you earn $26,000 a year and are a policeman, a fireman, a schoolteacher or serve in the United States military and you have got three children at home, guess what you are getting week after next?”