Chris Sununu: “one of the previous speakers, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), described very clearly what the fundamental…”

“one of the previous speakers, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), described very clearly what the fundamental difference is between these two budgets. The Republican budget, after we set aside every single penny of the Social Security surplus, and after we set aside $40 billion for medical care reforms and prescription drug coverage, and after we pay down $1 trillion in debt over 5 years, and after we fund critical needs and defense, $2 billion more for the unfunded mandate of special education costs, after we invest in veterans' health care, only then do we recognize the importance of letting Americans keep a little bit more of their own money. The Blue Dog budget just does not understand this. It is a minuscule tax cut over 5 years. Let us look at the difference, the difference in values here. This is the tax relief in the Republican budget and the marriage penalty. Now, we could pay down a little bit more debt if we wanted to keep penalizing married couples simply because they chose to get married, but that would be wrong. Repeal the Social Security earnings limit. We could pay down a little bit more debt if we wanted to keep punishing those seniors that want to be a productive part of the workforce, but that would be terribly wrong. We could keep taxing family farms and small businesses, send them to the IRS and the undertaker on the same day, but that would be wrong.”