Bill Pascrell: “I hope the gentleman from North Carolina stays on the floor. You know, I am dismayed because this is the first time in a…”

“I hope the gentleman from North Carolina stays on the floor. You know, I am dismayed because this is the first time in a long time that this branch has upped the President's ante. This budget, the scheme that you defend, might be the only budget proposal in the world which actually manages to be worse than the President's original budget. I want to congratulate you. And that is exactly why the American people have no confidence in your ability to govern any longer. This 5-year budget scheme will only exacerbate the current regressive tax policies which tax income at a higher rate than assets. You talk about productivity in the last 5 years? Yes, productivity has increased by 8 percent, and wages are flat, flat, flat. Income from work from average Americans can easily be taxed at twice the marginal rate as the income from wealth from millionaires. You sit there and you stand there and you defend those millionaire tax cuts. Donald Trump is taxed less on all of his investments than Barry the accountant is taxed on his middle income wages. I am a member of Homeland Security, Mr. Chairman, and let me tell you something, I just heard this budget defended in terms of port security when we know that CBO says that all three major programs are underfunded and the goods that are coming into this country are not screened or examined properly. We had a meeting on it yesterday in case you missed the news.…”