Rob Andrews: “I thank my friend. If we don't act by January 1, there will be a $1,500 tax increase on every middle class family in…”

“I thank my friend. If we don't act by January 1, there will be a $1,500 tax increase on every middle class family in this country. The President says we should postpone that tax increase so people have more money to spend, but we're not voting on that bill today. We have something more important to do. How about the idea of a tax cut for small businesses that hire people? That's in the President's jobs bill. But we're not voting on that today because we have something more important to do. How about saying to teachers who have been laid off from the classroom, firefighters and police officers not on the job because of tax cuts in local government, how about saving their jobs so they can serve their communities and spend more in the stores and restaurants and on products in this country? That's in the President's jobs bill, but we're not voting on that because we have something more important to do. There's a reason why 90 percent of the people of this country think the Congress is not doing a good job. It's because the Republican leadership of this Congress is voting on the wrong bill at the wrong time, and today's another sad chapter in that reality.”