"My Republican colleagues could have joined with Democrats to invest in children, to invest in workers, education, our long-term economic success."
"Instead, they handed out goodies to large corporations and the uber wealthy, and risked our long-term economic health."
"I am curious if the President is interested in reciprocity and proportionality, so much of our challenge there in terms of abuse has been with China not with Canada."
"the corporate tax cuts just passed by my Republican colleagues would lead to a $4,000 increase in average household income."
"if you want to guarantee families $4,000 in their income, why not just cut out the middle man and give them a $4,000 tax cut in their income taxes?"
"we were chasing the capital offshore. And without capital there was no productivity growth. And without productivity growth, there was no wage growth."
"I am looking forward to seeing how this models out over time, or how the models match up to reality."
"I think Apple is seeing that real money. My constituents are still waiting for their real increase in wages."
"Why is now the right time to expose consumers again to the kinds of systemic risk that got us into this financial crisis in the first place?"
"If, God forbid, that--you know, I hope I am wrong--but if this banking bill were to lead us into another financial crisis, would this Administration want to oppose any public bank bailouts for banks t..."
"the Republican tax bill serves special interests and will cost our children dearly for generations to come."
"Rushed through with no bipartisan input, the GOP tax law jeopardizes our fiscal position and further tilts the scales in favor of large corporations and wealthy individuals."