07/22/2020
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"Some of us felt that they usurped appropriators like myself that Constitutionally have the power of the purse, and that wasn't enough."
"the Trump tax cut benefited the very wealthy, the very rich, not the police officer, not the teacher, not the civil servant, the very rich."
"Budgets are political documents. They pretty much state what our values are, what do we believe in, how do we look at the state of the economy in America."
"Many of my colleagues in Congress are millionaires, and so as a result, they are unable to penetrate and reach out of the bubble and see what the American people are going through on a daily basis."