Political Quotes

“I thank my great colleague from Michigan for her outstanding words and leadership. She is a senior member of the Budget Committee. She knows just what is wrong with this budget and she knows how to reach the American people in terms of revealing and showing just that. I thank her. I thank my dear friend Senator Sanders, a fellow graduate of James Madison High School in Brooklyn, for his great leadership on the Budget Committee as well. Look, in a certain sense, this Republican budget is a gift to us and to the American people because it shows their real priorities, and their priorities are so far away from what average Americans want that this budget will resound from one end of the country to the other between now and November of 2016. The budget the House and Senate Republicans have put together helps the very wealthy and powerful in our country who, frankly, don't need any help. This idea that cutting taxes on the very wealthy will somehow make America a better place, how many Americans actually believe that? We understand a lot of our colleagues do. They hang out with these people, I guess. But that is not what most Americans think, that is for sure. The budget should reflect the economic reality right now. Middle- class incomes are declining. It is harder to stay in the middle class. It is harder to reach the middle class.…”