Sherrod Brown: “we have been here before. Last year Speaker Gingrich attempted to give tax breaks to the richest citizens of this…”

“we have been here before. Last year Speaker Gingrich attempted to give tax breaks to the richest citizens of this country and pay for them by cutting Medicare at $250 billion. The American people stopped that. This year, as April 15 approaches and Americans are rushing to pay their taxes, Speaker Gingrich, who himself still owes the Federal Government $300,000 in fines, Speaker Gingrich is back. He wants more tax breaks for the wealthiest people and more cuts for Medicare. Yesterday Speaker Gingrich, appealing to his wealthiest contributors in the Republican Party, advocated a huge tax break for the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans. At the same time, the Republican chairman of the Committee on the Budget yesterday said he wants more Medicare cuts. The Gingrich team is doing it again: Tax cuts for the richest 1 percent, Medicare cuts for 37 million senior citizens. That is wrong.”