Sherrod Brown: “the last 2 weeks have seen the most disturbing developments of the Republican Contract on America, the worst example of…”

“the last 2 weeks have seen the most disturbing developments of the Republican Contract on America, the worst example of Republican extremists simply going too far. Thirty-five million dollars in tax breaks for Australian-born Rupert Murdoch, $3.6 billion for American billionaires that have renounced their citizenship, $3.6 billion in tax cuts, tax cuts for people making $200,000 a year and calling them middle class taxpayers, and the elimination of a major corporate tax, all at the same time while cutting school lunches for America's school children, while cutting student loans for America's middle class families, while cutting the Summer Jobs Program. Let me make sure I understand this. We have Rupert Murdoch, a billionaire from Australia, becoming an American citizen so he can buy Fox network, buy a big book publishing house and negotiate book deals with American politicians. Then we have a bunch of American billionaires renouncing their U.S. citizenship so they can get a tax break, Mr. Speaker, in the last 3 months Republican extremists have gone too far.”