Political Quotes

“I appreciate the leadership of Senator Durbin on this issue. I want to ask Democratic Ranking Member Wyden a question as we wrap up. We have heard that in order to sell this scam that we see rushed through and negotiated in the majority leader's office with his Wall Street and drug company lobbyist friends, that to sell this scam for the 1 percent and their billionaire contributors, that Republicans continue to say the Democrats didn't want to participate, didn't want to do this in a bipartisan way. Senator Wyden and I were at the White House when I handed the President the Patriot Corporation Act and handed the President the Tax Relief for Working Families Act. Other Democrats were saying: Here are some ideas that can make this truly a bill aimed at the middle class, helping the middle class and expanding the economy. I keep hearing them say: We didn't want to do this. I mean, really. So I want to ask Senator Wyden--he is the senior Democrat on the Tax Committee--would you just expand on that? I mean, what really happened?”