Political Quotes

“here we go again. The same folks who brought us the Government shutdown, the two Government shutdowns earlier this year and late last year, are back. Former Senator Dole and Speaker Gingrich are bringing us a $500 billion economic package, have proposed a $500 billion economic plan tax break package, mostly for the wealthy, that will result in more cuts to Medicare, more cuts to student loans, more cuts to Medicaid, and more cuts to environmental programs. Mr. Speaker, let us look at a bit of history as we discuss this Dole economic plan, and as we discuss the cuts in Medicare and what all of that means, and what that meant last year. Last year the plan of the Speaker, the Gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich], and Senator Dole was to give some $245 billion in tax breaks mostly for the wealthy, and they planned to pay for this plan by making $270 billion of cuts in Medicare and several billion, about $180 billion cuts in Medicaid, several billion worth of cuts in student loans, and several billion of cuts in environmental protection. This $245 billion tax break mostly for the wealthy, which would result in the $270 billion in Medicare cuts, was the beginning of the unraveling of the Medicare Program.”