Political Quotes

“I have never seen the treatment of veterans that this House of Representatives has given. It is three strikes and you are out. First of all, this President and the Republican majority have cut the prescription drug benefit to veterans twice in the last year and a half, once and the second time it is proposed. Second, this leadership and this Congress and this President have cut health and education benefits to veterans. The President proposed a $26 billion cut. The Congress reduced the cut but nonetheless cut veterans services. And if you live in Ohio, it is three strikes and you are out because now this administration and this Congress want to close a veterans hospital in Brecksville, Ohio. To send working-class kids to Afghanistan and Iraq, to cut taxes on the richest people in this country, and then when these young men and women come back to this country and apply for veterans benefits, they see their drug benefits are cut, they see their education benefits are cut, they see that veterans hospitals in their communities are shut down in order to pay for tax cuts, the average millionaire, $93,500 for a tax cut, is simply immoral.”