Tim Ryan: “I think we are not alone here, and I think there are some conservatives who are out there who agree with what we are…”

“I think we are not alone here, and I think there are some conservatives who are out there who agree with what we are saying here. We say it all the time during our Special Orders. This is not a Democrat or Republican thing. This is about putting the interests of the country before your own particular party. That is what we are trying to do here. This is a quote from Cal Thomas, who is one of the most conservative columnists in the country, who says, ``Here is a suggestion to the Republican majority. Don't start with the poor, start with the rich.'' That is Cal Thomas talking. And let me just put this up here. This is the tax cut, my friends. This is the tax cut. This is what people who make over $440,000 a year get, and this is what our brothers and sisters get who make $20,000, $35,000, and $40,000. Why can we not ask these people? Why do our leaders not have the courage to ask these people? We know they contribute to their campaigns. We know they get corporate welfare. I bet many of these people are executives in the oil companies who got $16 billion in corporate subsidies. We know that. We are sure that some of these people who make all this money and are getting the big tax cut represent the pharmaceutical industry that are getting $100 million in corporate subsidies. We are confident that the executives of the big agribusinesses are receiving some of this tax cut, and they are also getting corporate subsidies for that.…”