Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I appreciate that my good friend from Tennessee rose to defend his caucus's letter. I certainly enjoy working with him. Here I am talking about energy efficiency. We have had the pleasure of working together on a bill that is about deployment of electric cars that can save enormous amounts of fuel and have many beneficial effects that I have been speaking to in regard to the importation of foreign oil, cutting off that flow of oil from abroad, and the American money that goes out to buy it. I certainly treasure that relationship, that working relationship. But we couldn't have a more different perspective. We couldn't have a broader disagreement on this issue. I have noted that the Democrats have laid out a plan that provides tax cuts for all Americans. But my good friend from Tennessee just noted he wants the version that has no increase on anyone. What he didn't explain--but I will--is that the difference between the two is additional bonus tax cuts for the richest Americans. Those are the tax cuts that are $100,000 per person. Those are the tax cuts that will create a $700 billion addition to the national debt over the next 10 years.…”