Political Quotes

“making last years tax cut permanent endangers our ability to fund many of our shared priorities and is fiscally irresponsible. I joined many of my fellow colleagues in opposing last year's tax cut because we knew it would cause a budget deficit and fleece Social Security. And we were right. Now we are being asked to make these extravagant tax cuts permanent. Many of my colleagues whom used to preach fiscal responsibility in this house, now blindly vote to bankrupt our government further and burden our children with a mountain of debt. These tax cuts were the wrong remedy for an ailing economy and now making them part of our fiscal sustenance is just bad medicine. We all know these tax cuts grossly benefit the rich. We had an opportunity to pass a Democratic alternative which would have greatly increased the tax relief for working families. Instead we chose to steal from our senior citizens by robbing from Social Security and dumping off more debt on our children. And today the Republican leadership asks us to continue on this reckless fiscal path. When I was first elected, I told my constituents I would fight for our common interests and priorities. I promised our seniors that I would protect Social Security and support a prescription drug benefit. I promised our veterans there would be money for their health care. I promised our soldiers and sailors a well deserved pay raise.”