Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 15, 2017
My Republican colleagues have gone too far. Their tax scheme gives $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires as well as wealthy corporations. It raises taxes on 36 million middle class families; makes deep cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, education, and infrastructure investments; and creates more incentives to ship American jobs overseas. Now they are planning to sneak in a provision that targets the heart of the Affordable Care Act and strips more than 13 million Americans of their access to healthcare. This is not a tax reform plan. It is a tax scam. Democrats and Republicans should be working together to fix an economy and a Tax Code that is rigged against working people. The American people need real tax reform that invests in middle class families, stops corporations from shipping jobs overseas, and protects Medicare and Medicaid and other vital investments in healthcare, education, and infrastructure. Mr. Speaker, this bill does just the opposite. It deserves to be defeated, and the American people deserve a better deal. ____________________
Said by
David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
govinfo.gov
Nov 15, 2017

Share

More from David Cicilline

Jun 20, 2023

The problem is we haven't committed to a mission. I have asked Secretary Blinken to define what he thinks the mission is.

congress.gov
May 22, 2023

We must remember that child abduction is child abuse and it has devastating emotional, psychological, and even physical consequences for both abducted children and their families left behind.

congress.gov
Apr 25, 2023

Democrats have put forth a range of solutions to prevent gun violence, to support law enforcement, and to solve crimes.

congress.gov
Apr 25, 2023

To export our responsibility or our privilege really of being this great humanitarian force in the world is a terrible message.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation