Political Quotes

“Mr. President, there are a lot of Republicans here who agree with one of the basic principles in the Democratic bill; that is, there is no reason why people ought to suffer even more than they already are from the President's failure to turn this job crisis around. What the Republicans have proposed is an alternative to this bill that ensures that no one sees a tax hike this year. The biggest difference is that the Republican proposal ensures that no one's taxes get raised in a down economy. There is simply no reason that preventing a tax hike in this bad economy needs to be paid for by raising taxes on the very employers whom we are counting on to help jolt this economy back to life, which is exactly what the Democrats have put forward. So the Republican proposal would ensure that no one sees a tax increase next year. It avoids the gratuitous hit on job creators, and, even better, our plan reduces the Federal deficit by more than $111 billion. This is a dramatic expansion of this particular provision, which we cannot afford when we already have a $15 trillion debt. There is a right way and wrong way to do this. This is the wrong way in the Democratic proposal. The Republican proposal is the right way. I urge our colleagues to vote against this bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time has expired.”