Thomas Daschle: “while our thoughts are with our troops, the business of Congress continues. And we need to approach our challenges at…”

“while our thoughts are with our troops, the business of Congress continues. And we need to approach our challenges at home with the same resolve and the same seriousness of purpose with which our sons and daughters are confronting the threat abroad. It is sadly ironic that at the very time when our service men and women are inspiring us with their courage in the face of danger, this budget runs and hides from one challenge after another while showering $1.4 trillion in tax breaks primarily to the most prosperous among us. Month after month, more American families are suffering from the failure of this administration's irresponsible economic strategy. With the economy hemorrhaging jobs from every sector, an increasing number of Americans are losing faith that they will ever find a job. But with this budget, Republicans have turned their backs on the problems of American families. Instead of offering new ideas and new solutions, the administration continues to push a tired ideology that has turned our economy into a job-destroying machine. This budget will hang some $1.5 trillion of debt around the necks of our children. They will be paying for this mistake for decades to come. The President's own economists agree that these chronic deficits will raise interest rates, hold back our economy today, and rob opportunity from even more Americans.”