Political Quotes

“life is about choices and priorities. Like a lot of Democrats, and I am not one of those 48 and I am proud of it, that supported the Republican plan, I do support eliminating the marriage tax penalty. But there is a reasonable way to do it. That is one choice we can make. That is a priority. It is not the only priority we have on this floor. Sometimes I think the majority forgets that these days are not days in an end. We have to look at the whole picture. But one cannot have it both ways. One cannot increase the defense spending like they want to do, provide veterans benefits that we all want to do, to provide health care, do what we need to do about education, providing smaller class sizes and actually buildings that are safe, provide prescription drugs for our seniors and not a fake plan that just gives them an insurance policy, and really safeguard Medicare for the next generation. One cannot do all that and still promise the world in tax cuts. One cannot do it without going back to the deficit spending that they all say they are against. One could go back to that spending that says we are going to spend $200 billion more a year than what we are doing, than what we are taking in. That is what is wrong with the Republican plan for marriage tax penalty. We need to eliminate it. We need to eliminate it on a reasonable basis. But we need to make sure we continue our priorities as not just tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts.…”