Lizzie Fletcher: “I appreciate the chairman putting forth this bill, and I rise today in strong support of this bill. I stand amazed as we…”

“I appreciate the chairman putting forth this bill, and I rise today in strong support of this bill. I stand amazed as we see the minority be very gifted in demagoguery, to the point I think they could demagogue apple pie if we put that up. It is also very interesting as we look that there has been a lot of rhetoric and jargon, we are talking about Social Security and Medicare. I looked at the number of bills. We have almost 4,000 bills filed, almost 2,000 by the minority side, and only 49 deal with Social Security. We bring up one bill that will bring fairness to families and married couples and they talk about Social Security, when we have 25 percent more bills that deal with Social Security and Medicare and offer plans to reform them. So it is very clear that first we have saved Social Security. We put all the money aside. Now we want to provide fairness, fairness because a couple wants to make a committed relationship to their family. Now we talk about family. What does that mean? What about the spouses that want to stay home? Our bill gives them that kind of support, because they make a great sacrifice when they stay home. Your bill does not do that on the minority side. The President sent down a budget with one provision called an infant child credit. He gives $250 a year for an infant. But do you know what it does? It takes it away after the child is one year old. That is what he has got in his budget.”