Political Quotes

“this important motion to instruct conferees must be considered in context of what has happened here today and what has happened here this year. Today we have seen arrogance boil over with the order from the Committee on Ways and Means chairman to have the Capitol Police remove some of our colleagues and me from a committee room where we were attempting to develop our alternatives to pension protection for every worker in the United States. It is that same committee from which this child tax credit arose. The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) has made clear that one of the groups that will be most significantly impacted by the decision on this motion to instruct are the children of our military families. In fact, it is a very significant amount. According to the Children's Defense Fund, a quarter of a million children are in active-duty military families who will not qualify for this child tax credit unless the gentleman from Maryland's (Mr. Van Hollen) motion is not only approved today but followed by the conference committee. But this is not the first time that the Committee on Ways and Means, the same committee whose chairman sent the police out after Democratic colleagues on the committee today, has shown disinterest in the plight of our military families.”