Pete Sessions: “the American public today is once again seeing what I consider to be really a sham and the downside of politics. One…”

“the American public today is once again seeing what I consider to be really a sham and the downside of politics. One year ago, President Clinton said Social Security first, so Republicans matched the President and we said we are going to have a 90/10 plan: Of surplus dollars that would be available, 90 percent to Social Security, 10 percent to tax cuts. We were beaten up on the floor of this House. ``That is not enough. Ten percent to the rich Americans.'' Now the President, a year later, is saying Social Security now, 62 percent. We as Republicans and as conservatives are going to match the President. We are trying to work with him. We believe that if that is the figure he is going to select, that is the figure we are going to stick with. And yet what the American public is being told is that Republicans are trying to give tax cuts to the rich. I hope America is listening.”