Sylvester Turner: “I come from east Texas. The area that I represent is still operating off the old economy. The new economy had not made…”

“I come from east Texas. The area that I represent is still operating off the old economy. The new economy had not made it there yet. And the old economy is not doing so well in rural America and inner city America. That is why I feel so strongly, as my colleague does, about Congress making the right choices with regard to how we handle our Federal spending, our tax cuts. As Democrats, we believe in tax cuts and we believe in tax cuts that are aimed at the people that really need them. I think it is important for us in trying to engage in this dialogue with the American people for them to understand that we want to see taxes go down just as much as anyone else in this body. But we want it to happen in a way that is good for the sustained, long-term growth of this country; and paying down the debt is a part of that, and we need to make that a priority.”