Political Quotes

“I want to strongly urge support for the Kasich budget, particularly to the previous speaker, my good friend, the gentleman from North Carolina, in the Fourth District, where his constituents would receive, under the Kasich Republican budget, $54.9 million in family tax relief, if he would join us in supporting that budget. Mr. Chairman, I think lawmakers in Washington are finally beginning to hear the message. The American people want us to significantly cut spending. We will soon vote on several budget resolutions that claim to cut spending. A few actually do, but not the President's plan. I still don't understand how the President can claim that his plan cuts spending when he failed to include funding for his health care reform plan and welfare reform in his budget proposal. Including funding for health care alone would have increased the President's budget by 25 percent and resulted in the largest tax hike in history. The Republican plan delivers what the President promised, a middle-class tax cut. Through wise and equitable spending reductions, these tax cuts will not increase the deficit. In my Sixth District of Virginia alone, the tax cut will amount to over $52 million dollars of increased personal disposal income. We have a choice today on more than just budgetary guidelines. We vote today on the need for real change.”