Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I rise in support of the Congressional Black Caucus budget, which is a more credible and responsible alternative than the underlying Republican budget. Mr. Chairman, the Republican Committee budget starts off by cutting taxes by $4 trillion and claims this can be revenue neutral. Simple arithmetic, therefore, requires a $4 trillion tax increase, and the budget doesn't mention a word about where that money is going to come from, not a loophole closing or any other tax increase. And therefore, the budget starts off with a $4 trillion hole in it. Their budget then expects people to believe that they will make $4 trillion in cuts by repealing the Affordable Care Act provisions for tax credits and Medicaid changes that have resulted in millions of people getting insurance for the first time. They are going to lose that coverage. Do they think that is going to happen? Do they think they are going to be able to increase the age for Medicare recipients and reopen the doughnut hole? Do they think they are going to be able to make the cuts in the budget to Medicaid, denying access to health care to millions of low- income Americans, requiring millions to lose their nursing home coverage? We know that that is not credible. Neither is it credible that over $100 billion in cuts to supplemental food assistance--we know that is not credible. They tried to cut $40 billion last year, then $20 billion, couldn't do that. They ended up with 8.…”