Political Quotes

“Let me make two points as I wind down here. One, yesterday, I challenged my Republican colleagues, after this bill is passed, to tell us and tell the American people that when they rack up a deficit of $1.4 trillion, they are not going to come back and cut Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, education, nutrition. Tell the American people that you are not going to balance the budget and compensate for your huge tax breaks to the rich and large corporations by going after the middle class and working class of this country. I challenged my Republican colleagues yesterday to come to the floor and tell the American people that they would not do that. They have not responded to that challenge. The second challenge today is to tell us what is in section 14504, page 503. This is a provision that would provide $600 million in tax breaks to my Republican colleagues. Who is going to get those tax breaks? We believe--and tell us if we are wrong; maybe we are--that we are talking about a handful of hedge fund managers. Who are they? How many of them are there? I would ask, respectfully, that Senator Hatch or any other Republican come down to the floor and tell us who benefits from section 14504.”