Political Quotes

“In all due respect to the previous speaker, only people who work qualify for the earned income tax credit. This is not money going to people who do not work. If they do not work, they do not qualify. Sadly, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem to embrace a survival of the fittest mentality. If people are wealthy, if they are healthy, they are deemed to be good and worthy. If they are old or sick or poor, somehow they do not deserve a part of the American dream. They do not deserve a tax break. We are going to get a tax bill, but I hope the American people are watching us, because this tax bill must be a fair bill. Under the Republican bill, if a family has four children and makes $18,000 a year, they will get nothing, nothing under the child tax credit provision. But if a similar family makes $80,000 a year, they will get $2,000. Nothing for the poor family; $2,000 for the well-to-do family. The Republican bill takes care of the well-to-do. We have got a responsibility to stand up for America's working families.”