Patty Murray: “The House proposal was a highly politicized, slash-and-burn budget that would have eliminated the high-speed rail and…”

This is theft from the American people, plain and simple.

The pocket rescission represented the theft from the American people, plain and simple.

We should not have to remind you that using government funding to create or air political ads like the ones that have been running over the last few days is illegal and a shockingly corrupt misuse of taxpayer dollars.

Theft from the American people, plain and simple.