On the recordNovember 2, 2017
I thank Mr. Gallego for his incredible leadership. One of the things, when we think about this plan, there is really--it is a three-step plan. Number one, transfer trillions of dollars of wealth and tax cuts from middle class working families to the top 1 percent. Number two, explode the deficit, which we know is part of this deal. We are going to explode the deficit. Number three, use that exploding deficit as a way to cut spending. But most of all, I am not sure that the numbers add up. So I wanted to ask my good friend from the Progressive Caucus, Representative Ted Lieu from California, to just weigh in with his wisdom around what exactly is going on with these numbers and what are we seeing in this budget. Does it add up? Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Ted Lieu).
