Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 16, 2010
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Tonight, by extending the Bush-era tax cuts, the greedy will prevail, and the needy will fail to receive desperately needed social services going forward. Even the so-called middle class Bush-era tax cuts will deliver six times the benefit to the wealthy than to ordinary hardworking families. How many times do we have to hear Republicans boldly declare, We will starve the beast and deny the least social welfare? Frankly, this $1 trillion tax cutting and Social Security gutting feeds right into the 75-year Republican sentiment to eliminate entitlements: $1 trillion debt and goodbye Social Security net. Lure them with short-term gain and usher in long-term pain. Colleagues, beware. Tonight begins the undermining of Social Security and Medicare.
Said by
Gwen Moore
Democratic · Wisconsin

Share & report

More from Gwen Moore

Mar 23, 2023

Mr. Speaker, that was great. I thank Representative Frankel so much for that. I must say that from afar Bella Abzug influenced me. I knew who she was. I knew about her helping to create the feminist movement, and it empowered me as a…

Congressional Record · 2023-03-23
Sep 27, 2023

I want to thank you, too, Ms. Gruber.

congress.gov
Jul 18, 2023

I think that this entire panel and all of our colleagues on the other side have forgotten that we just lowered the corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent.

congress.gov
Mar 23, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I am so delighted to be joined this evening by women members of the Democratic Women's Caucus. The chairwoman, Lois Frankel, is here with us this evening. Vice Chairs Ayanna Pressley and Kathy Manning and other members of the…

Congressional Record · 2023-03-23

Other voices in this conversation