Ron Kind: “Mr. Speaker, I do not have a problem with the rule, but I do have a problem with the budget resolution offered by the…”

“Mr. Speaker, I do not have a problem with the rule, but I do have a problem with the budget resolution offered by the Republican Party today. Yogi Berra should be with us here today, because it is "deja vu all over again." Last year it was a $800 billion risky tax cut scheme, this year it is a $1 trillion 10-year risky tax cut scheme. You would think that the Republican leadership would get it eventually and start listening to the American people about where our priorities should lie. But the problem is not that they do not get it, the problem is that they cannot sell it. They could not sell it last year when it was a $800 billion tax cut, they are not going to be able to sell it this year with a $1 trillion tax cut. They can't sell it because the American people won't buy it. The American people understand if these projected budget surpluses do in fact materialize, although there is no guarantee they will, now is the time to take care of existing obligations, to shore up Social Security, Medicare, and pay down the $5.7 trillion national debt. That is the fiscally responsible and fiscally disciplined approach.”