Hoyer Discusses the GOP Tax Scam and End-of-the-Year Priorities on NPR’s Morning Edition
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December 21, 2017
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WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined NPR's Morning Edition to discuss the GOP tax scam bill and end-of-the-year priorities. Below are excerpts from and a link to the interview:
On Republicans Wasting Time on the GOP Tax Scam Instead of Funding Government
"…This is another kicking the can down the road. The Republicans have spent all their time for the last 11 months dealing with the undermining the Affordable Care Act and taking health care away from millions and millions of Americans and doing a tax bill in a very short period of time. Jamming it through – no hearings, no witnesses, no real consideration in the conference committee and passed a bill yesterday and sent it to the President. A bill which the Washington Post headline says 'gives massive gains for businesses and the rich.' In fact, it gives 83% of its benefits to the top 1% in America and 17% for everybody else. So it's a bill that really hurts Americans and raises taxes over its lifetime on 86 million Americans."
On the Need to Protect DREAMers
"In the case of the DREAMers bill, the President of the United States says he loves the DREAMers. The President of the United States said he would sign a DREAMers bill if it was sent to him. He said this over three months ago, and we have been unable to get the Republicans to put a bill on the Floor, which in my opinion, would get in the House over 300 votes. Why the Republican Leadership refuses to put something on the Floor that I think we have general agreement on, particularly when the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan urged the President not to withdraw the protections that the DREAMers had under the Obama DACA program. So this is incomprehensible to me as to why they have moved forward on that end and we have 122 DREAMers losing their protection every day in America. There's no reason to delay."
On Republicans Wasting Time on the GOP Tax Scam Instead of Funding Government
"…This is another kicking the can down the road. The Republicans have spent all their time for the last 11 months dealing with the undermining the Affordable Care Act and taking health care away from millions and millions of Americans and doing a tax bill in a very short period of time. Jamming it through – no hearings, no witnesses, no real consideration in the conference committee and passed a bill yesterday and sent it to the President. A bill which the Washington Post headline says 'gives massive gains for businesses and the rich.' In fact, it gives 83% of its benefits to the top 1% in America and 17% for everybody else. So it's a bill that really hurts Americans and raises taxes over its lifetime on 86 million Americans."
On the Need to Protect DREAMers
"In the case of the DREAMers bill, the President of the United States says he loves the DREAMers. The President of the United States said he would sign a DREAMers bill if it was sent to him. He said this over three months ago, and we have been unable to get the Republicans to put a bill on the Floor, which in my opinion, would get in the House over 300 votes. Why the Republican Leadership refuses to put something on the Floor that I think we have general agreement on, particularly when the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan urged the President not to withdraw the protections that the DREAMers had under the Obama DACA program. So this is incomprehensible to me as to why they have moved forward on that end and we have 122 DREAMers losing their protection every day in America. There's no reason to delay."