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The First 100 days of 114th Congress

Floor Speech

By: Ted Lieu
By: Ted Lieu
Date: April 15, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

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Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. Speaker, unleashing the full potential of America means fully investing in the American people.

Unfortunately, the Republican plan for our country is to slash investments in education, transportation and manufacturing.

Rather than help the middle class, the Republican budget hurts ordinary Americans by giving a top 1% tax cut to the ultra-rich, which means the typical American family will end up paying more.

In contrast, the Democratic plan for our country invests in the quintessential American propositions of a good education, better infrastructure, and bigger paychecks.

For 100 Days, the majority party has engaged in special interest giveaways and shutdown brinksmanship.

Over the next 100 days, and every day after that, I will continue to stand--along with my fellow Democrats--for something else entirely:

A nation defined--a nation driven--by full investment in the imagination and industry of each and every American family.

I want to see Made in America, again.

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