CLYBURN STATEMENT ON GOP AGENDA

WASHINGTON – House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) today commented on the House Republican agenda.

“Whatever the Republicans may call their plan, if implemented, would inflict a ‘Plague on Americans’—A plague on American workers by protecting tax loopholes that allow companies to send good-paying jobs overseas; a plague on the American economy by piling $700 billion on to the deficit to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires; a plague on our children and grandchildren by privatizing Social Security, turning it from a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble; a plague on American families by repealing the Patient’s Bill of Rights and benefits under health reform; and a plague on American taxpayers and consumers by repealing the protections under Wall Street reform.

“Our country is just starting to get well again. We can’t afford to suffer the same failed ideas of the past.”