#or

The 55% of American households that make less than $40,000 will get a tax break of only $7 while the households that make more than $1 million will receive an average tax break of $32,000. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#average #break #get #households #less

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#congress #excesses #going #pale #today

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#cheney #given #ground #high #high ground

We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#broken #enforcement #ethics #fix #importantly

What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major oil companies in America last year made $1.1 trillion. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#bill #billion #breaks #companies #energy

The fact is that I've always been interested in politics and public service. I enjoy it and I think it's important and I believe in it. And I've been fortunate to be here when the opportunity has presented itself. ↗

— Pat Meehan

#been #believe #enjoy #fact #fortunate

Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime. ↗

— Carrie P. Meek

#crime #despite #deter #find #fine

America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way. ↗

— Carrie P. Meek

#challenge #history #make #make up #may

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place. ↗

— Carrie P. Meek

#first #happening #more #place #really

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#begin #darfur #diplomatic #ensure #for the people