Im glad to be joined by my comrade in arms, leader pelosi. This may come as you know, the report gives are trying to pass their bill on the house for and get it passed and approved in the Senate Finance committee, as well. The closer this bill gets to become a law, the greater the threat it poses to republican majorities in the house and senate. I will say it again. The closer the bill gets to be coming off the greater the threat it poses to the republican majorities in both house and the senate. Why . Because while they are showering the wealthy and biggest corporations with tax giveaways they are hiking taxes on the middle class and upper middle class families in the suburban swing districts in state all across the country. They are swapping around the republican heartland, the Republican Base and they think they can get away with it but they cant. You dont have to take it from us, just listen to the republican leaders. Both senator mcconnell and speaker ryan have backed off their repeated promise not to raise taxes on the middle class families and have admitted that some families will see an increase. Those commissions will be like nails on the chalkboard to voters heading into next years midterms. Who gets hit harder . People who get hardest are the middleclass swing voters, millions of them who live in suburbs throughout the country. Both the house and senate bills would levy a suburban tax on middleclass families from coasttocoast and in every state. We know republicans are struggling in the suburbs and last tuesdays election for Proof Positive of that. The tax bill makes their problem only worse. They are a little like soma and louise heading off the cliff. Just this weekend that one was not in my notes. [inaudible conversations] just this weekend we learned from the joint committee on taxation 19 million middleclass households would pay more in taxes. The New York Times went even further saying one quarter of a middleclass family would see their taxes go up in the first year alone. What are the republicans thinking . Regardless of the specific numbers on one point all studies agree, this is a tax hike for millions of middleclass families and many of those hardest hit within the suburbs, the bedrock of the Republican Coalition for decades. Passing a bill that raises taxes on the middle class while slashing for the rich and wealthy as corporations is political insanity, plain and simple. With one hand republicans are giving you huge handouts with all the corporations and the other they are taking away key suburban deductions like state and local, medical expenses, Student Loans and more. In trying to pass this bill Congressional Republicans are doing their best to put their majorities at risk. If republicans thought it was hard winning elections last week with the drag of an unpopular president weighing them down, wait till the voters hear about this bill as they are now. If the public and thought it was hard to win after passing the Health Care Bill that would raise premiums and kick millions off their insurance, wait until they see how hard it will be to win elections after they raise taxes on millions of the middle class while showering the rich and biggest corporations with tax giveaways. Republicans seem to think this tax form plan is the cure what ails them. We think it is more like a nail in the. While rebellions are begging their donors to stay in the fold until they get their tax cut democrats are going on offense in talking about the middleclass about how bad this bill will be for them. Dozens of house candidates fanned out across the country today is over the weekend to callout their republican opponents for selling out their constituents. As we speak the democrat assemblyman from utica who is running for congress and the republican county executive from utica are standing together urging their Congress Member not to this bill. This morning many mayors, democrat and republican, from across new york state gathered in albany to urge the republican congressional delegation in new york not to vote for this bill. So, they are hearing it right off the bat. Just about every Single Member of the Democratic Caucus is spoken out against these tax plan with dozens Holding Events back in their state and were just getting started. We have two great pickup opportunities right off the bat in arizona and nevada. Just listen to how the bill affects them according to the institute on taxation and economic policy. Over 435,000 taxpayers in arizona will see an increase by the time the house bill is fully implemented, over 162,000 taxpayers in nevada will see a tax increase by the time the house bill is implemented. If this bill was so good for the middleclass it would be republicans standing out all of the country trying to sell it. Instead it is crickets from the republicans. We dont know yet the final bill will look like but we can guarantee a republican friends one thing this text will be at the center of our efforts to take back the house and the senate in 2018. Taxes combined with healthcare will be a powerful one, to punch for democrats on the campaign trail this year. The bottom line is this the bill is a lose lose proposition for republicans. If they fail to pass it, they lose with their donors in the hard right. If they succeed, the political fallout will be catastrophic for them. For the sake of the country of their party a republican colleagues should turn back before it is too late. Leader pelosi. Thank you very much. Thank you and welcome to the side of capital. Welcome back. Im going to pick up where you left off. I wish to associate myself completely with your comments because you have captured the atmosphere in which these decisions are being made and in a very political but thoughtful way as well and for our country sake this isnt really about democrats and republicans but about the American People and i want to pick up when we talked about the activism that is going on across the country. Scores of members of congress and candidates held a fence across the country to point out what is happening, the assault on middleclass comment the assault on america suburbs. What did suburbia ever do to the republicans that they now have to make an assault on them . That is where this tax is clearly focus. Republicans are frightened by what happened on last tuesday, not just in virginia but in new jersey and other places across the country. In suburban districts people realized what the decision was in the election. They came out, they voted and they made a difference. We are turning up the heat across america and in the heartland of america, kentucky, ohio, parts of pennsylvania, texas and the rest, events were held to focus on the injustices of this tax bill. Up and down the west coast from new york to florida members and candidates and just the people turn out to say no to all of this. Some of these meetings people talked about the state and local Tax Deductions which is rubbing salt in the wounds of the taxpayers because individuals lose the deduction corporations do not. It is an assault on the middle income families across our country who take pride in homeownership and against people who pay state and local taxes across the country. We heard from firefighters talking about what this means to Public Safety in our community. We heard from families who use the medical deduction in two places San Francisco and sacramento, both are witnesses talks about family members had alzheimers and the cost to their families that would not be able to survive economically or healthwise without that deduction. Medical deduction that has been there since 1944 removed why . To give a tax cut to the wealthiest people in our country. I heard from students whose participation in college whose economic viability of attending depends on the Tax Deduction, 2500 Tax Deduction. Remove. Why would you do that through our young people and their future and their families . Why . To give a Tax Deduction to the highend. The last budget list is a long one and i just mention the three to state and local tax reductions because it has such an impact, not only on the families in terms of their personal finances but on their communities, public service, education, transportation, you know. The republicans know that local officials and state officials have a responsibility to meet the needs of their people and if they lose this Tax Deduction it hurts but they still may have to come up with the services and that means they will have to raise taxes. This is a terrible game. Every day we learn more about the gop tax scam and the staggering dishonesty of the republicans pitch. These are referenced what theyre saying about middle income tax is true. Speaker ryan told the American People that everyone will get a tax cut. A brazen falsehood. 38 million middleclass families say to republican tax hike and speaker ryan wants you to believe now he says he misspoke. The gop tax exposed House Republicans true contempt for the middleclass. And especially for those living in america suburbs. They want to make sure that Republican Voters understand this. This is the equivalent of what president george w. Bush did when he said he would privatize social [inaudible]. People know and we made sure people knew about it. Tuesdays election frightened republicans and speaker ryan and some of their most vulnerable members are the middle income tax hike. So, again, we have all of this to give tax billion and a half, trillion and half dollars from medicare and medicaid in their budget. Trillion and half dollars to Corporate America. Corporate america doesnt suffer the deduction elimination, individuals do. And Corporate America gets tax breaks to send jobs overseas. Again, what to the middle class ever do to the republicans . Those who want to buy homes, establish community and america suburbs what did they do to the republicans that theyre taking this tax scam out on them . Again, i want to mention that new jersey, new york, california, republicans that put up in the tax scam will have to answer for it. [inaudible] in california, i say again, as i have said on a number of occasions doug, tom, paul, just, david, david, kevin, ed, can, dana, darrell, dunca duncan the new yorkers understand what this does to their state into their constituents. That is why so many new york members, republican members, have said they cant vote for this. What is it they realize that hasnt sunk in with republicans across the country, especially in california and such a large number. We just want to make sure and this weekend was a weekend of action to make sure that our constituents and our great state and across the country know what is in store for them with this bill. You know what . Every day we learn the worst things about it. We will see what they do in the rules committee but we have to save the country from this desperate yes, it is a gift politically to have them vote for raising taxes on suburban american in order to give tax breaks to the wealthiest people in america but thats not what were about. We have save the country was unfair tax game. I just have to tell you these things because it is so incredible. Dont take my word for it about Corporate America getting the right. Gary, what is title . Whatever it is [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] here is one he did say. The most Excited Group out there are big ceos about our tax plan. Chris collins from your state, my donors are basically saying get it done or dont ever call me again. Senator Lindsey Graham said the financial contribution. Republicans are clearly responding to their donors and ceos across the country. Moreover, the president was in china with the ceos cutting deals or whatever they might be. Republicans here in congress were giving tax breaks to those corporate hundred corporations to send jobs overseas and it is just not right. The moment of truth is here and there is so much to tell that it can be confusing. We want to focus on a few key points that are about growing our economy. We say we are happy to sit down and always have been to work in a bipartisan way and to address any reform in the tax code. The republicans are doing is not reform and its not even a tax cut. It is a tax and its attack on middle america. With that, i yield. You emphasize the suburbs but when you mention ohio and places in florida [inaudible] do you thank you can get there just the suburban members have to have some of those perl voters that may in fact benefit from the senate . Can you tell me a place of benefits from this tax bill . They dont have teachers bringing supplies to school and losing their tax break for doing that in order to give tax breaks to the highend. They dont have families that have extraordinary medical expenses and i dont know what youre talking about. We are saying that in the selection last week suburban america spoke up and republicans should hear that. No, we are going across the country with a better deal, better jobs, better pay, Better Future and that includes not only bigger paychecks but lowering cost to American Families and we are saying we want to return to a place where going to do tax form will do it in a bipartisan way. I think thats a message that appeals across the country. For the compromise, when they announced the senate bill, local and state deductibility the low state in the country in terms of how many taxpayers benefited from the state and local deduction was West Virginia at 17 . Utah is as high as 30 and it is across the country and to tell oneself of your taxpayers that they are going to pay more that is not tax reform for most americans. Rural suburban, urban. [inaudible] it is starting and reaching that level. I would say the level of mobilization is reaching a very high level and if you talk to people in the parade this weekend, people were saying why are you raising my taxes. It is out there. They were part of some of the events that were held and some didnt even have members of congress and some members were having their own events across the country. They are particularly concerned about the fundamental budget that is the predicate for this, medicare and medicaid but now the pumpkins are talking about the president is talking about eliminating the individual mandate as part of the tax bill. When you get near Health Issues you activate or explode the activism that they are out there and theyre doing their job. As you said, we cannot have one without them without making the public aware they are doing it now. Confident about the approach they are taking in republican districts. It shows you what up until they are in. They have to consider going back to health care which is very bad news for them because this bill they are trying themselves in a pencil to give tax breaks to the rich and still try to protect the middle class. The loser in those three for the deficit in the middle class and rich didnt lose anything but it is happening out there. [inaudible] they are running it and they are about. We asked of the things we are going to help them but the Jones Campaign is running on its own. [inaudible conversations] when they asked us for help we will do it but its been an alabama race. At the same time, not in the on position fodder by letting them say this is National Democrats coming in and how you want that might . I just answer that. Is being run out of alabama by alabama. He is raising tremendous money any help from the democratic organization. The amount of money that has come in for the more scandals was enormous. He had more than 1000 points of television on for the last four weeks. Moore has had none. This campaign is like georgia six in the sense we hope it will have a different outcome and as a good a job as they did it was very difficult but they are raising all the money they need. [inaudible] scott brown actually won that despite the topography of the state and is there compares here . I would compare just what is happening around the country. The enthusiasm and we were bot both nancy was minority leader and i was head of the dsc c in 2005 and 2006. You felt the same thing. For instance, while in southwestern virginia the ratios do not change the enthusiasm were not at a high level. It was much greater in the more suburban swing and democratic areas. We felt the same thing then. In 2005 we had lots of candidates and we always got the best in the senate and we always got the best candidate. Weve got our best choice in every race so far. We wanted jackie rose and we wanted kiersten and we wanted [inaudible] so you can smell when the wave is beginning. No guarantee continues but it is likely to and that smell that was in the air in 2005 is in the air now. [inaudible] i cant answer that. I thought more never belonged to the senate even before the allegations. [inaudible] i cant recall a one who is not said very negative things about the bill. Senator harkin talked about how philosophically it is not what she believes in and she wants uppermiddleclass and i dont know of a one. Both of you are confident my members make up their own mind but it goes against american controls and is so bad that 45 of us and i think the other three agree with those three pixels. No tax break for the top 1 . Dont do it through reconciliation. To turn to your question about oh five and oh six the scent that the leader was referring to is that sent springs from the below 40 rating of President Trump and what you will see now is a fresh recruit coming forward, democrats saying i think i can win this in a difficult district and retirement come and we get the records and they get the retirement. These are not in the house necessarily recruited by us in many of these are separated and there are primaries in a number of these districts but they will choose, as the leader said in alabama has become a local matter but what we want to make clear is the di