{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/barrasso-republicans-are-the-party-of-results-democrats-are-the-party-of-radicals/", "Barrasso: Republicans are the Party of Results. Democrats are the Party of Radicals.", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cUnder the extreme Democrat manifesto, the American people would be forced to pay more, earn less, and be less safe and secure.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today contrasted the Republican agenda of safety and prosperity to the radical, extreme, dangerous, and scary Democrat manifesto.\n\nClick HERE to watch Senator Barrasso\u2019s remarks.\n\nSen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks as delivered:\n\n\u201cI come to the Floor today because yesterday I heard the Minority Leader on the Floor speaking about the economy. He sounded upset. Sounded upset to hear that Americans were keeping more of their hard-earned money. He actually called it \u2018disastrous.\u2019\n\n\u201cNinety-seven percent of Americans benefited from the Working Families Tax Cuts law. This is a benefit. This is not a \u2018disaster.\u2019 What I see as disastrous is the Democrats\u2019 demand to raise taxes. They want to raise taxes on hardworking Americans all across the country. Democrats continue to think that they know how to spend your money better than you do. I think it\u2019s been a lifelong obsession with them. It\u2019s part of their DNA. Been going on for years.\n\n\u201cTax rates fell significantly this past year. And it\u2019s because Republicans cut taxes. So who are the people that benefited the most? Well, they\u2019re people, families that made less than $200,000 a year. That\u2019s where the benefits really hit home. It happened all across the country from Connecticut to California. Even though those states are represented by Democrats. People all across the country benefited.\n\n\u201cFamilies kept more of what they earned, and then they can make their own decisions about what to save, what to spend, what to invest. You know who knows it? People on Social Security know it. They got to keep more of their hard-earned money. People who work overtime know it because of no tax on overtime. People who work for tips know it because their tips weren\u2019t taxed. People understood and felt the improvement. One resident of Nevada recently said, \u2018I received the largest tax return in my entire life this year.\u2019 Why? No tax on tips.\n\n\u201cEvery single Democrat in this chamber voted against these things. They wanted people who earn tips to pay more in taxes. Democrats wanted people on Social Security to pay more in taxes. Democrats wanted people who work overtime to pay more in taxes. And that\u2019s a defining difference.\n\n\u201cThe American people clearly understand this. The American people were tired and sick of seeing their money \u2013 their taxpayer money \u2013 wasted on fraud, abuse, and corruption. And we\u2019re seeing those things across the country. People want to keep more of what they earn, and they know they\u2019re the best to judge how to spend it.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s what Republicans are fighting for. We\u2019re going to continue fighting for that. That\u2019s the direction our country is headed. And in November of 2024 people made a clear choice. They chose to vote for Republicans because they wanted America to be safer, stronger, and more prosperous. And we are today. Over the past 18 months Republicans have upheld that commitment. We\u2019ve delivered for the American people. We\u2019re making sure people keep more of what they earn. More than 60 million Americans benefited from the new tax benefits since Republicans passed the Working Families Tax Cuts law.\n\n\u201cLet me remind you about the Trump Accounts. More than seven million American children are now signed up this year for this special new investment account. It\u2019s an astonishing thing. Families, friends, community groups, and even businesses are already investing in them. This is clearly strengthening the American dream for the next generation.\n\n\u201cI also want to talk about the border because today our nation\u2019s immigration laws are being strongly enforced. National security begins with border security. Absolutely zero illegal immigrants have been released in our country in over 14 months. Absolutely zero because Republicans have ended the reckless Joe Biden catch-and-release program. And what a disaster that was. Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant criminals have now been arrested and deported since President Trump took office. And we\u2019re seeing the most secure border and the most successful deportation operation in all of American history.\n\n\u201cThis year Republicans also passed the Secure America Act. This law ensures that immigration officials have the resources that they need to keep our country safe and to keep our communities safe for years to come.\n\n\u201cI also want to mention affordability because today Congress is making it easier to build and easier to innovate. The largest housing reform bill in history is now the law of the land. We eliminated burdensome regulations. Regulations that made it too costly to build a new home in America. And we\u2019re unlocking the American dream of homeownership for a new generation of Americans.\n\n\u201cCongress also passed the first major digital asset bill in American history. It\u2019s called the GENIUS Act. My colleague Cynthia Lummis from Wyoming has been a leader on the issue. It\u2019s time for the Senate to build on that by passing the CLARITY Act. America is safer and stronger when we innovate.\n\n\u201cI also want to talk about some of the things we\u2019re doing here to make sure the president has his team fully in place, and that\u2019s confirmations. Today Republicans are getting the president\u2019s team fully in place. Very soon we will confirm an additional 74 nominees. Well this will be clearly 600 people confirmed in the second Trump administration. That\u2019s 60 more nominees than he had at this point in the first Trump administration. And we\u2019ve done it in the face of historic obstruction by the Democrats.\n\n\u201cNow we see these same Democrats are trying to tear down our country, and they are trying it all across the nation. The Democrats\u2019 agenda is not for a better America. Not for a better future for our children. No, no. It\u2019s not even an agenda. It\u2019s a manifesto. The Democrats have come up with a manifesto. That\u2019s their label for it \u2013 not mine. Their label. The Democrats \u2013 the manifesto. And I see it as a roadmap to destroy America from people that hate America. When you listen to many of their candidates, it certainly doesn\u2019t seem like the thing that most Americans would want to see in their future. These people and their manifesto, it\u2019s radical, it\u2019s extreme, it\u2019s dangerous, it\u2019s scary. That\u2019s what our nation is facing today.\n\n\u201cThe Democrats \u2013 every one of them \u2013 wants to raise taxes on American families. The Democrat mantra calls for opening the borders. Their manifesto wants to defund the police. The manifesto wants to abolish prisons. The manifesto wants to release convicted criminals into our communities all across the country. The Democrat manifesto wants to eliminate Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Under the extreme Democrat manifesto, the American people would be forced to pay more, earn less, and be less safe and secure. That\u2019s what we\u2019re facing now.\n\n\u201cDemocrats have turned in from a party of the extremists now to a party of radicals. Republicans are going to continue to be the party of results. That is the choice people are facing. What do you want? Results? Safety? Security? Prosperity? Radicals? Opening the prisons? Opening the borders? Raising your taxes?\n\n\u201cRepublicans work fiercely to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. Republicans are going to continue to fight for freedom, for liberty, and a continuation of American greatness. 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