Obama Rips Into GOP Budget; Dares Republicans to Enter the 21st Century

"And of course, the fact that we've got resistance from some folks on this issue up on Capitol Hill, just fits with this larger problem, this vision that the congressional Republicans seem to be continually embracing -- this notion that you know what, you're on your own, no matter how unfair things are. You see it in their budget. The budget the Republicans in congress just put forward last week. It's like a bad rerun. It would give massive tax cuts to households making more than $1 million a year, force deep cuts to help working families -- like early education and college grants and job training -- and of course includes that novel idea of repealing the Affordable Care Act, 50th time they've tried that, which would mean more than 7 million Americans who have done the responsible thing and signed up to buy health insurance, they would lose their health insurance. And the 3 million young adults who stayed on their parents plan, they would no longer have that available. Take us back to the days when insurance could charge women more just for being a woman. On minimum wage, three out of four Americans support raising the minimum wage. Usually when three out of four Americans support something, members of Congress are right there. And here Republicans in Congress are dead set against it. Blocking a pay raise for tens of millions of Americans, a majority of them women.

This isn't just about treating women fairly. This is about Republicans seemingly opposing any efforts to even the playing field for working families. And I was up in Michigan last week and just asked, I don't understand the -- fully the theory behind this. I don't know why you would resist the idea that women should be paid the same as men, and then deny that that's not always happening out there. If Republicans in Congress want to prove me wrong, if they want to show they in fact do care about women being paid the same as men, then show me. They can start tomorrow. They can join us in this, the 21st century and vote yes on the Paycheck Fairness Act. Vote yes."