It is essential that we continue these discussions in pursuit of reforming a tax code which is complicated, unfair, and difficult to administer.

You can go broke easier in your business than almost any business I know, and I just want to compliment you for what you have been able to accomplish and the guts that you have had to get the things done.

A number of tax policy experts believe that the tax system should simply be used to raise the revenue necessary to fund a constitutionally limited Federal Government and not get involved in social engineering through the code.

The real question that we have is, should we have any of these tax expenditures or deductions in lieu of the fact that we might reduce corporate tax rates low enough so that that would take care of it?

I agree with you entirely that we should have a neutral tax code. That is the purpose of comprehensive reform, as I see it.

I agree with you on the intangible drilling and development cost deduction. It has been a tremendous benefit for the oil industry, at least the independent oil industry in this country.

I want to thank all four of you for being here today. I have been listening very carefully, and I want to compliment you, Mr. Hamm, for having the guts to do what you have done.

I would like to see everybody subscribe to this around a number like 19 percent as a starting point for our debate.

You are preaching to the choir here. It was the Hatch-Lieberman bill that brought the rates down to begin with.

Mr. President, I rise today to speak to the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act or the farm bill. The chair, ranking member, and all of the members of the Senate Agriculture Committee have worked very hard in a bipartisan manner on this…

It's important to appreciate that companies that would be affected by ENDA passage routinely meet a number of Federal Government requirements to provide equal protection.

ENDA represents one more important step to ensure that basic American values of fairness and equality protect all citizens in the workplace.

He said the private sector is doing fine. Is he really that out of touch?

He said, 'the private sector is doing fine.' He said, 'The private sector is doing fine.' Is he really that out of touch?

The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me. So I make that point -- I make that point just so you don't buy into this whole bloated government argument that you hear.

And, frankly, if Congress had said yes to helping states put teachers back to work, and put the economy before our politics, then tens of thousands of more teachers in New York would have a job right now.

The private sector's doing just fine.

I make that point just so you don't buy into this whole bloated government argument that you hear.