Political Quotes

“I appreciate the Senator coming up for a couple of minutes while I echo the concerns of the Senator from Louisiana. I listened to this debate that was going on for hour after hour and, as a new Member, I have to echo what the Senator said. The committee worked on it. They worked very hard, and not just the last few weeks. For the last year and a half it seems like she has been working on this--a good small business package that ensures that the small business communities of this country in my State and your State and the State of the Presiding Officer can move forward, can advance. The Senator did not come to agreement on some, so she came to the floor. She worked an amendment and 60 people supported it. That is part of the bill now. That is part of the process. I don't know about this idea of going behind closed doors and trying to work it out when you have done that. You have done the people's business in front of the people. That is exactly how, I thought, as a new Member of this body, it works. You fight your fight in the committee, you win or lose, and then you get a chance down here hopefully to offer an amendment. It might pass, it might not pass. I think what we have tried to do--and I commend the Senator for it-- in this bill, to echo what the Senator said, is about $12 billion that the small business community will not have to pay to the IRS. It will save them money. It will get the IRS out of their pockets. This is good for small business.”