Political Quotes

“President Bush's historic tax cut was a bipartisan achievement. Only three times since World War II have we had an across-the-board tax cut. The first one was in 1960 under President Kennedy, then under President Reagan in 1980, and finally, last fall, under President Bush. Yes, people are talking about delaying that. People are talking about postponing that. This is a joint resolution. Hopefully, the Members will support those tax cuts we gave, and among them are marriage penalty relief, the elimination of the death tax, and across-the-board income tax cuts. We left no one out. We doubled the per-child tax credit. Hopefully, we will all stand up and be recorded, because the American people deserve to know where each and every Member of this House and this Senate stands. They deserve a recorded vote. I say this: This resolution is plain and simple. It affirms our support for the tax cut. It says that it should not be repealed or delayed. If my colleagues want to repeal them, if they want to delay them, if they want to raise taxes, vote against the resolution. The second thing, we have to revitalize our economy. Now, there has been a lot of talk about Social Security. Well, let me state this: The best way to ensure and to protect Social Security, which we all want, is to stimulate our economy.”