John Shadegg said "If I can make one quick point, and then I would like to allow my colleague, the gentleman from Texas, to be able to respond, first, the fundamental point here is that you could accomplish any of that with a simple majority provided it was tax-neutral. So were you to raise a premium, you could offset that by lowering a tax on some other location. I believe, however, as the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Barton] will point out, it did not apply to this instance at all." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 15, 1996

If I can make one quick point, and then I would like to allow my colleague, the gentleman from Texas, to be able to respond, first, the fundamental point here is that you could accomplish any of that with a simple majority provided it was tax-neutral. So were you to raise a premium, you could offset that by lowering a tax on some other location. I believe, however, as the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Barton] will point out, it did not apply to this instance at all.

Said by

John Shadegg

Arizona

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing tax neutrality and its implications during a debate.

Share on X Share on Facebook Email this quote