Political Quotes

“Well, exactly so. This proposal that is going to be before the House very soon will simply make this inequality between the States even worse. Now, in Texas, this horrible problem down here in Houston, terrible-- similarly, with Florida--there will be even greater money flowing to those States that have seen these natural disasters, and so this is probably going to get even more so. If they are successful in doing away with the State and local tax deduction, this will become even more onerous for people in my State. {time} 1845 Frankly, I cannot understand how my Republican colleagues from California could possibly support something that would substantially increase their constituents' taxes. So we will see. It is an interesting map. I came across it not too long ago, and I think I will use it even more. I appreciate and thank Mr. Payne for joining us tonight. I am going to keep putting this back up here. What are we here for? The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. I am going to toss another thing up here. Included in this Republican program is the elimination of the estate tax. If you want the wealthy to get even wealthier, then you move forward with the proposal that would shift the tax burden to the working men and women and away from those who are superwealthy.…”