Political Quotes

“I come to the floor to talk about the historic opportunity we have before us to grow the American economy, to create jobs, and to make sure Washington has less money in its pockets and the people across this country have more money in their pockets. I rise to support the pro-growth tax reform proposal before the Senate. I rise to support modernizing and simplifying the American tax system to make it competitive. I rise to support American workers who haven't seen wage growth for far too long. I rise to support American families. It has been 30 years since this country last reformed the Tax Code. We haven't modernized our Tax Code in over 30 years, since 1986. Since that time, we have had lobbyists and special interests adding on and building on loopholes and giveaways to what once was a competitive tax system. That 30 years of drag on the Tax Code has made it more out-of- date day by day. It is so out-of-date that American families and businesses now spend 6 billion hours and $263 billion every year just to file their taxes. That is bigger than the economic output of the nation of New Zealand, just to file our taxes every year. Meanwhile, we have watched the world change since 1986 significantly. Other countries have learned how to use their tax codes to entice U.S. businesses overseas--businesses from around the globe--to their country, to move away from the United States to their countries' more competitive tax code. That disparity between the U.S.…”