Political Quotes

“And I thank the gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I am excited to be here today discussing one of these resolutions because it really means something when Members of Congress see fit--and I am talking about the Scalise resolution, H. Con. Res. 89, to say they are against a particular proposal. Quite honestly, this is the first sign of momentum for a carbon tax cut. And you will hear me referring to it as a ``carbon tax cut'' because that is essentially what it is. It is using carbon tax revenues to cut taxes for the American people, for American businesses. {time} 1300 You don't see these kinds of resolutions if a concept and an idea don't have momentum. For instance, my good friend from Georgia (Mr. Woodall) has long been a champion of a proposal to create a sales tax here in our country, a national sales tax of 19, 20 percent, and he is welcome to talk about it on his own time. But I think the gentleman will acknowledge, much to his frustration, that that idea does not seem to be advancing. Now, were it advancing, you might very well see this kind of resolution saying it is not a good idea. There are other Republicans who have ideas to raise the tax rates on low-income Americans or Americans that are so low-income they might not even be paying a Federal income tax yet.…”