Political Quotes

“Madam President, I wish to speak about a tax bill that is coming up that is fairly necessary for the country. The Senator from South Dakota and I have the privilege also of serving on the Finance Committee, and there is an example where we just haven't been able to get a lot done. Now, here we are at the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute with a whole bunch of provisions about to expire that are extremely important to American taxpayers, such as the research and development tax credit. American businesses and American taxpayers would like to have some certainty of knowing, as they are doing their planning for the year, that they can plan on this or that deduction or tax credit. In Congress, for the entire past year, we have not had etched into law, because it has expired, a number of these tax deductions and credits that I am going to go through. But the R&D tax credit is only one example. So how in the world can American business and the American taxpayers plan? Take, for example, the Senator has a State where agriculture is predominant. So does this Senator. There are a number of ranchers in the State of Florida who want to donate a conservation easement on their property to keep that property, in this case of ranching families, that they have been ranching for centuries. They want that way of life to continue.…”