Richard B. Nugent: “I would like to thank the gentleman from South Carolina for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, just think about this.…”

“I would like to thank the gentleman from South Carolina for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, just think about this. Three days ago, Saturday, President Obama said: ``It would be inexcusable for Congress not to further extend this middle class tax cut for the rest of the year.'' The same day, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said: ``House Democrats will return to Washington to take up this legislation without delay, and we will keep up the fight to extend these provisions for a full year.'' And on Saturday, Minority Whip Hoyer said he was disappointed that the Senate would not agree to a longer-term extension. Mr. Speaker, what the Senate has done--and we've heard this term so many times before--it's about business as usual. Let's not make a decision we can put off for another 2 months. This House, in a bipartisan way last week, came up with a 1-year extension and a 2-year doc fix extension that will help those individuals provide medical services to our seniors, that gives them a sustainable way to look forward on our docs and a doc fix for 2 years, not 2 months. When you hear from other individuals in the real world, those that have to implement a policy that was designed by those in the Senate for 2 months, think about it. When you have to report that tax to the Federal Government, it's quarterly, not 2 months. How are they supposed to do that? How do you reconcile that difference? Once again, the Senate refused to take action that the House did.…”