Jack Kingston: “Following up on the comments of the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), it is amazing that the President would say…”

“Following up on the comments of the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), it is amazing that the President would say that the hard-working people who earn the money cannot spend it as well as some of the people here in Washington, maybe including the four of us. But I can say one thing. I believe people can spend their money better than we can spend their money. The tax cut that you alluded to last year, it was an $18 billion tax cut for one year; $18 billion out of a $1.7 trillion budget. It was just a slither of a slither in this huge $1.7 trillion pot, and it was killed by the Senate. Now, the Senate and the White House ganged up on the House to kill the Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act, and I think that it is ridiculous to have that kind of obstruction to doing something that is common sense for the tax system. I hope this year that if we pass it that the other body will find their senses and quit siding with the liberal White House on everything and act like conservatives and pass tax reductions.”