Jack Kingston: “today we have heard liberal after liberal, Democrat after Democrat, excuse me, I am being redundant, speak in favor of a…”

“today we have heard liberal after liberal, Democrat after Democrat, excuse me, I am being redundant, speak in favor of a new $2 billion tax increase. They are so proud of the Gore tax. Every time you call your mother, it is going to cost you a little bit more. Every time you have a medical emergency, a friend out of town, it is going to cost you more. Any time you have a loved one in California you want to call from the East Coast, it is going to cost you more, and the Democrats are so happy about it. Why are they happy about it? Well, for one thing, any tax is a good tax. We love all taxes. Another reason they are happy: we did not have to vote on it. It got sneaked in by their comrades in the Federal bureaucracy who sneaked it in. Not one congressional vote. I would say to my liberal colleagues, we know you like taxes. Why do we not vote on it? Since you are so proud of tax increases, why not bring this matter to the floor so that the Vice President can run on a new platform: I increased your phone taxes. I increased it for the poor people, I increased it for the old, I increased it for those on fixed incomes, and let them brag about it on the House floor.”