Rob Woodall: “I have appreciated the gentleman's friendship and his leadership since he and I arrived here together just two terms…”

“I have appreciated the gentleman's friendship and his leadership since he and I arrived here together just two terms ago. While the gentleman from Alabama was speaking, I put up a poster that has a postmark that reads April 15. You were talking about what it means to make March and April less intimidating, less frightening. He talked about coercion and intimidation. I would wager there is not a single American citizen age 16 or older--anyone who has ever held a job and had a paycheck--that when I put up a postmark of April 15 they don't know exactly what that means. That means that is the day the tax man is going to come calling. I am going to do the very best I can to get it right. But if I don't because it is too complex and I just can't figure it all out, the Federal Government and criminal enforcement are going to come calling. It is a frightening day for folks to do a civic responsibility, and that's to help keep the government open. If I had to choose a region of the country that led as aggressively as Alabama leads, as Georgia leads, it would have to be the great State of Texas. We are joined tonight by the chairman from the great State of Texas, Mr. Conaway. I believe, if I went back and counted all the cosponsors of the FairTax, the FairTax is the single most widely cosponsored tax reform bill in the entire United States House of Representatives. I believe we have more cosponsors from the State of Texas than any other State in the Nation.…”