Political Quotes

“As a Rules Committee member--and it is called the powerful House Rules Committee for a reason--I am thrilled to see the parade of my Ways and Means colleagues on the House floor, who are saying that what Ways and Means doesn't get done we should be doing in the Rules Committee instead. I am excited about that as, I am sure, my friend from Colorado is as well. Together, we can do a lot of good tax policy. I have a bill called the ``FairTax.'' I haven't been able to bring it to the floor yet. With the endorsement now of two of my Ways and Means' friends that we ought to be able to make these amendments in order on major funding legislation and bring them to the floor, I am looking forward to trying to get that delegation letter going. I don't have any Democrats on the bill right now, but I would welcome anybody. It is H.R. 25, the fundamental tax reform bill. I would love to bring that to the floor. Mr. Speaker, we are talking as if it is over right now, as if there is no more debate left to have. That is what is nonsense. We are going to continue improving this bill throughout the afternoon and into the night and into tomorrow. We are going to take this bill to conference and improve it still. I have said it once, but I will say it again: the opportunity for 6 years of funding is still there. This isn't the time to turn the firing squad inward.…”