Political Quotes

“I have come to the floor to speak about the issue of taxes--that is now a big issue--not about the issue the majority will set before the Senate to talk about today and tomorrow and however long it takes but the issue we heard about from President Obama yesterday, the talk about the need to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000. We heard this from him again just yesterday, as we did last year quite a bit and the year before quite a bit, when he spoke in support of increasing taxes on the so-called wealthy. In his speech yesterday, he made the following points: that those making under $250,000 deserve certainty and they deserve it now; another point is that it is OK to increase taxes on small business owners making more than $250,000 because those tax increases would affect less than 3 percent of the small business owners; another point, that those making more than $250,000 are not paying their fair share; and another point, that we cannot afford to extend the 2001 and 2003 bipartisan tax relief to these households because of the impact on the deficit; and last, that if Congress sent him a bill to extend the 2001 bipartisan tax relief just for those making under $250,000, he would sign the bill into law right away. I come to the floor to highlight what the President is not telling the taxpayers.…”