Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from South Carolina for yielding. This is great. You know, it's very interesting to listen to this concern. When I was actually out on the campaign trail, I talked to a lot of small business owners. These small business owners were fired up. This is exactly what they're saying is wrong with Washington--more and more government regulation, more and more paperwork--and this is exactly what we have to clean up now after 4 years of what we've been dealing with. Mr. Speaker, as a new Member I was not in the body when the previous Democrat majority passed this job-destroying regulation, taxes on every sector of our economy. But as I did go around, I heard from businesses like Mussman's Back Acres in Kankakee County in my district, and I heard about the illogical burden that this would place on them, the people they would have to hire just to take care of this requirement-- one of the most illogical requirements I can say of the health care bill. It doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense. The 1099 requirement impacts small businesses disproportionately by requiring them to file and collect 1099 tax forms for any business transaction--any one--over $600 or more per year, these new requirements at a time when businesses can't afford it.”