Political Quotes

“under this bill the Congress will still have the authority to pass the legislation that the gentleman from Pennsylvania wants. We still have that authority. We have not given that up at all. We will simply have the cost in front of us before we move ahead and, before we say to our localities that we are going to pass the bill to them and shift the tax burden from the progressive income tax to local property taxes, we are going to understand what that bill is. Before we say that this amendment is more important than local education projects, than local police protection, we are going to have a cost done so that this body can appropriately consider it. We can still address the clean water that the gentleman is concerned about. This does not affect any existing mandate whatsoever. I think that needs to be clarified. We still have that flexibility, but we are going to know the cost first.”