Political Quotes

“I guess plagiarism is one of the best compliments there is. To my friend, the gentleman from Illinois, who talked about the deductibility issue, it is interesting, it is the same folks who for years just let the deductibility for small businesses go to zero and left it there until we moved it to 30 percent. We are going to move it to 50 percent. They are talking about something in 2002. It is a promise, folks. I would not count on that promise. Mr. Speaker, also I would say to my good friend from New Jersey, who says that the Senate leadership wants this Kassebaum bill, it is interesting, she did not read her papers, because the Senate leadership endorses our bill. They are going to move an add-on to the Senate to exactly what we have passed in this House tonight, so she might be apprised of that. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot of outrageous claims on the other side of the aisle. I think now is the time of reckoning. This substitute is just a whisper in the dark. It does not do anything to help health care. We cover group-to-group, we cover group-to-individual, and we also make health care affordable for the American people.”