Political Quotes

“what happens when you decide to write a tax bill that changes the economy of the United States of America, you don't have adequate hearings to gauge what is going to happen, you don't bring in the experts to try to tell you what the impact will be on individual families and businesses, and you stick around until 5 o'clock on a Friday night and you hand out the work product for all of the Members of the Senate to take a look at before they vote on changes in the Tax Code that will affect the people they represent? This is what happens: 479 pages were handed to us. They tell us that some of this has been around for a while, and some of it is new. They don't tell us which part is new and which part is old. Lucky for us, on K Street--and there is nothing wrong with lobbyists--where the Federal lobbyists live, they are following this really closely, and they have given us basically a cheat sheet, a scorecard, so we can figure out, at least generally speaking, how many changes have been made in the 479 pages since the last time we saw this proposed bill. I defy any Member of the Senate to stand here and take an oath that they have read this and understand what in the world it means to businesses, families, and individuals. If they want to take that oath, and maybe some will, then I refer them, ladies and gentlemen of the American jury, to exhibit A, page 257 out of the 479. Why do I pick this page? Because they didn't have time to type it.…”