Political Quotes

“The marriage tax penalty is an issue that is faced by average, middle class Americans. If you pay the average marriage tax penalty, you make about $62,000 a year in combined income, between two hardworking Americans, husband and wife, joined together in marriage who under our tax code they file, they file jointly when they are married, are now paying the marriage tax penalty. It is very much a middle class issue. Of course, a proposal that we are going to be acting on in the Committee on Ways and Means on Wednesday and the House voting on by Valentine's Day, of course, will also help low-income families as well. As I pointed out, we are working to address the marriage tax penalty, but for those who participate in the earned income credit, a program to help particularly families with children make ends meet, those who work hard, have low incomes and ensure that they have got enough to get by to take care of the kids' and their families' needs. We are not only working to help the middle class but we are also helping lower income working families as well with this initiative this House is going to vote on.”