Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I would say to the previous speaker, my friend, if you vote against H.R. 6, 92,000 married people in the Twenty-ninth Congressional District of Texas will not get relief from the marriage tax penalty. One-half of them are itemizers. No more excuses. Let us bring fairness to the Tax Code. You know, I get it. I was at the airport not long ago and I met a young mother, her name was Carrie. She has four children, the oldest of which is six. She asked me about the marriage penalty. I think we all agree, it is unfair. The previous speaker from the Democratic side just said it was unfair. I told her it is unfair. She said, ``Do you think it will pass?'' I said, ``Sure, it is going to pass. It makes so much sense, the Democrats are going to join with us.'' But, old stupid me. Stupid me. I forgot you guys who are worried about election year politics. Forget the merits of getting rid of an unfair tax like the marriage tax penalty. Forget that. It is all about election year politics, and you know it is about election year politics.”