Political Quotes

“I rise to really announce some good news, and that is we are ready to make progress on some unfinished business, and that is the issue of eliminating discrimination against married working couples. My colleagues, let us ask a few questions. Is it not time we eliminated the marriage tax penalty? Is it right--really, is it right-- that under our Tax Code married working couples pay higher taxes just because they are married? Is it fair that 21 million married working couples pay on average $1,400 more just because they are married than an identical couple living together outside of marriage? In Illinois $1,400 is one year's tuition at the local community college. It is simply wrong we are punishing married working couples. Yesterday, we introduced H.R. 6, the Marriage Tax Elimination Act, legislation that now has 224 cosponsors. Think about that; 224 cosponsors. How often do we have a majority of the House as cosponsors of legislation on its first day? That is good news. I believe we can work together this year to eliminate the most unfair discrimination in the tax code. Let us work together, let us work in a bipartisan way, let us eliminate the marriage tax penalty.”