Political Quotes

“The gentleman has brought up a really good point. As we have shared many times in our conversations, we have talked about our districts and the good people we have the privilege of representing, I represent a really diverse district, the south side of Chicago, the south suburbs in Cook and Will counties; bedroom communities like Morris, where I live, and a lot of corn fields and farm towns. Whether I am at the grain elevator, the union hall or the VFW or a local Business and Professional Women's meeting, I find there is a lot of common concerns, and saving Social Security, eliminating the marriage tax penalty, helping farmers, helping small businesspeople, helping families who want to set aside a little money to help put the kids through college and, of course, this 90-10 plan, accomplishes that. I had a senior citizen come up to me this last couple of days while I was back in Illinois and he said, Representative Weller, what I am really excited about with that Social Security savings plan and the marriage tax elimination and the other tax provisions in the 90-10 plan, is I remember when President Clinton gave his speech back in January.”