Political Quotes

“I would like to comment on the positive aspects of the bill we are about to vote on. The most positive thing I can say about this is that working families and middle-income families across the Nation will be better off. Families who over the last 8 years have not done well will begin to do better. Now, we have already discussed some of the things that others have discussed. Let me just comment briefly: We have doubled the standard deduction to make filing of income taxes simpler. For most Americans, that will be a tax cut by doubling that standard deduction. We have provisions in there to stimulate the economy, to create competition for workers so workers will now have a choice of one job or another. When that happens, of course, their wages rise, and their benefits get better. We incentivize companies that are, right now, moving overseas-- because the taxes are so much lower elsewhere--to stay in the United States, to create American jobs, and to pay more American taxes. Those are all good things my colleagues have discussed. Let me discuss some other ways perhaps that this bill benefits working families and middle-class families. I am from an energy State. Louisiana produces so much oil and gas. The thing about energy jobs is it creates jobs for good families. They may not have a college education, but they are good people. They care about their children.…”