Political Quotes

“I support the substitute because I think we ought to be sensitive about the largest deficit in American history. I would also like to go back to something mentioned that the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) responded to. I said I have a concern about this bill. It limits the amount of money that National Guardsmen and Reservists can charge off as tax deductions when they have expenses serving their country, such as going overnight to their local reserve location. I also object to the fact that this bill will actually provide increased taxes on military death benefits if we increase those benefits, for example, for our Iraqi troops today. The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) responded by saying that bill we have sent to the Senate. I would like to clarify the rest of that story. That bill, to my knowledge, is sitting at the Speaker's desk today, and it has been sitting there since March. I would be happy to yield to the gentleman if he would be willing to work on a unanimous consent basis to bring that bill from the Speaker's desk today, and before we leave because of the impending rain, we could actually provide increased tax benefits to our servicemen and -women.”