Political Quotes

“this is a risky tax scheme cloaked in a sound bite that could jeopardize our strong economy. Two weeks ago the Gingrich Republicans tried unsuccessfully to amend the Bill of Rights, our first amendment, after less than 17 days of committee hearings. Today, the Republican leadership wants to pass a bill to repeal the entire Tax Code without even having 1 hour of committee hearings. The pattern is clear: Gingrich Republicans seem more interested in sound bites than in sound public policy. This irresponsible approach to the serious business of governing our Nation was captured by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Linder), head of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, in his recent memo to Republican House Members. He said this, and I quote: ``Write the 60-second commercial we want to run the last week of the campaign, then focus the rest of the year aiming toward it.'' Mr. Speaker, the American people are hungry for more than just meaningless sound bites. They want meaningful reforms on health care, education, and campaign finance. Let us kill this bill, which should be called the Full Employment Act for D.C. Tax Lobbyists.”