Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, first, to clarify, it wasn't me who said that the IRS agents, this new army of 87,000 IRS agents, would be going after people to collect $20 billion more in taxes who were making less than $400,000. It was the Congressional Budget Office who put in their report the day of the vote that that is exactly what would happen, is that those IRS agents would, in fact, be going after people making less than $400,000, to the tune of $20 billion in new taxes. We brought an amendment to stop that from happening, to say they can't go after those people making less than $400,000, which is what the President promised. The Congressional Budget Office report was right there, saying $20 billion is what they would pay in new taxes. The majority rejected the amendment. So clearly, the intention was to have those IRS agents go after them. Again, those weren't my numbers. That was the Congressional Budget Office. If there is a dispute the gentleman has, take it up with them. But they were the ones who came out with that report the day of the vote. Maybe that was why the bill was rushed through. But we pointed that out, and no one disputed that the Congressional Budget Office put those numbers out there. But the President still kept saying, don't worry. They are not going to go after them, not a dime. But CBO said $20 billion in new taxes those low- and middle-income families will pay. We tried to stop it. The majority rejected it.…”