William Tauzin: “I think you have really set the tone for us to conclude this special order because you talked about personal freedoms…”

“I think you have really set the tone for us to conclude this special order because you talked about personal freedoms and liberty. That is what Boston Harbor was all about, and that is what this debate is all about. Congress is not going to repeal the income Tax Code easily. The income Tax Code is where the power in this place exists. It is where we reward our friends, punish our enemies, play the class warfare games. Give a tax credit to this group and take it away from this group. Reward you today; take it away from you tomorrow, 4,000 changes since 1986 alone. Congress is not going to give up this power easily. What we are talking about is giving power back to the American people by abandoning this system where Government in Washington tells us how to live and where you instead would make the decisions in your own life by deciding how much taxes you pay dependent on how much you spend as opposed to how much you save and invest. And I think it is important, as we think about that notion of freedom and liberty, to again remember the contributions of those early patriots.”