Bill Keating: “I hope the previous question is defeated so I can offer an amendment, along with my colleagues Mr. Levin and Mr. Bishop…”

“I hope the previous question is defeated so I can offer an amendment, along with my colleagues Mr. Levin and Mr. Bishop, to really correct something that, frankly, is outrageous. It's not only outrageous, but it is exhibit A of what's wrong with this Congress. The underlying bill to do away with the 3 percent withholding, I've met with my local business people, had discussions, and this is a great opportunity for bipartisan efforts to help create some jobs and help small businesses go forward. We're actually in agreement with something that's going to do all those things; and I'm proud to support that, and I'm proud to reach across the aisle and support that. But I have got to tell you, you just can't mess things up more than you're messing things up here, because the offset that was taken by the majority party is a tax on people that have Social Security and Medicaid. Why are you doing that when you're trying to get people some economic benefits through businesses, and really an effort that we both should be applauded for working together on. The amendment that I'm going to offer is going to correct that. It's going to correct it in a way that makes perfect sense and is exhibit A about what can be right about this Congress. We're going to take away that oil subsidy that in the next several years is going to amount to $43.6 billion in a windfall to our richest, most profitable companies that don't need it.…”