Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, the President just said in the last few minutes that the most important part of this legislation is the corporate tax cuts. Stop the nonsense that you are doing this for the middle class. In the 20 hours that have elapsed, Mr. Speaker, since we last had this debate, we were promised a number of things. The only thing they left out was that this tax bill was going to stem the tides, take us to Mars tomorrow, and the Cleveland Browns were going to win the Super Bowl. The certainty of what they are telling us--if the stockmarket goes up, then they did it. The stockmarket has been going up since March of 2009. They talk about economic growth. Economic growth has now proceeded for 88 straight months. They keep telling us the rocket is about to launch because of this tax bill. Do you know what is great about this, Mr. Speaker? Reporters outside are starting to ask: Are you going to help them out if all of these things don't occur in the way they have said they are going to occur? I said: After the appropriate period of review. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”