Rich Neal

Having this hearing on the constitutional law issues that the Supreme Court is determining themselves, doing their job this week, is in my view a colossal waste of time.

This Member of Congress is interested in one thing: making sure that every American in the country has access to affordable and quality health care.

Since 1986, the number of corporations has dropped 28 percent while the number of pass-throughs has grown by 102 percent.

I hope you won't take your foot off the pedal on this issue.

I think they are very sound economic principles that we can all adhere to regardless of party position or persuasion.

I just have been reading Bruce Bartlett's book, and I always find how liberating it is for former staffers to leave the Hill and then to write what they deem to be a more truthful version of events.

The common theme this morning of the testimony that has been offered is really twofold.

As Congressman Neal has stated, this concern is even greater today, as East and Gulf Coast ports prepare for the larger vessels that will be transiting through an expanded Panama Canal.

Thanks very much, Dr. Boustany, and I want to thank you and Mr. Tiberi and Mr. Lewis for calling this hearing today on maritime tax issues.

Now, Social Security is not going bankrupt in 2036. I have not heard one actuarial suggestion that that is the case.

I find myself in agreement with what you said and with what Mr. Doggett said. I think that is the path forward, to have deliberative effort here.

But what I heard Ms. Brainard say that they have allowed their currency to appreciate by seven percent over the last 5 years, a decade, not really a note of accomplishment, is it?

The frustration is really bipartisan in nature, and it has been the repeated assurances of successive administrations, Democrat and Republican, who have suggested just leave it alone, which raises the suspicion here that the reason that we…

The problem with sovereign capitalism is that if you suggest that you can only accept a partnership up to 49 percent of the corporation, the difficulty is that it allows our trading relationship to be diminished because they get all of the…

The question would be what does Nick Brady, Lloyd Bentsen, Bob Rubin, Paul O'Neill and Tim Geithner, all have in common? And that is that they have assured this committee that they could manage the Chinese currency issue without…

The argument that we were making when I was working for Jack Kemp was that you would not lose as much as the static revenue loss because if you got some growth in the economy, that would enlarge the tax base and you would get back some of…

Even Dick Armey, as the Majority Leader, stated as he offered his sales tax proposal at the time, which is a bit different than what we are discussing here--Dick Armey used to say not only would there be a substantial transition cost that…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Unless the presidential candidates next year take up the issue in earnest, it is going to be very hard for us

Today these companies employ, as you have noted, over five million Americans, and support an annual payroll of over $400 billion.

In order to remain competitive in a global economy, foreign investment in the United States is critical.

I believe there is a difference between avoidance and deferral.

What tax system will improve the quality of life for the American people? I mean that ought to be the fundamental goal

These tax expenditures have to be looked at holistically.

I have to say that your statement in support of repeal of alternative minimum tax is music to my ears.