Political Quotes

“once again let me thank the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Gibbons] for his leadership on this legislation. Mr. Speaker, we are going to be able to enact this legislation. Why we are going to be able to do it, it is because it is the right mix. We have a well-balanced bill. It is good for small businesses and it is also good for those people who work for small businesses. It provides real help to small businesses by extending tax credit provisions for work opportunity tax credits; employer-provided educational assistance; the R&D credit; retirement simplification that I talked about before, and which the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Portman] has talked about; the small business expensing, where it helps small businesses because it increases the minimum wage. Mr. Speaker, I hope we will use this formula in the future in considering legislation, and rather than looking at extreme legislation, let us look at well-balanced legislation. It is in the interests of our constituents, and I urge my colleagues to support the conference report.”