Political Quotes

“I thank, first of all, my colleague from California, Senator Boxer. I happened to be on the Senate floor and listened to my Republican colleagues as they were talking about the estate tax. I think we have to clarify what this legislation is all about that we will be voting on in a few minutes. It is an effort to fully protect about 98 percent of Americans from the uncertainty as to whether their income tax will go up on January 1. That is what this bill is about. There are a lot of other problems we have, including the fiscal cliff we have been talking about. I understand the concerns we have with the estate tax. We have a problem with the physician reimbursement under Medicare. We have problems with the sequestration orders and the impact it would have on all of our agencies whether it is national security or the domestic budget. We have concerns about extending tax provisions for the energy sector of our economy. We have the uncertainty of whether we will extend the unemployment insurance additional benefits. All of those are legitimate concerns. I hope the Republicans and Democrats will come together to deal with the deficit. That is what we should do. I can tell everyone I have been one of those Senators meeting with Republicans, meeting with my Democratic colleagues, and that is what we want to do. We want to give predictability to the American people about a credible plan to deal with our deficit.…”