Robert Ehrlich: “Another irony at work here, and of course we have the President of the United States acting in a very compassionate way…”

Only in this town do people think that when we raise taxes we generate additional revenue. It just does not work that way, and the gentleman's numbers speak for themselves. History, the empirical evidence, speaks for itself.

I agree with the gentleman and I really think the gentleman has hit the bottom line. At some point in this country, in this very House, the collective decision was made to punish success and punish risk in the capitalistic society. When…

Today, people of different political philosophies came together and signed an accord. Included in that accord are many things we have debated on this House floor over the last 3 years, many items in the Contract with America, many items…

Now, with respect to the substance of this debate, I have a question for the chairman, because I think it is very important that people all over the country understand exactly what we are talking about, and the folks that we are expecting…