Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. Madam Speaker, again, the gentleman says that I'm technically correct. I presume that means I'm correct. The bill that I'm asking to be brought to this floor to pass will not raise anybody's taxes. What the gentleman is saying is that, unless we deal with the 2 percent, the 98 percent are going to be held hostage until such time as we deal with the 2 percent. Now, the problem with that, in a democracy, we have a disagreement on that. As a matter of fact, it was pretty clear to the American public that there was a very significant and unclouded, not confusing, difference between the two candidates for President on the very issue to which the gentleman speaks, and the American public voted. And the President of the United States, who said, ``No, I don't agree with that,'' won the election. He won the election. And he is saying, I'm not going to sign the bill on the $250,000 or above. Now, my problem, Mr. Leader, is I understand your conclusion is that if you pass the 98 percent, that you won't have a bargaining chip with which to press your point on the over $250,000, or over $200,000 individually as you correctly observe. I understand that. But, frankly, the bargaining chip is somewhat illusory in that the President said absolutely he will not sign that. Why? Because he wants to bring down the deficit.…”