James M. Talent: “I am just so pleased that we are finally passing bipartisan tax relief for the American people. And the position that is…”

“I am just so pleased that we are finally passing bipartisan tax relief for the American people. And the position that is a bipartisan position on this bill, as anybody could tell who looked at the vote, is the affirmative position in favor of this tax relief. We are going to end up passing this tax bill coming out of conference with support from both parties. I believe the President is going to sign it, and I think we are going to pass this bill because the American people need it and deserve it. I would like to say what I think about this measure because I think it is one of the best things we are going to do in this Congress. We look at the trend of the last generation before the 1994 election, and I think this is what the American people were so angry about in 1990 and 1992 and 1994. It was a trend where Washington sucked the money and resources and the power away from the American people to here, and then used it often to uproot their most basic values and traditions. You know the Bible says where your treasure is, that is where your heart will be also, and it was clear that the regime that used to run this place, the treasure they wanted in Washington, because that is where their heart was. And look what it did to the tax burden of the American people.”