Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am pleased to be here on the floor this afternoon to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to talk about the need for us to deal with our deficits and our debt in this country. I made the decision to vote for the tax cut package that we are going to be voting on this evening. I did that with some sense of ambiguity, because it does not adequately put in place a plan to address our debt in this country. All the economists, however, I have spoken to have indicated that this is important for us as we are looking at continuing to stimulate our economy and provide the relief that middle-class families and small businesses need. So despite the fact that there are things in it that I do not like, I am going to support it. But I would feel a lot better about it if it contained language that all of us have talked about, that says, as part of doing this, once we get this economy moving again, we have also to address the long-term debt we face in this country. And make no mistake about it, we have to do that both by addressing spending and by addressing tax reform. I was at a small business in Salem, NH, yesterday, at a company called MSI. They do HVAC systems. They are a small business. They have about 25 employees. I asked them what they were looking for from us in Washington, and they said, a fair, simple Tax Code. So we have to get serious about this problem.…”