Steve Rothman: “I thank the gentleman. So can you imagine, Madam Speaker, they slashed IRS collectors from people who owed taxes…”

“I thank the gentleman. So can you imagine, Madam Speaker, they slashed IRS collectors from people who owed taxes, slashed the tax collectors, and wanted to privatize it and pay eight times more to their friends in private industry to do it. Eight times more. It only took now when the Democrats are in control of the House that we are able now to pass this bill today to end that program. And when my friend from New York on the other side of the aisle says, well, you know, it's only a one-House bill because the Senate won't approve this, ask yourself why that is. Because there are only 51 Democrat Senators in the Senate, and you need 60 votes in the Senate to overcome a filibuster. We only have 51 Democrats in the Senate. We can't get 9 Republicans to get rid of this ridiculously wasteful program of privatizing tax collection. So it's like that terrible story of the kid who kills his parents and pleads for mercy from the Court because he's an orphan. They slashed the tax collectors. Then they gave it to their cronies. Now they say they can't get Republicans to help us fix this problem that they created. Fortunately, the House has a majority that will.”