Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans' fix needs a fix. Really. They are proposing that instead of actually fixing the SALT problem, they keep trying to say: Oh, it is all right for us to do just a teeny, tiny, little bit just as long as we can get reelected, because if they really wanted to fix it, then they would have at least taken it up and raised it in committee, had a good debate, and brought it to the floor with a robust fix that actually makes a difference not just for an election year. I might remind everybody, again, that in the Rules Committee, Joe Neguse, a member of the Rules Committee, proposed that this SALT fix actually go for 2 years so that it would be consistent with the other tax cuts that Trump did. They didn't want that. The other thing that the amendment does was strike $20,000 and half $30,000. They didn't want that either. Every single Republican voted against it. Every single Republican voted against having this goal for 2 years. Why? It was because that wasn't part of the deal. They don't need it after November, I guess. They only need it for this November. Is that it? Once November goes by, their constituents don't need another year of tax relief with regard to this deduction? Why would they vote against that? I have no idea why they would not let the Members on the floor of the House decide whether this bill should go for 2 years. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”