Political Quotes

“first, I understand the people downtown and on 5th Avenue have come up with this death tax name, but this is an estate tax. If my wife or I die, there would be no tax. I would acquire the property she had and vice versa. At such time as she and I pass away, and if there is a tax--of course, we have paid no tax on any of this--when we pass away, there would be a tax perhaps. But if there was a tax, one would have 14 years to pay it. I want all within the sound of my voice to understand that 46 million people have no health insurance, and there is not a word of debate in the Senate. Gas prices are over $3 a gallon in Nevada. Minimum wage has not been raised in years, and we are not doing anything on that in the Senate. The Republican-dominated Congress just eliminated the tuition tax credit, a credit for which one could get a tax benefit for sending their kids to college. We are not working on that issue. We have a deficit approaching $9 trillion, and we are doing nothing about that. Stem cell research, to give hope to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans with diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, Lou Gehrig disease--we are not doing anything about that. Prescription drugs for everyday Americans and for seniors--nothing. Not one of these issues is before the Senate, but we are going to talk about something today that affects two-tenths of 1 percent of the people in America--two-tenths of 1 percent.…”