Political Quotes

“America is a great country. It is not perfect, but it is a great country. It is a country where the voice of the people is usually heard. That is what this is all about today. The American public, for some time, has been upset about the way their tax collector has been handling a very important aspect of the business of this country. Today we are dealing with something that is very important to the American people. I also must say that this IRS restructuring and reform bill would not have been possible but for the senior Senator from Nebraska. The senior Senator from Nebraska has worked long and hard on this issue. Even before this legislation was introduced, as he has just briefly outlined, when he was a member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the subcommittee that had jurisdiction over the IRS, he started this legislation. It seems it was only yesterday, even though it was much longer. It was last year that Senators Grassley, Kerrey, and I stood to introduce this legislation. When we introduced this legislation, we didn't have a lot of people who wanted to help us. There was a sparse group of people from the Senate supporting us--Senator Kerrey, from Nebraska, Senator Pryor, from Arkansas, and Senator Grassley, from Iowa. But I commend and applaud the Senator from Nebraska for his vision and, most of all, for his tenacity on this legislation.”