David Thomas: “I really do not know who to direct my remarks to, because apparently this motion to recommit is Dingell minus the…”

“I really do not know who to direct my remarks to, because apparently this motion to recommit is Dingell minus the increase for the self-employed. Two of our colleagues on the other side, the gentleman from North Dakota and the gentleman from Illinois, took the well and talked about how much better the Democrat substitute was because it did better for the self-employed. Now what we have here is Dingell lite. Mr. Speaker, is it not interesting and, by the way how, cynical they were more for the self-employed if it was honey to attract people to the Democratic substitute, and so I guess I am addressing my remarks to the 10 Republicans who went for the improvement of Kassebaum because of the self-employed provision. That is out. It lasted 5 minutes. Show your commitment, it did not draw enough, so it is gone. It is not there because they believe in the self-employed and want to increase the deductibility, it was there to attract people. Since it did not get anybody, they pulled it out. If you did not like Dingell, they will not like Dingell lite. Vote 'no' on the motion to recommit.”