David Thomas: “Mr. Speaker, golly, if any Members listened to the first hour, they would think our friends on the other side of the…”

“Mr. Speaker, golly, if any Members listened to the first hour, they would think our friends on the other side of the aisle were in opposition to what we wanted to do. That it was a sham, a farce. And then, lo and behold, their substitute takes the majority's bill. Now at this point I am running through my knowledge of quotes that might perhaps put this in perspective, and the only one that comes to mind is the Yogi Berra quote, ``When you come to a fork in the road, take it.'' Mr. Speaker, what we have here is an hour of debate about how horrible this side of the aisle and those who really do want to eliminate the marriage tax penalty on the other side of the aisle are in trying to offer permanent repeal. If I understand what the gentleman from California (Mr. Matsui) is offering is permanent repeal. He is offering the underlying bill. So if the gentleman from California did not understand the context in which I referred to his argument about the fact that the gentleman from Connecticut was not allowed to appear in front of the full committee, in which I said there had been 17 full committee hearings, and only one had Members in front of it, is baloney. I said it was the * * * baloney; and if the gentleman does not understand the use of that phrase, let me explain it. Apparently the argument that the Democrats have been making for the last hour is baloney.”