Political Quotes

“Three years ago I received a letter from two of my constituents, Sharon Mallory and Darryl Pierce, and they wrote to me how they both were workers in the Ford electronics plant making about $9.00 an hour, certainly not what any of us would think of as rich. Sharon went on to explain they cannot afford to get married because she would forfeit her $900 tax refund and have to pay $2,800 in taxes when they were married. She closed her letter saying Darryl and I would very much like to be married, and I must say it broke our hearts when we found out we cannot afford it. We hope some day the government will allow us to get married by not penalizing us. Today we are taking a gigantic step forward to fulfill Sharon Mallory's wish to remove this penalty that the government imposes on people who want to get married and who are married in this country of ours. The Democratic substitute she urged us to pass would do nothing. It is scored as zero tax relief for those 65,000 couples. It is a paper tiger. It does actually nothing to allow them to have that tax relief.”