Martin Hoke: “The tax package. In August 1993, one vote here, one vote in the Senate. It took the Vice President of the United States…”

“The tax package. In August 1993, one vote here, one vote in the Senate. It took the Vice President of the United States to break that vote. That is because Democrats voted against it. The only reason they finally passed it was because they could not abandon their President who then at that point had only been in office for about 8 months. What have we seen on this package? We have seen a very positive bipartisan cooperative effort notwithstanding the kind of ugly partisanship that you see from time to time on the floor. The fact is, look at these numbers, and you will see that we have had tremendous bipartisan support on every single one of these bills. This is Americans thinking of not being Republicans first or Democrats first but being Americans first and doing what is best for America. I am excited. I am proud to be a part of it. I really am proud to be a part of it. I cannot say that I was proud to be a part of the 103d Congress. I made no bones about it. I let my constituents know that as well.”