Patrick J. Tiberi

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Berg), a member of the Ways and Means Committee and a distinguished member of the Select Revenue Subcommittee.

I yield myself 30 seconds. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Maryland is attacking two Republican plans that are not our plans. The gentleman knows that, for instance, the proposed territorial system that we have proposed is not a pure…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The President said throughout the debate of health care and since, if you like what you have, you can keep it. Employers have told us that's simply not true. The President said, throughout the debate and since on…

Many employers have reassured me that the pension stabilization language included in the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 will allow them to invest more to create jobs and will prohibit a reduction in their workforce. I hope…

Today what is dangerous with our Tax Code is that it appears that people or the Tax Code is saying to people, to Americans who are down on their luck, who had a job loss, that they will be penalized if they turn their luck around and are…

Providing an adequate safety net for Americans who have fallen on hard times I believe is a nonpartisan issue in this Congress.

Comprehensive tax reform is a chance to solve this problem.

In recent years, Congress has increasingly used the Tax Code to provide means-tested benefits to low- and moderate-income Americans. These programs, however, are often flawed, imposing high marginal tax rates on those in the phase-out…

In your testimony you note that, 'for each percentage point lower unemployment, the increase in real hourly wages for low-wage workers is at least twice that of high-wage workers.'

His leadership in setting forth a transparent process for reviewing the tax extenders is what the American people expect from their congressional representatives.

Making tax policy this way obviously wreaks havoc on the ability of families and business owners to plan for future choices with any certainty.

It is absolutely essential that we give some certainty for the investment, to provide the ability to come to scale and reduce costs.

This one-time $13,000 credit is an enormous return on investment, puts those kids into loving, caring homes...

I have heard from companies in Minnesota who say the IRS makes it so difficult to comply with through time and resources that it makes it very difficult for companies to actually take advantage of the credit.

It makes no sense to penalize commuters who utilize mass transit.

It is time to give business the predictability they need to invest in next generation of invention or development by making the R&D tax credit permanent.

I think it is very bad precedent for the Congress as a whole to pick winners and losers.

We need to move from the current hodge-podge of complex rules that burden our small business owners and hamper our country's competitiveness.

I use the word 'riddled' not because I believe all these provisions are bad, because they certainly are not.

Let the free market work. Phase out of these tax credits, but they need to be helped today.

Thank you, Mr. Neal. As I sit here listening to you, I cannot help but think if you and I could just go in a library and skip the rest of the House, the Senate and the administration, we could probably accomplish this pretty quickly.

It is also paramount that we preserve those policies that have proven successful and allow individuals, owners of businesses and communities to thrive.

If you choose to be engaged in the encouragement of the production of so-called 'green fuels/renewables,' then it should reflect the science, not the politics.

My state ranks number two in wind energy production. We lead the country along with Texas and Illinois in the number of jobs created by that industry.

I would argue that while the President talks a good game about 'all of the above,' his Administration... has been anything but 'all of the above.'