Patrick J. Tiberi

We need to encourage all individuals of every level regardless of income to give more to the charitable organizations.

Creating jobs and generating economic growth is always a challenge, but it is especially challenging in rural America.

I encourage you to consider extending the production tax credit for wind energy.

We spend 18 to $19 billion a year complying with the Tax Code. That ought to tell you something.

I hope this Committee will continue to support renewal of the renewable energy production tax credit because I really believe that is important for our nation's energy future.

The R&D credit has proved an important incentive to spur our private sector investments in innovative research.

Shortening the depreciation schedule stimulates the economy and job growth.

Like it or not, believe it or not, we are moving toward renewable energy, and we are moving there at albeit not the pace we need to, still faster than some are willing to admit we are.

I feel strongly that we should not effectively raise taxes on small businesses and families in our current economy.

Permanently extending this deduction is a necessary step in the continued fight against hunger in America, and I would urge your support.

We are trying to protect them from a significant tax increase and help them stretch their pocketbooks a little further.

This really is a fairness issue.

We need to continue to provide certainty and predictability to people willing to invest and reducing our dependence on foreign oil.

This passage of the American Heroes COLA Act, veterans will never again have to depend on Congress to act to receive the increased cost of living adjustment they have earned through their service.

The President's budget proposes to increase the top two marginal individual tax rates, therefore impacting those pass-through entities.

Repealing those provisions would have a devastating impact on domestic oil and gas production.

The U.S. maritime industry is vital to our economy and national security.

The Tax Code places preference on investment in foreign shipping operations over investment in domestic operations.

This debate is in many ways surreal-- surreal. I learned in Civics 101 that the House is a coequal branch to the Senate. Members on the other side say, well, this is a compromise. It's a compromise in the Senate, not the House. The House…

In my opinion, we should treat foreign and domestic companies equally.

Foreign direct investment is critical to growing the economy and creating jobs.

The time is long overdue to write a Tax Code that better incentives job creation in the United States of America.

If you have a choice of employing your capital in a place where you can pay a 20 percent tax rate, or a place where the combined federal and state rate is easily 40 percent, where would you want to earn your profits?

My mom and dad came to America, as I have said before, for a better life. And in America, it was endless potential.

Energy security and comprehensive tax reform are two of the most important priorities we can pursue to create jobs and ensure the long-term strength of the U.S. economy.