Political Quotes

“I am standing here tonight to talk about a couple of things, and first is the tax legislation that was passed this week in Congress. This is going to help everybody I represent because it is going to help our entire country. It is going to lift up our country in ways we are already beginning to see. There have been a lot of people to thank, and today I was at the signing ceremony where Speaker Ryan and President pro tempore Orrin Hatch signed the official legislation that is now on its way to the President for his signature. I start by thanking them--Speaker Ryan, Chairman Hatch, and also Chairman Brady of the Ways and Means Committee, with whom I worked closely on this. He was a gentleman. He was, as always, someone who was looking for ways to solve problems and to get to yes, and I commend him for that. I also want to thank some of the colleagues on the Finance Committee whom I worked closely with. This Core 4 group includes Senator John Thune, Senator Pat Toomey, Senator Tim Scott. Maybe, most importantly, is the staff. We had an enormous undertaking here, and it was ambitious to try to meet the goals that were set out early on of real, middle-class tax cuts, also energizing the economy through helping small businesses, and then changing the whole international system so we could level the playing field. It was a lot to do, and it took a lot of expertise and a lot of time and effort.…”