Political Quotes

“today we stood here and we debated the amendment that would outlaw burning the flag and everybody stood on the floor or everybody, those on the Republican side of the aisle, stood on the floor and talked about liberty and justice for all as we pledged allegiance to the flag. Clearly, that liberty and justice for all applies sometimes and not at tax time. I have been fortunate to serve as a new member of the Committee on Ways and Means, and I sat through hearing after hearing after hearing about the tax cut; and in the hearings it was said that the tax cut would boost the economy. Several times we reminded the speakers that were speaking that the 2001 tax cut did not boost the economy, so what makes them think that another tax cut, again in 2003, will boost the economy? The real unfairness of the situation in some of those debates was the issue about dividend tax cuts as it impacted low-income housing tax credits, and we pushed them on this and we pushed them on this. Oh, I am not sure it is going to have an impact, but all of us understand that right now people are investing in urban communities because of the tax credit they will get, not because that they are such do-gooders. That brings us home to where we are right now, where we have families who make between $10,500 and $26,625, and they will not benefit from this tax cut. It is a shame. It is not justice for all, and we need to bring them out. We need to pull the sheet off this mess that we have here.”