Don Nickles: “I think the world of my colleague from New York, and I am very grateful. I want to make a couple comments. First, I…”

“I think the world of my colleague from New York, and I am very grateful. I want to make a couple comments. First, I compliment Senator Roth. This is really his proposal. He is greatly responsible for making this happen. He introduced this in the Finance Committee, and it is going to pass today. I hope, and will even say I expect, it will become law. It will be a shame if it doesn't become law. I also compliment Senator Hutchison for her leadership, Senator Brownback, Senator Ashcroft, Senator Santorum, and Senator Abraham. They have been working tirelessly on this. They have been pushing in caucuses and conferences. They said: We need to pass marriage penalty relief. We have a chance to do that today. I thank the House leaders for doing it. I heard some people saying they are against this. I heard my friends speak against it. They kept saying it is $290 billion. It is not. We are voting today on a $90 billion tax cut, period.”