Political Quotes

“I can sum up the most important reason to pass this legislation in one illustration. Thirty-eight percent of what the average American family earns they pay in taxes. Anybody have any idea how much they spend on food, clothing and shelter combined? Twenty-eight percent, which is 10 percent less than they have to spend on taxes. I was having a meeting this morning and the one gentleman said, I had to pay my taxes today. He has two little children. He said, very, very difficult. I said, yes, because the President vetoed a package that would have given you the kind of relief you would have needed. It would have given you $500 for each child. It would have given you a $500 credit for home care. It would have given you a $1,000 credit toward long-term insurance. It would have given you an IRA for the parent that stays at home. These are the kinds of things we should be doing to try to help American families stay together, not take their money and bring it to Washington, DC, to waste. So I would call on all of my colleagues, support this legislation. We get a balanced budget and we make sure that we stop spending more than we take in and we will give hope to the future. We will give hope to the children and the grandchildren that are out there now wondering whether there will be a tomorrow like we were fortunate enough to have.”