Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to join here this evening with six or more of my colleagues from the freshman class to talk about a very important issue that we face in this Nation, and that is the need for our country to engage in an open and honest debate about comprehensive tax reform as we come to the end of the year with the expiration of our individual tax rates, our corporate tax rates, and the potential exposure of the estate tax being reinitiated at levels that would decimate family farmers and families across all of America. I am pleased to be joined by so many of my colleagues who understand the importance and the critical nature of this issue to put us on a path to make America competitive when it comes to the world economy, and also to come up with a Tax Code that is simpler and easier for people to understand and that we don't have to spend thousands of dollars, hundreds of dollars, paying advisers to fill out forms just to meet the obligation of a tax burden that is out of control because of spending that is completely causing this Nation to create a national debt of $15.6 trillion. As we go forward in this conversation, let us be open, honest and fair about the issues before us. With that, I would like to yield, Mr. Speaker, to a good friend of mine from Georgia.”