Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, first, I rise to thank my colleague, Ms. Chu, on the other side of the aisle for her efforts on this legislation. As we are proposing this legislation, Madam Speaker, we recognize that discrimination in any form is never acceptable and that also the PRIDE Act would remove that gender language in our Tax Code of ``husband and wife,'' consistent with that of the U.S. Supreme Court and now as recognized as the law of the land. As we have expressed previously in some of our hearings on this matter, there are some administrative concerns that we still hold on our side of the aisle in regard to this legislation, in regard to the audit function, the look-back opportunities that are there in regard to the removal of IRS tax records after 6 years, and some issues technical in nature that deal with compliance with this legislation. We hope that those concerns can be dealt with administratively, but at its heart, I personally stand here and join with my colleague from California in support of this legislation and look forward to the adoption of it, as I anticipate the passage of it here on the floor. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”