Political Quotes

“I do not think I can pick up with the passion we just saw, but that is good news. This is an amazing day. Mr. Speaker, the firmness and fairness of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] brought this deal about. I hope the American people understand that. Our Republican leadership team has done a good job, but the best decision they ever made was to let the gentleman negotiate for us. It has really helped a lot. The gentleman from New York [Mr. Rangel] is going to vote for this bill, I understand. I know this is difficult. I congratulate him for making what has to be a difficult compromise, but I think the Nation is better off. I am not going to talk about the details for the next few seconds. The important thing to me is that we are taxed from the time we get up in the morning and drink our first cup of coffee to the time we go to bed and watch a show on television and pay cable taxes. We are taxed from the time we are born until the time we die. Today we get just a little bit of our money back, and a little money and power flows out of Washington today.”