Political Quotes

Steve Cohen: So if most of them are not controversial, why should we be burdening ourselves with this?

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
So if most of them are not controversial, why should we be burdening ourselves with this?
Said by
Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen questions the necessity of reviewing non-controversial rules.

Share

More from Steve Cohen

Sep 17, 2025

Today Representative Beyer, Senator Whitehouse, Senator Wyden, and I introduced a billionaires tax bill. Billionaires don't pay their fair share of taxes, and with the Trump tax program starting in 2017, they have increased their wealth…

govinfo.gov
Jul 22, 2025

we are going to adjourn and not do the people's business because we, thus far, have gotten an ``F'', an ``F'' for the work for the people of this Congress. We have taken healthcare away from hundreds of thousands of people. We have taken…

govinfo.gov
Nov 22, 2025

I’d like to think that Mamdani is being smart enough to play Trump and praise the man because he needs things for New York.

cnn.com
May 12, 2026

I plan to introduce the Billionaire Income Tax Act on Wednesday and will hold a press conference with the House cosponsor Congressman Don Beyer and the Senate bill sponsor Ron Wyden.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation