Bill Archer: “The gentleman from Ohio has had people losing their jobs as recently as 5 days ago: September 2, September 29, October…”

Well, clearly the 1986 tax reform took a lot of time to put together, and in the end, it prevailed with some very hard-hitting pressures from the top on both sides.

Do not include any retroactive provision in your tax reform.

If you do [away with the alternative minimum tax], you will do a service for the country.

I don't think we can afford to charge our kids and our grandkids with tax cuts that we give out today.