Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I hope that the negotiations are about to come to an end and we will give the American family the first tax break they…”

“I hope that the negotiations are about to come to an end and we will give the American family the first tax break they have had in 16 years. I think it is an incredible thing to say that we haven't had a real tax cut in this country for 16 years. As hard-working Americans have tried to improve their quality of life, it just seems like their expenses have gone up so much that we now find that the spouses are working more, sometimes just to pay taxes. That is not what we want in this country. We want spouses to have the option of staying home, if they want to, and not make them work because they can't make ends meet. If we are going to continue the American dream of increasing our quality of life with each generation, we are going to have to pare Government down, balance the budget, make sure that people are not paying any more taxes than we have to have to run a Government. I think the time has come for us to take a leadership role.”