Political Quotes

“When I offered this same language in the Committee on Ways and Means, there was such concern by the chairman of that committee that he accepted the amendment. He did not want any Republican member on record against the amendment. Perhaps they will try to hide, saying this is a procedural vote, but there will probably not be another vote on the floor of this House other than this vote that is about to occur on which Members can so clearly record their views on whether they approve of corporations fleeing to Bermuda or Jamaica or Barbados. I think there was a Beach Boys song about this some time back, but where they flee to one of these Caribbean islands that they will be able to still do business here on unfair competitive grounds against those companies that have stayed here. There will not be a clearer vote, will there, that we can foresee? A vote for this rule is a vote for rewarding corporate misbehavior, it is a vote to reward these corporations that dodge paying their fair share of U.S. taxes. There is no other way that this vote can be interpreted. I think it is unconscionable that after a strong vote in the Committee on Appropriations, that this language is being scuttled. I think it is wrong.”