Political Quotes

“I recognize that not every family in this country and every individual in this country has been as fortunate as we have. Some have had their marriages cut short by war. Indeed, the very disparity in the Tax Code that is currently called the marriage penalty originated when a World War II widow, who had lost her husband in the defense of our country during the great victory in World War II, came to Congress and said: ``I lost my husband. Why should I have to pay higher taxes than those who did not lose their husband and remain married?'' She said, ``This constitutes discrimination against widows.'' In response, the Congress tried, though not with great perfection, to correct that penalty. This is not a debate about the marriage penalty. I have yet to meet a Member of this Congress, in any of the several sessions we have taken up this measure, that has not voted in one form or another to correct the marriage penalty. This is totally about distraction from the ineptness of this Congress. Now, the specific proposal that the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Weller) is advocating is very relevant to our current time. Because, clearly, since Americans will have to do almost all the dying in the war that the Administration wants to start against Saddam Hussein, we will have more war widows in this country.”