Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let's also just deal with a couple of things that have been said during the last hour of debate. The gentleman from Connecticut stood up and provided a CRS report that detailed various times in the past where rules have been delayed, the Department of the Treasury, regarding tax law. But what he listed were all bills that have passed since President Obama came into office, and they all had to be postponed because they were ill-conceived and ill-thought-out. I would just submit that it was December 24 of 2009 when this thing passed out of the United States Senate. If, as the gentlelady says is correct, they sat down and read this thing line by line three times, they were bound to have encountered page 159, paragraph D: Effective Date. The amendments made by this section shall apply to the months beginning after December 31, 2013. Mr. Speaker, I would just submit, if the Department of the Treasury said this was going to be a problem--they've known about it for almost 4 years--where have they been? And why was it necessary for it to come up on July 2 at 6 p.m.? Mr. Speaker, I have asked representatives from the administration, representatives from the agencies: What are you doing? Are there contingency plans? This thing looks awfully complicated. This thing looks awfully complex. Can you get it done? Are you thinking about delaying it? Are you thinking about jettisoning other parts?…”