Political Quotes

Pete Sessions: The gentleman from New York, a very dear friend of mine, really, I think, got something wrong. What we're trying to…

On the recordDecember 12, 2012
The gentleman from New York, a very dear friend of mine, really, I think, got something wrong. What we're trying to extend is the law that President Obama signed into law as a result of bipartisan action 2 years ago, and the economy was better then than it is now. We were trying to extend the tax cuts that President Obama was asking us to do, and that's what we simply did in August again. So it is a President Obama last-signed bill that we're trying to offer an extension of. I reserve the balance of my time.
Said by
Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
Source
govinfo.gov
Dec 12, 2012

Share

More from Pete Sessions

Jan 11, 2024

I thank the gentlewoman not only for taking the time to initiate this important discussion about our former colleague, the gentlewoman, Eddie Bernice Johnson, but also thank her for gathering together what I think is evidence of a solid…

govinfo.gov
Aug 9, 2023

I want to make sure we get closer on this understanding about CDBG money and the things that would flow.

congress.gov
Dec 17, 2024

I thank the gentleman, Brother Weber, for you bringing tonight this conversation that Members of Congress on a bipartisan basis can have about the gentleman from Texas, Michael Burgess. I am one of a few Members that remember well when he…

govinfo.gov
Oct 24, 2023

I think that the protection of the innocents is always paramount, and I think that a humanitarian corridor must be established for those to leave so that they are not going to be subjected to conflict.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation