Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Elimination Act of 2011. The stated purpose of this is to amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal a provision added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that extends to corporations that are not tax-exempt, the requirement to report payments of $600 or more. However, I must say that while I strongly support providing relief to America's small businesses and I absolutely support the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, I deeply regret that yet again we have had a closed rule regarding the full consideration and making of useful, meaningful amendments to H.R. 4. When the Republican majority came into this Congress they promised an open and transparent process. This is not open and transparent. It does not provide the assistance to America's small businesses that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would like us to believe and in fact, further burdens small businesses. If we had a truly open process, we could have all worked together in a bi-partisan manner to provide real relief to America's middle class and small businesses instead of the tax increase we are being asked to heap onto their backs today. The simple fact is that H.R. 4 Would Increase Taxes on Middle Class and Raises the Number of Uninsured.…”