Political Quotes

“I think what we are hearing across the country today is a collective sigh of relief on the part of tens of millions of American families who now will not be subjected to an over $3,000 tax increase this year. This is real relief for real people and real families to compensate for a flagging economy and the soaring cost of living. Yet with the economic anxiety gripping this country, it is just astounding to me that it took so long to bring a clean AMT bill to the floor. As the majority's concession makes clear, this was the wrong time to raise taxes on the American people. The government never intended to collect the AMT revenue from the 21 million American families who this year would have fallen under the AMT net. So the horror stories that we continue to hear all year long about increasing the deficit was thus only smoke and mirrors for a desire to raise taxes. And thank goodness we are here today because passage of this bill is vindication for those of us who refuse to cave in to tax- and-spend onslaught, and it is my only wish that this day had come sooner.”