Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I think that with ratification of this amendment, anyone who objects to any tax policy change could have their day in court. Any changes that broaden the tax base, that close corporate loopholes, that overhaul our tax system, be it the majority leader's call for a new flat tax, the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means' interest in the national sales tax, but even something far less radical like a capital gains tax cut, could be contested in court. The resolution will prove unworkable. As the House leadership has already found with their once-celebrated tenet of the Contract With America, a meaningless rule change that required a three-fifths vote for tax legislation had to be waived by the Committee on Rules each time we took up any kind of tax bill before this body. It violates the spirit of majority rule and will take us back to the very problems our Founding Fathers experienced under the Articles of Confederation.”