Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, I just want to reiterate what Mr. Sessions said, and thank you for your tremendous service here in this body. So thank you for acknowledging that too. Mr. Speaker, Congress is broken. We know it, and the American people know it. The difference between us and them is that we can actually do something about it. In fact, that is our job. But here we go again, ducking our responsibility and not doing our job. We ducked when we failed to pass a long-term transportation bill. We ducked when we failed to meet our constitutional responsibility to debate a new, long-term military commitment in the Middle East. And now, here we go again with this tax extender bill. We need tax reform. 435 Members of Congress agree. Both parties agree. This year we had an opportunity. The Ways and Means Committee, under Chairman Dave Camp, presented a real plan, real simplification and lower rates, and all of it was paid for. There were many points of disagreement, as well as agreement in that bill. In a functioning legislature, we would have debated the Camp bill, modified it, and passed some version of it to move America forward. Instead, Speaker Boehner said the Camp bill was dead on arrival. No discussion, no debate, no progress. More ducking and dodging instead of Congress doing its job. This tax extender package adds insult to the American people who want tax reform to the injury Congress inflicts by failing to do its job.…”