Political Quotes

“I wish to thank Leader Reid, Chairman Baucus, Senator Schumer, Senator Stabenow, Senator Wyden, Senator Brown, and Senator Menendez for coming to the floor to talk about this important issue of tax extenders and why we need to get them done now. In the State of Washington taxpayers are opening the morning newspaper and finding the Seattle Times editorial entitled ``Congress should extend the sales-tax deduction.'' The Seattle Times has been following this issue for years and knows that taxpayers are waiting to find out whether we can continue to deduct our sales tax from our Federal income tax obligation. As Washington is a State that doesn't have an income tax, we want parity with other States and we want to be able to deduct our sales tax as one of those taxes from our Federal tax obligations. Every year millions of Washingtonians have to wait to find out whether that particular tax provision is going to be extended. I want to make it permanent, and I hope when we do tax reform we will be able to do so. But in the meantime we have to give certainty to the taxpayers in Washington State that as far as these important tax policies are concerned, Congress can act and get things done. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record that particular Seattle Times editorial. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From The Seattle Times, Dec.…”