Mark Neumann: “first in response to my colleague from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], we do not need a compromise, we need Washington out of our…”

“first in response to my colleague from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], we do not need a compromise, we need Washington out of our lives and we need Washington to leave education in the hands of the parents, the communities, and the school boards. But that is not why I rose this morning. I rose because last night, as I was reading constituent mail, I got this letter from Julie Gorlik, who called our office. And here is what it says. It says that she is upset that there is assistance for unmarried, unwed mothers, for the lazy, for criminals, and for homosexuals, but there is never any help for married people who are doing their best to make ends meet and support a family and they cannot get any help from anyone. They are hard-working, honest, good people and they get discriminated against. I rise this morning to invite Julie to tune in this evening when I will be taking the time to go through some of the things in the tax cut package that are specifically designed because we have heard this message from our constituents over and over and over again: $500 per child for under the age of 17; the college tuition tax credit; the education savings credit to help parents save for their kids's education; the Roth IRA; and on and on we go. There will be more on this when I have 1 hour on the floor this evening.”