House Proceeding 05-21-08 on May 21st, 2008 :: 4:20:38 to 4:22:10
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Speech By: Allyson Y. Schwartz

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: vote with a strong bipartisan vote today we can send a strong message that we're ready for a new policy in this country. it should be passed this afternoon with a bipartisan effort. the

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Artur Davis: speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. mccrery: i have no more requests for time. i would reserve the balance of our time to close on our side. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: Artur Davis

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Artur Davis: gentleman from washington state. mr. mcdermott: i yield one minute to the gentleman from alabama, mr. davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. mr.

4:21:01 to 4:21:12( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: davis: let me address the contingency fee provision that's come up several times. mr. mccrery, i agree with you that contingency fee lawyers are a very, very narrow class of people they're the

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Artur Davis: only major business in america that gets paid solely based on how effective they are. if they earn nothing for their client they get nothing in the way of compensation. another fact for

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Artur Davis: my friends on the minority, contingency fee lawyers are small business owners who run up expenses, like every other small business in america, simple tax fairness says they ought to be able to

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Artur Davis: take the expenses when the expenses occur. that is how we grow businesses in america we give people a chance to use the tax code to grow. if every other business in america can take a

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Artur Davis: deduction for expenses and the -- in the year in which you incur the expense, how dare we single out one class of small business owners and treat them differently. this provision is a simple,

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Jim McCrery: clear matter of tax equity. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from washington state. mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, i would reserve the balance of my time to clos e.

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Speech By: Jim McCrery