Markwayne Mullin Quotes

The revenue derived from a graduated income tax should be applied to the reduction of the burden of taxation now levied upon the domestic industries of this country.

Closing tax loopholes has to be part of the revenue equation.

I have pledged to work hard to get the state and local tax deduction cap lifted.

I think the Bush tax cuts should be made permanent.

In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.

We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.

When President George W. Bush cut taxes, he cut them for everyone.

I want to look at the whole package, but I definitely want to protect the middle-class taxpayer, first and foremost.

The share of income that small business people are paying in taxes is the lowest it has been in 65 years - since Obama has cut taxes 18 or 22 times for small business.

Tax reductions are usually simpler and less distortive. I'm certainly willing to look at getting rid of tax deductions/credits, and go to dramatically reduced rates.

The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand.

Today the House has a chance to give 25 million married couples the best Valentine's Day gift possible, elimination from the most unfair of taxes, the marriage tax penalty.

I'm against tax increases on anyone, period, end of debate.

Every time you exempt a portion of the economy from taxation you put pressure on the rest of the economy.

Taxes are always too high.

Look at the current tax code. It’s a 10 million word mess..

If someone's getting a tax cut, I'm not upset that they're getting a tax cut. I'm really not upset.

As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - the chief tax-writing body in Congress - I understand that true comprehensive tax reform is tremendously difficult.

And I will repeat today what I have said throughout this campaign. I will not raise taxes on the middle class. I will give you tax relief to help ease these burdens.

Raising the personal allowance is massively expensive. For the same amount of money, you could look at reducing the rate of tax.

The tax code is just too big.

So, all levels of government should be working on tax relief. That's important.

Our first priority is to cut taxes.