[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 39 (Wednesday, April 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 13, 1994]
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            DEMOCRATS THROW A SCREWBALL THIS BASEBALL SEASON

  (Mr. ARMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, the 1994 baseball season is hardly a week old 
and already the best screwball pitch of the year has been thrown in 
baseball stadiums across the country. The Democrat Party's National 
Campaign Committee has staged a demonstration of what they believe to 
be tax equity, arguing that the President's 1993 tax increase only 
affects 1 percent of the American people. Once again, the Democrat 
National Campaign Committee has demonstrated that it cannot be trusted 
with either words or numbers, and now our national pastime of baseball.

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  Mr. Speaker, they forgot to mention all of us across the board in the 
country paying higher taxes on gasoline. They forgot to mention the 
truck driver stuck in Omaha, NE, who cannot deduct his lunch while he 
is out on the road. They forgot to mention the millions of senior 
citizens who will pay higher income taxes under their bill.
  Mr. Speaker, what they thought they were doing was hitting a home run 
for increased taxes. And what they did was hit a foul ball into left 
field. And, Mr. Speaker, even the Democrat cannot steal home on a foul 
ball.

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