[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: June 21, 1994]
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              PRESIDENT CLINTON'S JOB-KILLING PAYROLL TAX

  (Mrs. FOWLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. FOWLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my grave concerns about 
President Clinton's prescription for health reform. Mandates, price 
controls, bureaucracy, and government regulation are simply not the 
answer, and I think the side effects of the treatment just might kill 
the patient.
  My concerns are heightened by studies which show that enormous job 
losses will result from the Clinton payroll tax. Assuming we can afford 
expensive government subsidies, it appears that job losses associated 
with the Clinton plan would approach 1 million, and more than 20 
million workers would see their wages cut. And if we cannot afford the 
subsidies, these numbers skyrocket.
  Especially disturbing is the fact that the industries which will be 
hit hardest by the tax are all characterized by high female employment. 
Although women are only 43 percent of the workforce, they will make up 
6 percent of those who will lose jobs. The President's plan is not a 
bargain for working Americans, and I urge my colleagues to reject big 
government and new taxes and work for bipartisan reform that preserves 
jobs.

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