[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 20, 1994]
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                   TAX CUTS, JOBS, AND SPENDING TITLE

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, whatever happened to the middle class tax 
cut? Where is it? Or did candidate Clinton actually promise to end tax 
cuts as we know them? Because, instead of getting a middle class tax 
cut, we have got a tax increase on Social Security, a tax increase on 
gas which affects every single American in this country, and a tax 
increase on subchapter S corporations and self-employed individuals, 
which has caused a sluggish recovery and a decrease in the number of 
new jobs created as compared to the jobs created under the Reagan-Bush 
administration, which was the largest peacetime expansion in the 
history of our country, with 18 million new jobs created.
  Mr. Speaker, on top of this, we are going to increase spending 
approximately $400 billion over the next 5 years. Because, you see, in 
Washington, when we talk about cuts, we actually mean a decrease in the 
projected increase. We are not talking about spending less money than 
we did the year before.

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  That is what a decrease is about, not the games we are playing now.
  Mr. Speaker, let us not forget the middle class. They are paying for 
everything. Let us give them that tax cut. Let us fulfill the 
President's campaign promise.

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