[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REPUBLICAN RESCISSIONS PACKAGE

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, the Republican Contract With America is 
not with middle class America. It is a contract to help well-to-do and 
corporate America. The middle-class hardworking people of this country 
are going to be paying for Republican tax cuts for the wealthy.
  Here are the facts. Republicans will cut funding for every American 
who wants to choose educational television programs. Republicans will 
cut funding for veterans, for medical equipment that vets need even 
though more veterans need medical help. Republicans will cut funding 
for students by cutting drug-free schools, summer jobs for youth, 
academic scholarships, a total of $1.7 billion in education cuts.
  Mr. Speaker, it is virtually certain that none of these cuts will go 
for deficit reduction.
  Mr. Speaker, instead the savings will go to finance a capital gains 
tax cut, 76 percent that will go to people with incomes of $100,000 or 
more.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not a contract with middle-class America.
  

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