[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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           TAKE FROM OUR FAMILIES AND GIVE TO THE BUREAUCRATS

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, we are seeing a new version of Robin 
Hood displayed by the Democrats this week. They want to ``take as much 
as possible from hard working families and give to the bureaucrats in 
Washington, DC.''
  Minority Leader Gephardt even called the Republican proposal to give 
a $500 per child tax credit to families ``an appalling display of 
Republican indifference to working people.'' This tax credit will 
benefit approximately 50 million families--90 percent of whom earn less 
than $75,000 a year. Yet the minority party claims this is bad for 
working families.
  Whose family would be worse off today with an additional $1,000 to 
help make ends meet? Whose family would be worse off with $1,000 to 
start a college education fund for their children? Whose family would 
be worse off with more of their own hard-earned money?
  Mr. Speaker, it is time we start cutting bureaucracy here in 
Washington, DC, and returning control and money to American families. 
Despite what the minority party claims, the $500 per child tax credit 
is good for all working families and I urge my colleagues to support 
it.


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