[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 49 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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  REPUBLICANS' TAX RELIEF BILL WILL PROVIDE TAX RELIEF WHILE CUTTING 
                    FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WASTE AND FAT

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, the liberals who ran Congress for 40 years 
could never seem to get enough of the taxpayers' money. Every year they 
would come here and moan and complain that they just did not have 
enough money to do all those wonderful things that government does.
  Since the Reagan tax cuts of 1981, there have been six major tax 
increases in this country: 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, and 1993. With 
the passage of each of these, we were assured by the liberals that this 
was the tax hike that would put us on the road to fiscal recovery. 
Meanwhile, spending continued to spiral out of control and the debt 
continued to mount. No nation has ever taxed itself to prosperity.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people have had enough. The Committee on 
Ways and Means just reported a bill that will shift the balance away 
from the Government and back to the people. The bill provides tax 
relief for families, small businesses, and Social Security recipients 
targeted by the Clinton tax hikes.
  To pay for these cuts, we cut the waste and the fat out of a bloated 
Federal bureaucracy and government that has completely lost touch with 
the American people. we are taking the power out of Washington and 
putting it back where it belongs, with the people.


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