[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3983-H3984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      REPUBLICANS WANT TO GIVE TAX BREAKS TO THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT

  (Mr. KLINK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Speaker, let me get this straight: This Contract on 
America, first we cut back on child nutrition programs while we give 
tax breaks to the richest 1 percent in this Nation, those making 
$200,000 or more; now we are going to completely eliminate the tax 
obligation to any billionaire who wants to renounce his U.S. 
citizenship, but at the same time we are going to deny college loans to 
middle-class working kids who want to pick themselves up by their 
bootstraps, improve 
[[Page H3984]] their communities, and improve their country.
  You know, Americans who thought they voted for the American dream on 
November 8, 1994, instead have found what they have is Newt Gingrich 
staring down Freddy Krueger in ``Nightmare on Elm Street 2000,'' 
slashing slashing and slashing, only the programs that invest in middle 
America. This contract has not created one single job outside of the 
bureaucracy that it is going to expand. It has not lifted the standard 
of living for average American taxpayers or their children or future 
generations.
  This contract is a sham.

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