[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             FULFILLING OUR CONTRACT WITH SENIOR AMERICANS

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, next week this House will fulfill our Contract 
With America, and, more specifically, our contract with senior 
Americans. We promised to vote on raising the punitive Social Security 
earnings test limit so seniors would not be penalized for working.
  Next week, during the consideration of our tax relief bill we will 
fulfill that promise. We will also vote on repealing the unwarranted 
double taxation of Social Security benefits that was imposed by the 
1993 Clinton tax bill.
  Mr. Speaker, my colleagues will recall the Clinton tax bill. That is 
the special extra tax that President Clinton and the Democrat Party 
placed on, quote, ``wealthy seniors'' with incomes in the range of 
$30,000 to $40,000. Well, instead of taxing, quote, ``wealthy seniors'' 
living on fixed incomes like the Democrats do, the Republican Contract 
With America provides seniors with much needed tax relief to help with 
the increasingly high cost of long-term health care, among other 
things. Our bill also helps families stick together and encourages them 
to help one another by providing a generous tax credit for family care 
givers.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republican tax bill is good for seniors and it 
deserves this House's support now, before our seniors grow any older or 
any poorer.

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