[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


        PASSAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN TAX RELIEF BILL IS A NECESSITY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 4, 1995, the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Sam Johnson, is 
recognized during morning business for 5 minutes.
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the passage of the Republican 
tax bill is a necessity, a necessity because for too long the Federal 
Government has penalized Americans for working hard. That is what a tax 
does. It penalizes people for working hard and earning money.
  A tax says go out and find a job, start a business, work hard, but do 
not succeed. Because, if you do, the Federal Government will come and 
take your money to Washington to feed the growth of yet another 
massive, wasteful bureaucratic agency.
  This is the philosophical difference between Republicans and liberal 
Democrats. Democrats fear tax cuts because they reduce the amount of 
money they can spend on Government projects. Republicans embrace tax 
cuts because we believe if you work hard, you persevere and you 
succeed, you deserve, without question, to keep the money you worked 
hard to earn. This is what the American dream is all about.
  Republicans also know you can create jobs and stimulate the economy 
if the money is in the citizens' pocket, not in the Government troughs. 
The only thing the Government knows how to do is spend more and rack up 
the debt.
  The 40-year Democrat experiment of increased taxes, increased 
spending, and big Government has failed. The only thing Congress has to 
show for it today after 40 years is a $4.5 trillion debt and a $200 
billion deficit each year forever, as far as you can see, and an 
inefficient, ineffective Federal Government. This, again, is why the 
Republican tax relief bill is a necessity now.
  Now is the time once again to create capital, not suppress it; to 
reward success, not punish it; to promote business, not destroy it; and 
to restrain Government, not enlarge it.
  The Republican tax relief bill is good for families, good for 
businesses, good for workers, and good for America.

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