[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4112-H4113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  [[Page H4113]] Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, as we debate this so-
called middle-class tax cut, there is going to be a lot of talk about 
just who is the middle class.
  Well, I do not know if the people in my district meet your definition 
of middle class, but I do know that they keep getting caught in the 
middle.
  My constituents are caught in the middle of a fight within the ranks 
of the Republican party about whether to cut taxes for the super rich 
or just the very rich.
  My constituents are caught in the middle of two failures of phony 
fiscal policy from the GOP, trickle-down economics in the 1980's and 
its sequel in the 1990's, two budget busters that are squeezing working 
families like a vise.
  And others in my district are caught in the middle because they are 
treated like pawns in this game, as the Republicans take money from 
education, nutrition, and health care to finance tax cuts for those who 
are already faring quite well.
  We can disagree about who is the true middle class, but it is clear 
that those who work hard to get their families through the next day 
have a lot more class than those in this House who are simply trying to 
get through the next election.


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