[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4115-H4116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           THE VOTE TOMORROW

  (Mr. HASTERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow when we take up H.R. 1215, the Tax 
Fairness and Deficit Reduction Act of 1995, I urge my colleagues to 
ponder one question: Do they support working senior citizens in this 
country, or do they support taxing our seniors out of the work force?
  If Members support our senior citizens, they will support the tax 
bill. A vote against the tax bill is a vote against senior citizens who 
want to work, who want to be productive.
  Let me tell the Members why. This tax bill does two things that will 
help older Americans. First, it repeals President Clinton's Social 
Security tax that he passed over Republican objections last year; and, 
second, it increases the earnings test so that more seniors will be 
able to work without getting taxed at a rate twice the amount that 
millionaires have to pay.
  Mr. Speaker, the choice tomorrow is simple. Either they support our 
seniors or they do not. I urge my colleagues on 
[[Page H4116]] the other side of the aisle to stop taxing older 
Americans and start giving them the relief they richly deserve.


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