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




                   CUTTING TAXES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to remind the 
previous speaker that it was Senator Carol Moseley-Braun who was 
primarily responsible for that whole matter.
  Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago the Democratic majority in the House muscled 
through the largest tax increase in U.S. history without one Republican 
vote.
  Buried deep in tax language, the Democrats even included a cut in 
Social Security benefits for senior citizens. That's right, every 
senior citizen making $34,000 is rich according to the Democrats 
definition and guess what? They all got a cut in 1993.
  I am proud to say that tomorrow we will restore Social Security 
benefits to their prior level and lessen the squeeze on the middle 
class.
  Instead of finding clever ways to take more money from our senior 
citizens and middle-class Americans--we are restoring benefits, 
lowering taxes, encouraging investment and savings, and letting 
Americans keep more of their hard-earned money.
  I have a question for my Democratic colleagues. Can you justify the 
current tax burden on our senior citizens? Can you justify the tax 
burden on working families? If the answer is no, then support our tax 
reduction package.

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