[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 INTRODUCTION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REMOVE PROVISION FOR SPECIAL 
                      TAX BREAK FOR RUPERT MURDOCH

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Florida [Mr. 
Deutsch] renew his request?
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Yes. I do, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida [Mr. Deutsch] is 
recognized for 1 minute.
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I am introducing, along with many Members, 
I believe, a sustainable one-third vote, a concurrent resolution to 
take out the provision that gives a special tax break to Rupert Murdoch 
for $63 million. At a time when we are cutting back on student loans, 
student work programs, student lunch programs, to do a thing that is 
just sleazy, it looks sleazy, it smells sleazy, it walks sleazy, it 
talks sleazy, and it is sleazy, and it is just something that this 
House, the greatest deliberative body in the world, should not be part 
of.
  We have the opportunity to correct our actions. I urge the House 
tomorrow, I urge the leadership of this body, the gentleman from 
Georgia [Mr. Gingrich], specifically, who has said that he is against 
this particular provision, let him speak in deeds, not just words.
  I do not think there is one person in the entire country that 
believes that Senator Moseley-Braun was the impetus. We know that is 
not how this process works. The Speaker's relationship with Mr. Murdoch 
is clearly something that has been well documented in the press. I urge 
the support of both parties with the concurrent resolution tomorrow.


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