[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4190-H4191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH ABOUT TAX REDUCTIONS

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I want to stand today in 
opposition to the rule that has been proposed. First and foremost, this 
is a rule that I went before the chairman of the committee and he 
agreed that we ought to be including some additional services for 
adoptive parents that are in dire need of assistance to be able to 
adopt children in this country. We have got over 3 million abused 
children, we have 450,000 kids in foster care, and we desperately need 
to provide adoption services to those children.
  Most importantly, I oppose this rule because I do not think that this 
is a period of time that we ought to be talking about tax cuts for the 
American people. The fact of the matter is we need to bring the deficit 
of this country down. We ought not to be at this 
[[Page H4191]] time pandering to the American people, we ought to be 
tough. The American people are tough. They can handle a tough choice.
  The fact of the matter is that we are standing there telling the 
American people ``We can have tax deductions, tax reductions, at the 
same time that we are going to be facing $200 billion a year 
deficits.'' It is not right. The people can handle it, and we ought to 
say the truth.

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