[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       TAX CUTS AND DEFICIT REDUCTION FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. MARTINI asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MARTINI. Mr. Speaker, in sitting here this morning and listening 
to this debate, it reminds me of a debate less than 2 years ago in my 
home State of New Jersey. At that time, when the then-newly elected 
Governor Whitman spoke about tax cuts and cutting spending at the same 
time, then, as now, the same naysayers rose and complained and said it 
could not be done.
  I am pleased to report today, Mr. Speaker, that less than 2 years 
into her term, she has accomplished two-thirds of her tax cut, with 
sufficient deficit reduction, and what we have witnessed in New Jersey 
is an increase in revenues, jobs, and a healthy economy.
  I am confident that with the passage of today's bill and rule, we 
will accomplish the same things here for the Federal Government, and 
with the linkage and language that exists today in this tax bill, the 
linkage which assures that we will have sufficient deficit reduction 
with tax relief, I am even more confident that we can accomplish that 
goal.


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