[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REPUBLICAN EXTREMISTS HAVE GONE TOO FAR

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the last 2 weeks have seen the most 
disturbing developments of the Republican Contract on America, the 
worst example of Republican extremists simply going too far. Thirty-
five million dollars in tax breaks for Australian-born Rupert Murdoch, 
$3.6 billion for American billionaires that have renounced their 
citizenship, $3.6 billion in tax cuts, tax cuts for people making 
$200,000 a year and calling them middle class taxpayers, and the 
elimination of a major corporate tax, all at the same time while 
cutting school lunches for America's school children, while cutting 
student loans for America's middle class families, while cutting the 
Summer Jobs Program.
  Let me make sure I understand this. We have Rupert Murdoch, a 
billionaire from Australia, becoming an American citizen so he can buy 
Fox network, buy a big book publishing house and negotiate book deals 
with American politicians. Then we have a bunch of American 
billionaires renouncing their U.S. citizenship so they can get a tax 
break,
  Mr. Speaker, in the last 3 months Republican extremists have gone too 
far.


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