[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 82 (Wednesday, May 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5088-H5089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REPUBLICAN BUSINESS AS USUAL

  (Mr. WARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
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  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, I am a freshman. I voted for all of the 
reforms that we proposed, that were proposed on the 1st day of this 
session, especially the reform that required a three-fifths 
supermajority of this House to raise taxes. But now what do we see? We 
see the Republicans reverting to business as usual.
  Since our income tax brackets are adjusted each year to reflect 
inflation, to keep people from being pushed into higher tax brackets 
simply due to that inflation, the arbitrary reduction in the Consumer 
Price Index by the Republicans will, in effect, increase taxes for 
millions of Americans. And it will do that without a three-fifths vote 
of this body, in direct violation of that rule that I supported.
  I am deeply disappointed that we are seeing business as usual by the 
Republican majority.

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