[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H10646-H10647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE ANTITAX REVOLUTION

  (Mr. RIGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, these presidential gyrations on taxes are 
fascinating. Watch the President flip, flop, flip. Well, we all 
remember when candidate Bill Clinton promised a middle-class tax cut, 
but then President Bill Clinton raised taxes on the American people. 
Now the President, as the train is leaving the station, says he wants 
on board the antitax revolution.
  Well, Mr. Speaker, we here in Congress--the Republican majority 
anyway--heartily agree with the President that his 1993 tax increases 
were way too big and a big policy mistake. That is why we want to give 
American families a $500-per-child tax credit. The average family of 
two will get a $1,000 tax credit. Those making between $25,000 and 
$30,000 will see their taxes cut in half, and 4.57 million very low 
income families will see their tax liability eliminated altogether.
  Mr. Speaker, President Clinton is right. His taxes are too high, and 
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Republicans this week are going to cut those taxes and let Americans 
keep more of the fruit of their labors.

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