[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WELCOME TO THE GINGRICH REVOLUTION

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, my Republican colleagues say their tax 
package benefits the middle class. I guess it all depends on how you 
define middle class.
  In today's Washington Post one Republican Congressman explains that 
GOP tax credits for people making $200,000 a year are not tax breaks 
for the wealthy, because people making $200,000 a year are not wealthy, 
they are lower middle class.
  The Congressman is quoted as saying: ``When I see someone who is 
making anywhere from $300,000 to $750,000 a year, that's middle 
class.''
  If Republicans consider a person making $750,000 a year as middle 
class, I am beginning to understand how they can claim that this budget 
helps the middled class. In fact, by GOP calculations, Newt Gingrich 
might qualify for food stamps. Except there would not be food stamps, 
because they are being cut to help out those poor, struggling families 
making $750,000 a year. Welcome to the Gingrich revolution.

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