[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 167 (Thursday, October 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER

  (Ms. BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans are at it again. 
The party for the rich and famous has devised a budget plan in which 
all Americans lose, except the wealthy. Yes, Mr. Speaker, it is 
Christmas in October for all of those wealthy Republican campaign 
contributors because the Republicans are repaying them with generous 
tax breaks. Meanwhile, everyone else gets the short end of the stick.
  Under the Republican's reverse Robin Hood budget plan, so many 
programs that middle class and working families depend on--education, 
Medicare, Medicaid, child nutrition, Head Start, daycare, earned income 
tax credit, and housing, just to name a few, are being robbed while the 
wealthiest corporations and individuals will reap a $245 billion tax 
cut.
  Mr. Speaker, in order to balance the budget, a shared sacrifice is 
necessary; everyone must make sacrifices, not just the middle class and 
working people.
  The Republican budget plan will hurt American families. When it comes 
to family values, the Republican Party talks the talk but they 
certainly do not walk the walk. This budget proves it.

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