[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H13144-H13145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH

  (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, the whole Nation is waiting for us to settle 
this dispute. The difficulty is that in order to negotiate, you have to 
make certain that both sides have an open mind.
  The major problem that our Republican friends have is that they 
decided a long time ago that they had to have this crown jewel of a 
$245 billion tax cut. Where did the figure come from? Why is it so 
important? Only God and 

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Newt Gingrich know how they got that.
  Another problem they have is that they said, let us talk about it, 
but they have decided it is 7 years. Well, at least the Speaker is 
honest enough to say he just made it up; it just sounded good to him.
  Mr. Speaker, the third and the most vicious thing I think one of the 
leading candidates for President from the other body said, and that is 
that they have been voting against Medicare ever since it has been 
enacted. The record is abundantly clear that they want to get rid of 
Medicare and they want to give tax cuts to the rich.

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