[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15102]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       DO WE CUT TAXES OR DO WE HELP SENIOR CITIZENS AND CHILDREN

  (Mr. GEJDENSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, what is clear here is that the 
Republicans are intentionally avoiding the issue at hand. We can do 
that with the Senate. Senator Dole and Senator Domenici are ready for 
an agreement that will keep the Government running while we debate a 
very serious issue, whether or not 60 percent of a $245 billion tax cut 
goes to people who make over $200,000 a year or whether we cut $270 
billion from the anticipated cost of Medicare. That is the only debate 
here.
  Before we shut the Government down because the Speaker got a bad 
seat. Now we are shutting the Government down because the Speaker has 
worse poll numbers than Richard Nixon when he left office.
  Let us not take out the Speaker's bad seat or bad poll numbers on the 
American people. Let us do what previous Congresses did when they were 
responsible, even when they disagreed with each other. They kept the 
Government running, and they had that debate. The debate is pretty 
basic: Do we cut taxes by $245 billion or do we help protect seniors 
and children?

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