[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           LIBERAL EXTREMISM

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday during special orders I heard the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut [Ms. DeLauro] call our 7-year, $245 
billion tax cut massive. And I looked at the Congressional Record, Mr. 
Speaker, and I cannot find a single instance in which the gentlewoman 
used the word ``massive'' to describe Bill Clinton's 1993 7-year tax 
hike of $400 billion.
  In fact, she was a vocal advocate of that plan. She described it as 
``courageous, responsible, a bold initiative,'' and my favorite, 
``serious change.''
  Now, let me repeat this, Mr. Speaker, because I think it is important 
for the American people to understand where the Democrats are coming 
from philosophically. The liberal extremists criticize a $245 billion 
tax cut by calling it massive, but they call a $400 billion tax 
increase ``serious change.''
  When it comes to letting the American people keep more of what they 
have earned, the liberal extremists are morally offended. But when it 
comes to the Government confiscating more and more money from those who 
have earned it, they pat themselves on the back for their courage.

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