[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 207 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H15577-H15578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TAKE A STAND FOR SMALL BUSINESS

  (Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, in 1992 we heard time and again 
that candidate Clinton was committed to supporting small businessmen 
and women in this country. Now, he has the chance to make good on his 
campaign promise. And his response? He vetoed the small-business tax 
incentives in the Balanced Budget Act.
  President Clinton says he supports jobs creation and economic 
expansion. But he continues to oppose small-business incentives in the 
current budget negotiations and continues to call them tax breaks for 
millionaires.
  The goal behind these small-business tax incentives is twofold: 
enable small business men and women to keep more of their income and 
give them an incentive to reinvest the extra funds in small business. 
In turn, small firms will create new jobs, contribute to the economy, 
and provide additional tax revenues. And the cycle continues.
  If the President wants to take a stand for the country, take a stand 
for small business.
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                                 NOTICE

                    LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995

 A special joint notice from the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 
 of the House concerning implementation of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
  of 1995 (P.L. 104-65) appears in this issue of the Record following 
 both the proceedings of the Senate and the House. See pages S19290-91 
                             and H15634-35.
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                         LET US ACT LIKE ADULTS

  (Mr. DEUTSCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, when the Republican freshmen came to 
Congress, they promised us that they would run Congress like a 
business.
  Well, let us talk about what is going on right now. We have a 
disagreement, let us say, between the CEO and the board of directors of 
a publicly traded corporation, and then, as that disagreement is going 
on, the board of directors says, ``Let us fire all of the employees and 
pay them, yes, fire all the employees and pay them.'' Think what would 
happen to the value of that company the next day.
  You know something, that is exactly what my Republican colleagues are 
doing. They have decided to furlough the employees and pay them.
  I hope in the next nine 1-minutes someone tries to explain that 
inexplicable thing. It does not make sense to anyone out there in 
America. It just absolutely does not. That is what you are doing.
  What is going on reminds me of when my 5-year-old acts like my 2-
year-old. I mean, adults really can have disagreements, but they really 
should act like adults, and what I would recommend to everyone out 
there, the children of America, is to call their parents in Congress 
and tell them to act like adults over the next couple of days.

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