[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON TAX RELIEF

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, here is a quote from the White House 
yesterday. ``But he''--meaning President Clinton--``will certainly 
acknowledge that tax relief, as he has been fighting for as President, 
is something that remains very important.''
  Mr. Speaker, let me point out that Clinton is now in the fourth year 
of his Presidency. If he has been fighting for tax relief, why don't 
the taxpayers have it?
  Is it because in his first year as President, he pushed the largest 
tax increase in history on the backs of the American people?
  Is it because when a middle-class, family tax relief bill was laid on 
his desk, he vetoed it?
  Or is it because he didn't even start talking about tax cuts until 
Republicans became the majority in Congress?
  Mr. Speaker, all the above help point out that Bill Clinton is a say-
anything, do-nothing liberal President. He claims to be for the people, 
but his actions show that his policies are higher taxes, bigger 
government, and more spending.

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