[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GOP EXTREMIST AGENDA WRONG APPROACH

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, our constituents are worried about jobs. 
They see downsizing in their communities. They are concerned about 
wages because the economy continues to be a problem for many Americans. 
But the answer is not the GOP extremist agenda that basically protects 
the rich and the powerful but threatens the health, safety, and 
security of America's working families.
  The Republican leadership over the last year has been putting forth 
this extremist agenda at the expense of the middle class, at the 
expense of the average working American. They have tried to put into 
place tax breaks for large corporations and for wealthy Americans. They 
have tried to cut taxes, or they have tried to eliminate tax credits, 
the earned income tax credits for working Americans at the lower end of 
the income spectrum.
  At the same time, you see the President suggesting that we do things 
to help the average working American. The President has talked about 
tax cuts for families. He has talked about doing things for education, 
such as your ability to deduct tuition that you pay for your student, 
your children that are in college. It really is terrible that we 
continue to see this GOP extremist agenda that hurts the average 
working American, and I hope that now that we are back in session and 
we are away from this 3-week break that we are starting to see some 
action in this Congress to help the average working American.

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