[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 47 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SUPPORT THE TAX LIMITATION AMENDMENT

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, today is tax day. As I speak, literally 
millions of Americans are preparing their tax forms to meet today's 
deadline.
  What many of them will discover is that they get to keep less while 
the Government gets to keep more. Since Bill Clinton took office, 
family income has flattened while taxes have gone up.
  Today Members of this body will have an opportunity to do something 
about the over-taxation of the American people. Today we will vote on 
the Barton amendment to change the Constitution to require a two-thirds 
supermajority to raise taxes.
  Considering the voracious appetite for taxes and spending habits of 
the Federal Government, I think this is a reasonable amendment. It is 
based squarely on the philosophy of limited Government espoused by the 
Founding Fathers. It is not time to put limits on the Federal 
Government. Support the tax limitation amendment.

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