[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           REPEAL THE GAS TAX

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, that last 1-minute was almost ridiculous. 
Why is your gas going up? Well, yes, it has to do with market, and 
perhaps there is a little too much coziness between the big oil 
companies, who have always been putting generous donations into 
Democratic campaign coffers. But one thing we must never forget is that 
gas, every single gallon, is 4.3 cents higher because Bill Clinton 
resides in the White House, and under a Democrat majority Congress they 
increased your gas prices 4.3 cents per gallon and Americans have been 
paying that for 2\1/2\ years.
  I ask my Democrat colleagues who are so concerned about America's 
working class to join me in asking the President to repeal his 
excessive 4.3-cents-per-gallon gas tax and let us give Americans a 
little help this summer.

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