[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REPEAL GAS TAX OF 1993

  (Mr. KIM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIM. Mr. Speaker, here we go again, attacking the free market. I 
guess we need a bigger government to control more and more.
  Mr. Speaker, I represent a portion of southern California where 
people are paying almost $2 a gallon for gasoline. That is right, $2. 
That is ridiculous.
  The people are angry. The people are even angrier when they find out 
that Congress slapped a tax on gasoline to pay for numerous social 
programs. That is right, Congress increased the gasoline tax in 1993 to 
pay for numerous additional social programs.
  In the past, the gas tax worked fine because all of the moneys went 
to fixing highways and potholes. What happens today? Only a fraction of 
the gas tax money is spent on highways and bridges. That is the 
problem.
  My position is simple. If we are not going to fix the highways, then 
we should not collect this gas tax money.
  Let me tell you how we are going to lower the cost of gasoline. It is 
simple. Let us repeal the Clinton gas tax increase of 1993.

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