[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 ONCE AGAIN THE PRESIDENT REVERSES HIMSELF--THIS TIME ON ADOPTION TAX 
                                 CREDIT

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in 1993 President Clinton 
passed the largest tax increase in history, and then later reversed 
himself in Texas when he commented that he raised taxes too much. He 
said he was for a tax cut, but he vetoed tax cuts, just one right after 
the other: A child tax credit relief, capital gains relief, a marriage 
penalty relief, and many more.
  Tomorrow we are going to bring a $5,000 adoption tax credit up to be 
debated again for a second time, and once again the President has 
reversed himself. He says he likes the idea. We must continue to fight 
for tax cuts that help American families and children.
  As my colleagues know, Americans want and even deserve a break from 
high taxes and not just when it is in the President's best political 
interest.

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