[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         GIVE THE TAXPAYERS A BREAK--REPEAL THE CLINTON GAS TAX

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton crunch is hitting the 
American people hard. The most conspicuous evidence of the Clinton 
crunch right now is the soaring gas prices all over our Nation. Back in 
1993, President Clinton enacted the largest tax increase in our 
Nation's history. And included in this tax package was a $4.8 billion 
tax increase on gasoline. This Clinton gas tax is hitting all consumers 
right where it hurts--in the wallet.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people want to keep more of what they earn, 
not continue to give more and more of their hard-earned money to the 
Federal Government. I call on my Democrat colleagues to support a 
repeal of the Clinton gas tax. While $4.8 billion may not seem like 
much money to some of the Clinton Democrats, it's considered a whole 
lot of money to the majority of the American people.
  Give the taxpayers a break. Repeal the Clinton gas tax.

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