[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]




                             LET US BE FAIR

  (Mr. FAZIO of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, we read in the Washington Post 
this morning that Leader Armey is taking the leading role in defining 
the remainder of this Congress' Republican revolution. Apparently the 
revolution he wants to bring about is to cut education so that we can 
go about reducing the gas tax without any promise, any commitment that 
that will actually be passed through to consumers.
  While oil companies are profiting, and obviously many are based in 
his home State of Texas, we seem to think the only way we can help 
people who are suffering from incredible increases at the pump would be 
to cut programs that will help their children.
  This is the same leader who indicates we ought not to have a minimum 
wage, let alone an increase in it, that would take it, in real dollars, 
from 1950 to 1960.
  It seems to me if we are going to address the issue of cutting taxes 
on gasoline without passing them through to consumers, we certainly 
ought to be willing to take up the issue of a minimum wage for those 
people who struggle each day to put food on the table for their 
families. That would be a fair way to lead this institution.

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