[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 64 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE DO-NOTHING DEMOCRATS

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, 50 years ago Harry Truman attacked the 
do-nothing Congress, and I think 48 years later Truman would be saying 
the same thing of the do-nothing Democrats.
  Last year we got elected to do some very specific things. We got 
elected to provide a balanced budget, the first balanced budget in a 
generation. The do-nothing Democrats fault it. The do-nothing President 
vetoed it.
  Now he is doing the same thing with the gas tax. We want a straight 
reduction to cut gas taxes. We are providing it. The do-nothing 
Democrats once again are standing in the way. The do-nothing Democrats 
once again are threatening a veto.
  Talk about tax cuts, we provided tax cuts for middle-class families. 
The do-nothing Democrats fought it. The President vetoed a $500 per 
child tax cut. They increased taxes in 1993 on senior citizens up to 85 
percent of their earnings. We offered relief. The do-nothing Democrats 
vetoed it.
  Most importantly, I think, on Medicare, they know Medicare is going 
broke. We did something about it. The do-nothing Democrats vetoed it 
and shamelessly demagogued the issue, and are willing to throw the 
senior citizens out in the cold.

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