[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 64 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H4657-H4658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE GAS TAX

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, when Bill Clinton ran for President he 
said ``I feel your pain.'' You know, he has a way with appearing 
emphatic and compassionate. But now, 3 years into his Presidency, Bill 
Clinton is now the source of a lot of pain that the American people 
feel.
  In 1993, he and the liberals here in Congress, enacted the largest 
tax increase in history. Part of that tax increase was the 30-percent 
increase in the Federal gas tax. Every gallon that

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Americans purchased is now 4.3 cents more expensive because of Bill 
Clinton and the liberal Democrats.
  Yesterday was tax freedom day. And in honor of tax freedom day, 
Congress should repeal this regressive gas tax and let the American 
people keep more of what they earn.
  Mr. Speaker, we know the President feels our pain, but the real 
question is, ``does he feel the gas tax pains?''

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