[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  PASS THE CLINTON GAS TAX REPEAL ACT

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEATRAND. Mr. Speaker, in Al Gore's book, ``Earth in the 
Balance,'' the Vice President peers into his crystal ball and 
cheerfully foresees the end of the automobile as America's primary 
transportation. If he and his Democrat colleagues are attempting to 
force the automobile out of existence through excessive gas tax hikes, 
Americans had better fasten their seatbelt, we are in for a wild ride.
  While the rest of the Nation averaged just over a 1 cent increase in 
gas prices, the families on California's central coast witnessed some 
prices closing in on the $2 mark for a gallon of gas. The American 
people are tired of unnecessary burdensome taxes to feed the coffers of 
Washington benefactors. Last week, I introduced H.R. 3415, the Clinton 
Gas Tax Repeal Act, which will stop this mindless taxation.
  The Republican perscription for gas relief is to put money back into 
the pockets of every working American family. The Democrats 
perscription for gas relief is a Gas-X tablet and an election year nap. 
Americans deserve better. Pass H.R. 3415.

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