[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10045-H10046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      DEMOCRATS HOOKED ON SPENDING

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, the liberal Democrat leadership will be 
holding mock hearings today for the sole purpose of criticizing the 
Republican plan to cut taxes by 15 percent.
  Liberal Democrats just can't stand the idea of Americans keeping what 
they earn. For some reason, they love big government; they love 
spending billions and trillions of hard-earned tax

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dollars on Washington-based bureaucracy.
  Today at their hearing, liberal Democrats will bring the old 
arguments that Republicans want to slash programs to the elderly to pay 
for tax breaks for the rich. But these arguments have been thoroughly 
rejected by the American people. Congress has proven that we can have 
substantial tax relief while saving sensitive programs, like Medicare, 
from bankruptcy.
  The difference here is that Republicans trust the American people. 
Families should have the freedom to do what they want with their own 
money. Liberal Democrats love big government and they love the big 
taxes needed to run it.

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