[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WE NEED THE TRUTH ABOUT TAX CUTS

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I think the question should be 
asked this morning as we move into this process where the American 
people will make choices: ``What does a 15-percent tax cut do for you 
or for those Americans who are looking for a better life?''
  We do not need political rhetoric. We do not need confusion. We need 
the truth.
  It is interesting that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle 
want to now use the straw man of teenage drug use, something that all 
of us abhor, something that is necessary to prevent, when they are the 
very ones asking for almost a $600 billion tax cut that benefits those 
making over $100,000 so that, one, we can cut the drug-free schools 
program. As a member of the Committee on the Judiciary, that is what 
they cut, cut the DARE Program that enhances and gives our children the 
incentive not to take drugs.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe in prevention, but a tax cut does nothing but 
to scare seniors by causing a $300 billion cut in Medicare, it cuts the 
environment and, likewise, it cuts our opportunities for education.
  Let us tell the truth. This 15 percent across the board has no basis 
in fact. There is no way to tell how it can be done. There is no way to 
say that it will improve your life. Please realize what the truth is. 
Fight against those tax cuts and let us educate our children.

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