[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 125 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED RELIEF, NOT NEW TAXES

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address theHouse for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask the American people, are you working 
harder and harder every day, every month, every year, and having less 
to show for it? Are you concerned that your children will not be better 
off than you are? Are you worried that they will not be able to enjoy 
and share the American dream as we know it? Do you have concerns that 
big Government, wasteful spending, and big bureaucracy has stolen the 
American dream?
  I have those concerns. The Republican Congress and many Members on 
the Democrat side have those concerns, too. We have worked for a 
balanced budget. We have worked for commonsense reform of the 
bureaucracy. We have worked for affordable and accessible health care. 
We have worked to reduce taxes. It concerns met that President Clinton, 
when he talked about tax cuts at the Democrat Convention, actually his 
proposals increased taxes over $64 billion, new dollars.
  We do not need to increase taxes at this time. The American middle 
class people need tax relief, not additional taxes. Mr. Speaker, we 
need to refused the size of government. We need to reduce spending. We 
do not need to increase taxes at this time.

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