[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE TAX-AND-SPEND DEMOCRATS

  (Mr. DOOLITTLE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, the ultra liberal Clinton administration 
is at it again. Yesterday Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt endorsed a 
plan to tax anything and everything having to do with enjoyment of the 
great outdoors.
  This plan would impose a 5-percent tax on, and, mind you, this is 
just a partial list, backpacks, camping stoves, canoes, canteens, 
climbing equipment, flotation vests, also hiking boots, mountain bikes, 
outdoor sleeping mats, ski equipment, sleeping bags, tests, paddles, 
binoculars, cameras, film, books on bird identification, and audio 
tapes of wildlife calls.
  Mr. Speaker, this is just a glimpse, a reminder, of what the tax and 
spend liberal Democrats would do if returned to power next year. They 
just refuse to acknowledge that what the American people want is fewer 
taxes, not higher taxes.

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