[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 32 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES TOLLS ON INTERSTATES

  (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, if we needed proof that 
the President is really a tax-and-spend liberal just look at this 
headline in the Washington Times: Clinton Proposes Tolls on 
Interstates.
  The Clinton administration has proposed that the Federal Government 
do away with a 40-year restriction on States charging tolls on Federal 
highways. The White House claims this is a modest proposal, but it 
appears that the bridge to the 21st century has a toll booth on it.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people do not need another tax. Over half 
of the family income goes to taxes at all levels, and to suggest that 
American families need to pay more taxes for the highways that they 
have already paid for is too much. The President says he wants to 
balance the budget, but he has submitted a budget that does not 
balance. He says he wants tax relief, but he just announced a new tax 
increase.
  Mr. Speaker, the President should go back to the drawing board and 
start with a real balanced budget, one without a tax increase on 
hardworking Americans.

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