[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 42 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THE GREATEST GIFT THIS CONGRESS CAN GIVE OUR CHILDREN

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, about 30 years ago a distinguished Member of 
the other body wrote a book entitled ``The Arrogance of Power,'' and 
since becoming a Member of Congress this year that title has haunted 
me, because nowhere has that arrogance been shown greater than in the 
oppressive tax system that the Congress of the United States has 
allowed to be developed over the last 30 or 40 years. We now have a tax 
system that rewards political friends at the expense of America's 
families.
  Somebody asked me yesterday at a press conference what does it mean 
for America if we truly reform the Tax Code, and what it means is that 
every man, woman, and child in this country will no longer see an 
arrogance where Washington thinks they know better and they have more 
compassion and spending the money that is being earned by America's 
families.
  We are going to abolish that arrogance in this Congress. We are going 
to reform taxes, we are going to give America back to the Americans, 
and we are going to restore the future of this financial security for 
our children. That is the greatest gift this Congress can give our 
children.

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