[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H1545-H1546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  PRIORITIES FOR WORKING MEN AND WOMEN

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, America does need tax relief today, but it 
does not need it for the top 5 percent in this country. The speaker the 
other day got up and suggested a $300 billion giveaway to the top 5 
percent. Where is it for the rest of the working people in this 
country?
  Mr. Speaker, it is no secret why the Republican leadership refuses to 
schedule campaign finance reform. The wealthy donors who contributed to 
the Republican Party want tax breaks. According to an article that was 
in the Washington Times last week, they have told the Republican 
leadership

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that they can forget about more money for their party unless they have 
these tax cuts for the wealthiest at the top.
  What about providing health care for the 10 million kids who have no 
health insurance in this country? What about education for our folks? 
What about a tax break for education for those who want to go on to 
college? What about school-to-work programs for the 70 percent of our 
population who do not graduate from college?
  Let us have priorities for working men and women in this country and 
their families and not for the wealthiest few in the Nation.

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