[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H1546-H1547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CANNOT CUT TAXES AND REDUCE THE DEFICIT AT THE SAME TIME

  (Mr. GREEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to be here today and follow my 
colleague. I am not proud of this Congress either because we are a do-
nothing Congress. But before we condemn the Republican leadership for 
their inactivity, I would like to remind my colleagues that it could be 
worse.
  We could have a repeat performance of 2 years ago, when the 
Republicans were busy trying to pass legislation that cut taxes at the 
expense of Medicare.
  While the Republican leadership missed yesterday's deadline for a 
budget resolution, we are still hearing that my colleagues want to pass 
tax cuts again. In fact, we have Senate Republicans demanding cuts in 
Medicare and House Republicans wanting to eliminate estate taxes.
  A great plan: We will cut your taxes after you die, but we are going 
to take your Medicare away from you while are you alive.
  We cannot cut taxes and reduce the deficit at the same time.

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  Following my colleague from Ohio, beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Does this 
make sense?

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