[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                COMMENDING THE BALANCED BUDGET AGREEMENT

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, here in America we are taxed on the very 
first cup of coffee we drink in the morning. We are taxed on every 
gallon of fuel we expend just to get to work. We are taxed when we make 
a phone call. We are taxed when we buy something on the way home. When 
we get to our home, we pay property taxes on the house we live in. 
Then, God forbid, if we should die, we are paying taxes once again. We 
pay in life and we pay in death.
  Early this morning we did something about that by passing the 
balanced budget agreement. For the first time in 16 years we have hope 
of a little Federal tax relief for families that work. For the first 
time in nearly 30 years we will get to a balanced budget by the year 
2000. Sweet dreams, America. Hope is alive.

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