[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REPUBLICAN TAX PROPOSAL IS DISAPPOINTING

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my disappointment 
in the Republican tax proposal. Under this plan, the majority of the 
tax benefits go to the wealthiest Americans, those making over $250,000 
a year; almost 58 percent of their tax breaks go to people making over 
$250,000 a year.
  I think that we ought to provide the bulk of tax relief to working, 
middle-class families in this country, to the families who are trying 
to figure out how to pay their monthly bills, put food on their table, 
send their kids to school, and provide for a secure retirement and be 
able to afford health care. These are the families who could use tax 
relief in this country today.
  Let me just say that this is simply not a Democratic issue. One of my 
Republican colleagues, in a television appearance with me this morning, 
stated that providing big tax breaks for families who make over 
$250,000 a year is not the right way to go. I encourage more of my 
Republican colleagues, speak out about the need to provide tax relief 
to those families who really need it: hard-working middle-class 
Americans.

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