[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    THE CHOICE IS CLEAR: PASS TAX CUTS AS PART OF A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Ms. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, politics is all about choices. One of the 
biggest choices facing lawmakers is the direction of the U.S. economy. 
We can go down the path of higher taxation, more welfare benefits, and 
more regulation. This is known as the European path. It is also the 
path chosen by liberal Democrats.
  The European path is a lot of fun for politicians. They can play 
Santa Claus, but it is not so much fun for the people. Just ask the 
people out of work in Germany or France, where the unemployment rate is 
twice the jobless rate here in the United States.
  The other path is a path in just the opposite direction: lower taxes, 
less regulation, welfare reform. That is the direction we want for the 
U.S. economy. That is the direction we want for Americans looking for a 
job, Americans looking for a better job, Americans looking for higher-
paying jobs.
  This is the time to choose directions. This time the choice is clear. 
We must pass the tax cuts as part of a balanced budget. Choices, Mr. 
Speaker, that is what politics is all about.

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