[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           NO JUSTICE OR FAIRNESS IN THE REPUBLICAN TAX BILL

  (Mr. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, the Scripture tells us or asks us, 
``What then is required of us but to do justice, to love mercy, and to 
walk humbly with our God?"
  Mr. Speaker, there is very little justice in the Republican tax plan 
that is going to be presented to this House. According to the Treasury 
Department, the vast majority of the tax cuts in the Republican bill 
would go to the wealthiest of Americans. Specifically, the Treasury 
Department information tells us that two-thirds of the Republican tax 
cuts would benefit families with incomes of over $100,000 per year. The 
richest 1 percent would receive an average tax break of over $12,000. 
Not many of my constituents earn $100,000 a year. There is no justice, 
no fairness, in the Republican tax bill. We need tax relief for 
America's working families.

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