[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 86 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                TAX CUTS

  (Ms. STABENOW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. STABENOW. Mr. Speaker, I first would indicate that I did not 
serve with Congressman Emerson. I have served with the gentlewoman from 
Missouri [Mrs. Emerson]. And if he is half as good as she, I missed 
serving with a wonderful man and appreciate the comments today.
  Mr. Speaker, I am rising to speak to the issue of tax cuts today. We 
have a bill in front of us that came from the Committee on Ways and 
Means that, unfortunately, does not do what constituents in my district 
in Michigan need to have done.
  When I supported the balanced budget agreement, I did so assuming we 
would take those precious tax cut dollars and focus them on the hard-
working, middle-class families in my district and around the country. 
And instead, what we have is 80 percent of those tax cuts, when fully 
implemented, going to the top 5 percent of the public, once again, with 
the philosophy that somehow if the rich get richer, it will trickle 
down to each of us.
  The folks in my district, who work hard every day, want to be able to 
have help to send their children to college, work hard, be able to sell 
their homes. I would like very much to see that tax relief bill go to 
hard-working families.

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