[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 86 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                TAX CUTS

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to my 
colleague, the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Wynn], and I really 
appreciate the lecture on tax cuts from our friend on the left. It is 
akin to letting Dr. Kevorkian come in and design a Medicare plan for 
us.
  The problem is this: The numbers that are being used by my friends on 
the left have been cooked well beyond well done. Let us tell the truth 
to the American people, Mr. Speaker. The fact is this: Tax cuts 
proposed by our majority, over 70 percent go to families earning 
between $20,000 and $75,000 a year.
  Mr. Speaker, I do not believe most working Americans consider 
themselves rich. In fact, Mr. Speaker, I do not believe most working 
Americans pay rent to themselves for the houses they own. Yet the 
numbers offered by the highly partisan Treasury Department are the 
numbers upon which our friends on the left base their baseless canards. 
The fact is we provide tax relief to working families. That is the 
difference.

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