[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 86 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE REPUBLICAN TAX BILL

  (Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I guess it is not 
surprising to hear so many Democrat voices voice opposition to tax 
relief. The same liberal Democrats who claim to care so much about 
children have a strange way of showing it.
  According to the House Committee on Ways and Means, 657,000 children 
in the State of Connecticut would be eligible for the tax credit if the 
Republican tax bill were to become law. That is $1.1 billion for 
Connecticut children, Mr. Speaker.
  In the State of New York, 3.1 million kids; that is 3.1 million kids, 
Mr. Speaker, stand to benefit from the Republican tax relief package. 
That translates into $5.3 billion for New York children.
  Do these liberals really want to deny that help to their State's 
children? Perhaps this is how the liberals now define compassion, take 
money away from the parents, set up some huge Government program and 
hire bureaucrats to replace parents.

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