[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 86 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

  (Mr. ENSIGN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot of talk about the 
numbers of the tax bill and for the rich, for the poor. Let us just 
look at a few of those numbers right now.
  The $500-per-child tax credit over the 10 years takes up $150 billion 
of the $250 billion in tax cuts. The education tax credits take up $50 
billion of that 250 billion. Add those together, that is 200 billion of 
the $250 billion, roughly 80 percent just in those two tax cuts.
  Mr. Speaker, if we look at the bills, and I do not say to the 
American people to trust any politician up here, look at the bill, pull 
it up on the Internet, and people will see that no one can receive 80 
percent of the tax cuts that makes over $125,000 a year as a family, 
$75,000 a year as an individual.
  Mr. Speaker, 75 percent of this tax cut goes to people making less 
than $75,000 a year. Do not take my word for it. My colleagues should 
look it up for themselves.

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