[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 87 (Friday, June 20, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4090]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ANY EXCUSE IS A GOOD EXCUSE

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, any excuse is a good excuse if one does not 
want to do something. Let us see. What is today's excuse for voting 
against tax relief?
  Well, the tax relief is going for the wealthy. We cannot give the 
rich a tax break. Well, who are these so-called rich? Liberals say that 
if one makes more than $40,000 per year, one is rich. Well, that is bad 
news for the aircraft workers in Wichita, the air capital of the world, 
bad news because this will be the third weekend this month that single 
mothers have gone to work to work overtime, the third weekend they will 
miss spending time with their three children. They are just working to 
make ends meet, and somehow, somehow they thought being rich would be 
just a little bit better.
  No tax relief for the wealthy. Mr. Speaker, any excuse is a good 
excuse when you do not want to do something.

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