[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]




                 TAX RELIEF FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the American people want tax 
relief. They want lower taxes, but Mr. Speaker, the American people 
want a tax cut that goes to the people who need it most, American 
working families. The Republican tax bill is a boom for Wall Street, 
but a bust for Main Street.
  The Republican tax bill gives little relief to the working people, 
people struggling to pay a mortgage, a car loan, their credit card 
bills, and send their kids to college. The Republican tax bill gives 
most of the tax breaks to the wealthiest people in America. Almost 60 
percent of the Republican tax credits goes to the the wealthiest 5 
percent of Americans, people who on average earn $250,000 a year.
  That is not right, it is not fair, and it is not just. That is not 
what the American people want. Democrats want a tax cut for the middle 
class, for working families. These are the people who deserve tax 
relief. Let us not give away the store to millionaires like Rush 
Limbaugh and other yacht-owning junk bond traders and Rolls Royce 
drivers. Say no to the Republican tax break bill.

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