[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         AMERICA NEEDS TAX RELIEF TO REMAIN LAND OF OPPORTUNITY

  (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, few issues are more closely linked to the 
idea of freedom than the issue of taxation. If America is to remain the 
land of opportunity, it can only be so if the people are free, free 
from a government that stands in the way of Americans pursuing their 
dreams. My family came to Kansas as immigrants in 1893. They arrived 
virtually penniless. But they knew that through hard work, the sky was 
the limit. They followed the Kansas motto, ``Ad astra per aspera,'' to 
the stars through difficulty. Like others, they came to America to 
escape limits on their freedoms, whether religious, economic, or 
political, and they came to pursue their dreams.
  But when a government takes more and more of the fruits of our labor, 
it becomes more and more difficult to pursue our dreams. The 
Government's power to tax Americans, to take away from our dreams, has 
grown too great. It is time to cut back on the Government's power. It 
is time to bring back the idea that America is the land of opportunity.

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