[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H4229-H4230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      COMPETING TAX CUT PROPOSALS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the Democratic tax cut program says to 
families who work and who pay taxes, ``Yes, you are entitled to a tax 
cut, to a child tax cut.'' That is what we will provide for you. The 
Republican tax proposal says to the richest corporations of this 
country, ``We will lower your tax obligation and in fact many of you 
will have a zero tax obligation.''

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 That is what the Republican tax proposal says.
  Do not take my word for it. Listen to conservative political 
commentator Kevin Phillips:
  ``Republicans are determined to slash the capital gains tax, the 
estate tax, the corporate alternative minimum tax, and some other 
provisions important to the people who write the campaign checks.''
  Mr. Speaker, those are not my words but a conservative Republican 
political pundit who says those. In addition to that, tonight my 
Republican colleagues have scheduled a million-dollar fund-raising 
dinner on the eve of the vote for their tax cut proposal. It makes 
perfect sense. Rich contributors will be able to thank the Republicans 
for crafting a program that helps them.

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