[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN

  (Ms. VELAZQUEZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, today we will vote on the first of two 
Republican budget bills. The Republicans will say that they are giving 
tax relief to working families. Do not believe it for one minute. What 
the Republicans are doing is waging war on working families.
  The Republican tax plan will give $27,000 in tax breaks to the 
wealthiest 1 percent. Is this fairness? I will say it again. They want 
to give $27,000 in tax breaks to the wealthiest 1 percent.
  For families trying to move from welfare to work, they want to deny 
worker protections, they want to deny family and medical leave, and 
they refuse to guarantee protections for 10 million uninsured children.
  Do not be fooled. The Republican budget is a big gift to wealthy 
campaign contributors, and the Republican budget is an attack on 
working families.

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