[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4380]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       VOTE FOR TAX RELIEF TODAY

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, if Republicans were giving away chocolate 
candy, Democrats would accuse them of promoting cavities in America's 
children. They are masters of misrepresentation. They are totally 
against this tax cut. They do not want the middle class to have tax 
relief. But they are too clever to say, ``Hey, we hate giving tax 
relief,'' so what they do is say, ``Oh, this tax relief is only for the 
wealthy.'' That is very strange since the nonpartisan Joint Committee 
on Taxation says that 76 percent of the tax relief goes to middle-class 
families earning between $20,000 and $75,000 a year. Indeed, 91 percent 
of the tax relief goes to families with a household income of $100,000 
or less. This is solid middle-class stuff. This is not about tax relief 
for the wealthy. It is about couples like Debbie and Phil Spindle. 
Debbie makes $24,000 and Phil makes $40,000. They have a 14-year-old 
and an 11-year-old. They need the $500 per child tax credit. They need 
tax relief. They need a break. They do not need a wasteful government 
that year after year takes money out of their pocket and spends it on 
countless bureaucracies and bureaucrats. Let us vote for tax relief 
today.

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