[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 92 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          AMERICA IS OVERTAXED

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, American people are certainly not 
undertaxed. From the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep, 
and even while you are sleeping, you are being taxed.
  When you have your morning coffee, you pay a coffee tax. When you 
take a shower, you pay a water tax. When you get in a car to drive to 
work, you pay a gas tax and a property tax. While you are at work, you 
are accruing an income tax. You pay electricity taxes all day and when 
you get home at night and turn on your TV, you pay a cable tax. Even 
when you flush the toilet, you are paying a tax.
  Americans are tired of paying so much in taxes for a government that 
is so lacking in accountability and responsibility. Today we have a tax 
reduction bill. It does not go as far as I would like, but it is the 
first step toward getting government off the backs of the people and 
probably the only tax relief bill we will get past the veto pen of Bill 
Clinton.
  Mr. Speaker, support real tax relief for all Americans today.

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