[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TAX RELIEF FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS

  (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, I have seen information from the 1996 
Statistical Abstract of the United States, and on page 461 is a table 
of statistics that shows the median household income in 1994, the 
latest year of which figures are available, was $32,264. An American 
household earning $32,264 is about as middle class as middle class can 
be.
  So the question I have is should middle-class households, such as one 
earning $32,264 a year, be given tax relief? Should Washington spend a 
little bit less money so that families with incomes of about $32,000 a 
year can have a little more?
  I think we should. I think we should let middle-income families keep 
a little more of what is already theirs, their hard-earned money, and 
that tax relief package that was passed by Congress was designed 
exactly for the middle class.
  My mind keeps going back to the single mother working at an aircraft 
company in Wichita, KS. She has three children. She is working hard 
trying to keep the three kids in school, properly clothed, never going 
hungry, living in a good home. Should she be able to keep more of her 
hard-earned money? I think so. Yes, Mr. Speaker, she should.

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