[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    PASS A TAX BILL THAT PUTS MONEY BACK IN THE POCKETS OF AVERAGE 
                               AMERICANS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to tax cuts the question 
before this House is a simple one: Who should benefit? President 
Clinton and the House Democrats believe that the middle class should. 
That is why the bulk of benefits from the Democratic tax proposals go 
to families who need it most, hard-working, average, middle class 
families. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle disagree. Their 
tax proposal helps big business and the wealthy at the expense of the 
middle class, and the American people know it.
  In a recent Gallup Poll 52 percent of those surveyed say the 
Republican proposal will benefit the rich while only 8 percent said it 
would favor the middle class, and 61 percent said the Republican 
Congress is out of touch with the American people.
  I urge my colleagues to listen to the message the American people are 
sending us. Let us get back in touch with the American people. Let us 
pass a tax bill that puts back money into the pockets of average 
American middle class families.

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