[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REPUBLICANS ARE COMMITTED TO TAX CUTS

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, while liberal Democrats are busier 
than a White House shredder coming up with excuses why they are against 
tax cuts, Republicans in Congress remain committed to passing the first 
tax cuts in 16 years. Let us recall that Congress would not even be 
talking about tax cuts were it not for the Republicans in control. 
After all, prior to 1994 the Democrats were in power for decades. They 
had their chance to give average families tax relief. They chose 
instead to pass President Clinton's tax increase, the largest tax 
increase in U.S. history. Now I hear the other side making claims that 
they really are for tax relief, only they are not for the Republican 
tax package.
  With all due respect, those claims are about as credible as the White 
House claims that no one can remember who hired Craig Livingstone. No, 
the sad truth is that Democrats have not stood for tax relief since 
President John F. Kennedy. The proof is in the pudding.

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