[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H4923-H4924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              A REPUBLICAN TAX BILL THAT BENEFITS THE RICH

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

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  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, this debate about the tax bill is about who 
benefits. My Republican colleagues once again are trying to pass a tax 
bill that benefits the wealthiest of Americans and forgets about 
average middle-class families. And once again, only people who work and 
pay taxes are eligible for a tax cut. Do not let them distort the 
facts.
  I will tell my colleagues that 61 percent of the people in this 
country are not buying their distortions because they believe that the 
Republican Congress is out of touch with the American people. Do not 
take my word for it. Newsweek magazine, an article by Jonathan Alter, 
said the following: A new CNN/USA Today poll shows 61 percent believing 
the GOP Congress is out of touch. And that is before middle-class 
voters even learn that the GOP wants to give a chunk of their tax cut 
to Donald Trump.
  Donald Trump, one of the richest men in the world. They would provide 
a tax cut for the richest corporations in this country, yielding some 
of those folks a zero tax break.
  Class warfare? Yes, indeed, Mr. Speaker, the Republican Party, the 
Republican majority in this House has declared war on middle-class 
America. Let us not let them get away with it.

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