[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 97 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5027-H5028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR A FAMILY OF FIVE

  (Mr. NEUMANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to talk about 
legislation that is about to be completed out in Washington this month, 
and for a change it is good news. The legislation will balance the 
budget, restore Medicare, and lower taxes on American families. And as 
my colleagues know, when we get to this idea of lowering taxes I 
sometimes think the folks on the other side of the aisle have forgotten 
1993. The discussion was not about lowering taxes. The discussion was 
about which taxes to raise and how high to raise them. Now we are to a 
point where we realize that curtailing the growth of Washington 
spending, how much money Washington takes out of the pockets of our 
American families, by curtailing that growth of Washington spending we 
can both balance the budget and lower taxes.
  And what do we hear? We hear we want to give tax cuts to people who 
do not even pay income tax, and we are into this big argument about 
these tax cuts and who they are going to.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to cut through all the Washington rhetoric and 
talk about a family of five that I see in church on Sunday morning. 
They have got two kids at home and one headed off to college. They do 
not understand all this Washington rhetoric and the Democrats beating 
up Republicans and vice versa, but they know for the two kids that are 
staying home they get $500 for each one of those children, and they 
know for the one that is headed off to college they are going to get 
$1,500.
  They are not rich. They are the folks who get up every morning and go 
to work, and they are the backbone of this great Nation. A balanced 
budget, restored Medicare and lower taxes, that is a bright future for 
this country.

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