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




                      TAX CUTS AND WORKING PEOPLE

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, the Republican philosophy with respect to 
working families is very simple. We believe that those people who work 
for a living, trying to support their families, ought to be able to 
keep more of the money that they earn. We do not believe they should be 
obligated to send a bigger and bigger piece of their paycheck back to 
Washington so politicians and bureaucrats can decide the best way to 
spend it. That is our legacy to the American people.
  The legacy of our friends who continue to stand up day after day 
deriding tax cuts for the rich is entirely different. If they come to a 
town hall meeting in your neighborhood and talk about tax cuts for the 
rich, ask them who they mean by the rich. They are talking about 
working families earning $40,000 and $50,000 a year. There are a lot of 
rich people in this country that they want to take money from to send 
back here to Washington.
  We Republicans are going to put that money back in the pockets of the 
families who earned it. That is our legacy. Their legacy, the last time 
they controlled this Chamber, was the largest tax increase in the 
history of the United States. We are content to let the people decide 
which is the better course.




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