[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 98 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5134]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  AMERICANS SHOULD LOOK AT THE RECORD

  (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, every single morning we are treated to a 
litany of speeches from the other side talking about Republican plans 
to cut taxes as being a tax cut for the rich, and I sometimes think 
that people mistake volume for sincerity because when we look at the 
record of what a Democrat Congress versus a Republican Congress has 
done, it is clear who is on the side of working families.
  For 40 years they controlled this Chamber. When they took over, 
American families' tax rates were about 10 percent. When they left a 
few years ago, we had the highest taxes in the history of America. And 
in one Congress, this Republican Congress has repeatedly passed tax 
cuts for working families.
  Who are the rich that they keep talking about? They are talking about 
teachers and truck drivers and foundry workers. When we look at the 
record as to who really stands for expanding the welfare state, we know 
it is the other side. We are the side that believes in expanding 
people's checkbooks, expanding their take-home money.

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