[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    LIBERAL CLASS WARFARE CONTINUES

  (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, in response to the preceding speaker, the 
gentleman from Georgia, I would suggest to him that there are very few 
people in this country earning $40,000 to $50,000 a year who are 
employed as the rich on Wall Street. Yet that is exactly how the 
Democrats in this House view people who earn that much money--rich.
  There are two competing philosophies between the major parties. 
Republicans believe that individuals who work for a living ought to be 
able to make the decisions on how to spend their money. Democrats who 
controlled this House for 40 years believe that families do not have 
the compassion or the wisdom to make those spending decisions, and that 
we should send more of their money back to Washington so bureaucrats 
can make those spending decisions. That is their legacy to America 
during the 40 years they controlled this Chamber.
  In each Congress that the Republicans have controlled this Chamber 
since we took control in 1995, we have cut taxes for American families. 
That is our legacy to America. It is a legacy that continues with our 
present tax cut proposal.

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