[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       REPUBLICAN TAXPAYER RELIEF ACT FOSTERS THE AMERICAN DREAM

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, every parent wants to leave their children 
better off than they were. But as our Government makes it more and more 
difficult for people to leave the product of their hard work to their 
loved ones, this American dream is becoming almost impossible.
  As hard-working men and women reach retirement, they are forced to 
sell their farms or small businesses because they cannot afford the 
death tax. Our Taxpayer Relief Act fosters the American dream by 
lowering this tax and other tax burdens on the shoulders of working men 
and women.
  Clearly the best thing we can do for future generations is to help 
strengthen our economy, and we can do this by giving every homeowner, 
every inventor, every farmer and small businessman incentives to invest 
in America's neighborhoods and workplaces.
  The Republican Taxpayer Relief Act is good for American families, and 
I urge my colleagues and the liberal Democrats on the other side to 
stop the distortions, stop the rhetoric, and start supporting real tax 
relief for the American people.

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