[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5581-H5582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                LOOK AT THE RECORD ON TAX CUT PROPOSALS

  (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, those who are following this debate on taxes 
may have a hard time trying to figure out which party is being candid 
on their respective tax-cutting claims. My suggestion is that they 
simply look at the record. When we do, we see our friends on the 
Democrat side consistently opposing tax cuts.
  Their argument is that middle-class tax cuts are giving a tax break 
to the wealthy. But the record shows that the so-called wealthy they 
are talking

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about are people earning about $50,000 a year. On the other hand, when 
they talk about giving a tax cut to working families, they really mean 
giving a tax cut to people who do not pay any Federal income taxes.
  The choice is simply this: We can support the Republican proposal 
that affirms the right of working families who pay taxes to keep more 
of the money they earn. Or, we can support our friends on the Democrat 
side, who tell those same families they are wealthy, and want to give 
tax money to people who do not pay taxes.

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