[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        OUR QUEST FOR TAX RELIEF

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I feel like our quest for tax relief is like 
a few lines from the song by the Lord of La Mancha: To dream the 
impossible dream, to right the unrightable wrong, to bear with 
unbearable sorrow.
  It has been 16 years since we have had tax relief, and still we hear 
so many reasons why we have to vote against the tax relief plan.
  When you do not want to do something like vote for tax relief, any 
excuse is a good excuse: too much for the rich, even though the rich 
are considered a family of four where each parent is making $32,000 a 
year; not enough income tax relief for those who are considered poor, 
even though they pay no income tax.
  There will be only one tax relief package to vote for, it will be the 
agreement between the Congress, the President, and the American people. 
There will be no excuse for voting against tax relief.
  Mr. Speaker, let us dream the impossible dream. Let us give tax 
relief to working Americans.

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