[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REPUBLICANS STICK BY THEIR GUNS

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Madam Speaker, 4 years ago the Democrats in this 
Congress passed the largest tax hike in U.S. history. They told us that 
tax relief for middle-class Americans was out of the question. That is 
why every Republican voted against their budget.
  Three years ago, Democrats opposed the balanced budget amendment and 
the balanced budget in 7 years. They said it would wreck the economy. 
Yet our budget is going to balance in the next few years. Two years 
ago, Democrats spent millions and millions of dollars attacking the 
Republicans for trying to save Medicare. Keep it alive for another 
generation. Today, they signed onto our plan to save Medicare. We will 
not even spend a cent against them demagoguing.
  This past year, we were told time and time again by liberals that tax 
cuts were out of the question. Well, we stuck by our guns and because 
of it the American people will have the first tax relief plan in 18 
years.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud we stuck by our guns, I am glad we stuck 
with our fight. I am glad that the American people will be the 
beneficiaries of the Republican Party standing up for what is best for 
them.

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