[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        DEMOCRATIC PRIORITIES REFLECTED IN BALANCED BUDGET BILL

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, for the last several months Democrats have 
been urging budget negotiators to include important Democratic 
priorities in this budget bill; to include $24 billion for kids' health 
care, to include $35 billion in education tax credits, and to provide 
the child tax credit for all of America's families who work and who pay 
taxes.
  Meanwhile, our Republican colleagues have been fighting for huge tax 
breaks for the richest individuals and corporations in this country and 
calling tax breaks for hardworking low income families welfare, 
including some of the families that they have brought up here this 
morning. Only a few days ago they were saying that those folks were on 
welfare.
  Well, I am proud to stand here today and say that by standing up for 
Democratic priorities, tax cuts for working families, tuition credits 
for college, health care for uninsured children in this country, that 
in fact those Democratic priorities have prevailed. The long and the 
short of it is the hardworking middle income families of this country 
have benefitted from this tax package.

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