[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               FAMILY FINANCE QUESTIONS SHOULD COME FIRST

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, to be certain, campaign finance questions 
are important, but family finance questions should come first.
  Mr. Speaker, today on the floor of this House we will take an 
important step to ensure that American families keep more of their 
hard-earned money and send less of it here to Washington.
  Mr. Speaker, I hold in my hand just the ``fax'', F-A-X, a letter sent 
to me via facsimile from the Wilkins family in Casa Grande, AZ. The 
Wilkins family, Barney and Margie, are school teachers. Their kids are 
B.J., Megan, and Molly.
  The letter reads, Mr. Speaker, ``Thanks for such a nice 19th wedding 
anniversary gift.'' They are talking about the tax cuts we will pass 
later today. ``We appreciate your hard work.'' And the P.S. says this: 
``Please continue to cut taxes so we don't have to work three jobs.''
  This is what it is all about. Why should working families sacrifice 
so that Washington can waste money? The contrary should be true. 
Washington should sacrifice so that working families can keep more of 
their own money, and we make that start today.

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