[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 149 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        LETTER FROM JULIE GORLIK

  (Mr. NEUMANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUMANN. Mr. Speaker, first in response to my colleague from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], we do not need a compromise, we need Washington 
out of our lives and we need Washington to leave education in the hands 
of the parents, the communities, and the school boards.
  But that is not why I rose this morning. I rose because last night, 
as I was reading constituent mail, I got this letter from Julie Gorlik, 
who called our office. And here is what it says. It says that she is 
upset that there is assistance for unmarried, unwed mothers, for the 
lazy, for criminals, and for homosexuals, but there is never any help 
for married people who are doing their best to make ends meet and 
support a family and they cannot get any help from anyone. They are 
hard-working, honest, good people and they get discriminated against.
  I rise this morning to invite Julie to tune in this evening when I 
will be taking the time to go through some of the things in the tax cut 
package that are specifically designed because we have heard this 
message from our constituents over and over and over again: $500 per 
child for under the age of 17; the college tuition tax credit; the 
education savings credit to help parents save for their kids's 
education; the Roth IRA; and on and on we go. There will be more on 
this when I have 1 hour on the floor this evening.

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