[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        AN APOLOGY TO VIRGINIANS

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I got up early this morning and went 
jogging down Independence Avenue. As I did, a lot of hard-working men 
and women were coming in from Virginia to work. It was early in the 
morning for these two-income families. They work hard, and they raise 
kids. Statistically, many of them have two kids. They help them with 
their homework, try to teach them responsibility. These parents 
volunteer at the school and the church and the United Way. They often 
have to sacrifice. They cannot go on vacation because they have to buy 
a new dryer or a new set of tires. They might have to buy braces for 
the 14-year-old.
  But yesterday, the President of the United States told these hard-
working men and women that if you vote Republican today in Virginia, 
you are selfish. Paying 38 percent total household taxes is not enough. 
You have to pay more, the President of the United States told these 
hard-working men and women.
  I would say to them that they are doing their best, they are paying 
taxes, they are not taking things out of society, they are earning 
their way, they are teaching their children to earn their way, and they 
are going to become future taxpayers. They are doing more. I wish we 
had more of these selfish people, Mr. President. I think you owe the 
people of Virginia an apology.

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