[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 10 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AN AFFRONT TO AMERICAN TAXPAYERS

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, there are many reasons that I oppose the 
President's recently submitted budget request, but none more important 
than the fact that it raises taxes. It raises taxes a lot.
  Mr. Speaker, you would think that the White House would have learned 
its lesson from the last time it raised taxes on the American people in 
1993. You would think that the White House would have learned its 
lesson from the recent race for Governor in Virginia. You would think 
that the White House would have learned its lesson from the outrageous 
level of taxation in Europe and all the economic misery that has 
caused. You would think the White House would have learned its lesson 
from its own economic report, which shows that the current level of 
taxation in this country is at the highest peacetime level ever.
  But I guess not. The budget contains billions and billions of dollars 
in tax increases.
  Mr. Speaker, this budget is an affront to the American taxpayer.

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