[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 31 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE REAL MEANING OF CONSERVATISM

  (Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, I hear from my liberal friends that labels do 
not mean much anymore. If that is true, then why do liberals believe 
that Americans are undertaxed, and conservatives know that Americans 
are overtaxed? Why do liberals attack Republican proposals to cut 
taxes, while Republicans fight so the middle class will not be forced 
to send so much of their income back to Washington?
  Mr. Speaker, when families complain that it is harder to get ahead 
today than it was in their parents' day, one big reason is because 
government takes so much more of their family income. Whether one 
parent works or both parents work, Washington stands as an obstacle to 
families getting ahead, by taking money out of their pockets and 
pouring it down the black hole of wasteful and ineffective Washington 
bureaucracies.
  The tax burden keeps going up and up while the government's ability 
to deliver on its promises keeps going down and down. Washington must 
offer a better deal to America's families. It is the responsibility of 
Congress to promote that dream.

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