[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DEMOCRATS ARE NOT FOR TAX CUTS

  (Mr. DeLAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, the Republican Party stands for lower taxes, 
and that is not news. The Democrat Party stands for higher taxes, and 
that is not news either. What is news is that we have yet another 
Democrat who has had the courage to say out loud what liberal Democrats 
believe with great conviction to the depths of their souls.
  Just last week, one liberal Democrat, proud to call herself a liberal 
and a leader of the party of big government, said point blank, ``The 
fact is that Democrats are not for tax cuts.'' Let us all listen to 
that again, because I find her candor quite refreshing: ``The fact is 
that Democrats are not for tax cuts.''
  Now, I am sure that the White House spin machine could probably take 
that statement and show how we are all just cretins for thinking that 
these words mean what they say. But I am afraid most Americans 
understand exactly what these words mean without the benefit of the 
White House spin doctors.
  How far the Democrat Party has come from the days of Andrew Jackson. 
Mr. Speaker, I tremble at the thought that the Democrat Party will 
practice what it preaches.

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