[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 44 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2063-H2064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TAX LIMITATION AMENDMENT

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of House Joint 
Resolution 111, the tax limitation amendment.
  In 1994, as a citizen of Nevada, I led an effort to amend our State 
Constitution with this very same language. I am proud to say that 
Nevada voters on two consecutive elections voted overwhelmingly to pass 
the measure. The Gibbons Tax Restraint Initiative, as it is referred 
to, has now become law in the State of Nevada. By passing this law, the 
citizens of Nevada declared in a loud and clear voice that they want

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to put a leash on runaway spending and tax increases.
  States with similar initiatives on supermajority requirements for tax 
increases experience greater economic growth, lower taxes, and reduced 
growth in government spending. The Federal Government needs to be put 
on the same fat-free diet by making it more difficult to raise taxes on 
hard-working men and women and thereby shifting the congressional focus 
to the bloated spending programs of the Federal bureaucracy.
  Mr. Speaker, the facts speak for themselves. I urge my colleagues to 
join me in supporting the tax limitation amendment.

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