[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     KEEPING WHAT IS ALREADY YOURS

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, this Congress intends to focus like a laser 
beam on an issue of particular importance to families. It's called tax 
cuts. Many Americans are moving ahead in these economic good times, but 
some families are having trouble making ends meet.
  While the liberals believe that the way to improve the standard of 
living of hard-pressed working families is to propose more job training 
programs and more Washington-directed education programs, the same ones 
which have failed miserably in the past, Republicans have a much better 
idea. Republicans want to help ordinary working families by letting 
them keep more of their own money. No need for theory or hopes that 
some day these Federal training programs will trickle down to real 
people. No, the Republicans can help families make ends meet, save for 
that first home or pay off those credit cards by giving them a tax cut.
  Actually, the government would not be giving them anything. It would 
mean that the government would let people keep more of their own hard-
earned money.

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