[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 96 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5742]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TIME TO PASS A MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, it is time to remind the American people 
what the Republican agenda is for the remainder of the 105th Congress.
  First, let us recall that last summer this Congress passed an 
historic balanced budget agreement that contained tax cuts for millions 
of middle-class taxpayers and middle-class savers. Last summer, 
Republicans vowed to pass more tax cuts in the year ahead.
  So, here we are, back in Washington and on track to pass more tax 
cuts for the middle class, the middle-class backbone of America that 
pays the taxes, plays by the rules, and gets up every morning to engage 
in productive labor.
  The tax burden on the middle class is simply too large. The cost of 
government is too high. It is simply not right that the Federal 
Government should take between one-fourth and one-third of what a 
middle-class family earns.
  Liberals may disagree, but most Americans do not believe that the 
middle-class families should work until the month of May before getting 
to keep what they earn. It is time for this Congress to pass a middle-
class tax cut.

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