[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 101 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H6418-H6419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TAX SURPLUS DOES NOT BELONG TO CONGRESS

  (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, the Democrats have known for a long time 
that a government that robs from Peter to pay Paul can always depend 
upon the support of Paul.
  Our liberal colleagues want to rob the hard working taxpayers of 
America by taking their tax surplus and giving it to Washington 
bureaucrats.
  Not so fast! That tax surplus does not belong to Congress, does not 
belong to the administration, and does not belong to the bureaucrats. 
Rather, it belongs to the taxpayers.
  We must cut taxes so that families can take that much-needed 
vacation, spend some time with their kids, or even put some money aside 
for their education.
  Now, recently, President Clinton labeled this idea of giving back the 
taxpayer some money the wrong course for America. Well, Mr. Speaker, 
the American people just are not going to accept the Democrats' liberal 
spin on this at this time.

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  The Republican Congress is determined to track down the mistakes of 
60 years of liberals robbing from Peter to pay Paul. Republicans are 
determined to save the ship before it sinks from the weight and burdens 
of excess taxes.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back to the American public any much-needed tax 
break.

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