[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8464]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY, CUT TAXES

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, the Federal Government should honor the 
institution of marriage, not penalize it by imposing higher taxes on 
married couples. I urge my colleagues to support the 90-10 proposal of 
the gentleman from Texas (Chairman Archer). The bill sets aside 90 
percent of the budget surplus to save Social Security, and returns the 
additional 10 percent to hard-working taxpayers.
  The centerpiece of the tax cut of the gentleman from Texas (Chairman 
Archer) injects some fairness into the tax code, and strengthens 
families by providing some much-needed relief from the marriage 
penalty. It mirrors a provision that I introduced in a 1997 tax cut 
initiative. The marriage penalty is unfair, and no one should have to 
pay it.
  Mr. Speaker, with 77 million babyboomers nearing retirement age and 
taxes at an all-time high, we must reject the calls for new spending 
emanating from the other side. We have an historic opportunity to 
secure the future of Social Security and provide the American people 
with the additional tax relief they deserve. Let us seize it now.

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