[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 145 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H10671-H10672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PRIDE IN THIS CONGRESS

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, I am proud of what this Congress has done 
to provide tax relief for hard working American families. The $500 per 
child tax cut will help people provide for their kids. Education 
savings accounts and the $1500 Hope credit will help them pay for 
college. Roth IRAs and capital gains tax relief will help people

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save and invest for their future. Tax free home sales, three-year 
income averaging for farmers and death tax relief will also reduce the 
burdens on American families. We all know that they can spend the money 
a whole lot smarter than the Federal Government can.
  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Congress gave the American people more 
good news on taxes, voting to extend the R&D tax credit through 1999, 
accelerate the full deductibility of health care costs and extending 
the work opportunities tax credit. We still have much more to do but 
this is a great start. What a difference a Republican Congress has 
made.

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