[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 34 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  RICH, MIDDLE CLASS OR POOR--REPUBLICANS STAND FOR TAX CUTS FOR ALL 
                               AMERICANS

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, the Republican party stands for saving 
Social Security; and, yes, we stand for tax cuts, too. We stand for 
across-the-board tax cuts for all Americans. We stand for the 
elimination of capital gains taxes because capital investment is the 
engine of job growth, the key to economic opportunity for all 
Americans, whether rich or poor.
  We stand for the expansion of IRA accounts. We stand for elimination 
of estate taxes because we think the government should not have two and 
three whacks at the fruits of a lifetime of work and because we think 
the government has already done enough to kill the family farm and to 
kill small businesses.
  We stand for elimination of the marriage tax penalties. Right now, a 
married couple pays higher taxes if they are married than if they are 
not, and that is just plain wrong.
  So let us work together to reduce the tax burden on all Americans 
whether rich, middle class or poor.

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