[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 52 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               THE PRESIDENT PROPOSES HUGE TAX INCREASES

  (Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, April 15 and lights are 
burned late across America as people have completed the agonizing task 
of paying their taxes, and believe it or not, at a time when taxes are 
at an all-time high in America, the President has proposed to increase 
taxes $172 billion on the American people. Believe it or not, at a time 
when surpluses are projected out as far as the eye can see, the 
President has proposed increasing taxes on the American people $172 
billion.
  The Republican majority fought and won a balanced budget in order to 
discipline spending and to prevent tax increases. We have now created a 
level of economic growth unprecedented, and this is the opportunity to 
now lower the tax burden on our hardworking citizens.
  I oppose the President's tax increases, and I support disciplining 
spending in order to reduce the tax burden on our folks.

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