[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]




         A STAND AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS TO RAISE TAXES

  (Mrs. KELLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KELLY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the issues that 
all working families have on their minds, taxes. Americans pay too much 
of their hard-earned money in taxes. Almost everything we do today is 
taxed: everything we wear or eat, medical expenses, our homes, our 
savings, our income. When we die, the government will again take 
another bite out of everything we have accomplished in our lifetime.
  I have been working to reduce this astounding tax burden on the 
American people, and believe we are working in the right direction with 
the year 2000 budget that we passed yesterday. It was just 
inconceivable that the President requested $172 billion tax increases 
in his budget proposal this year. It is no secret that working families 
are having a hard enough time these days without having to make do with 
less.
  Some of the Members of this Congress stand against the President's 
efforts to raise taxes. I am one of those. In a day when we are running 
a surplus and beginning to pay down the massive debt, it is the 
government in Washington that needs to tighten its belt, not the 
American taxpayer.

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