[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 92 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H4956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               TAX RELIEF

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, in the preamble to the Constitution, the 
people of the United States declared that one of the purposes of having 
a Constitution was to promote the general welfare and secure the 
blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity. Mr. Speaker, 
one of the best ways to promote the general welfare and secure the 
blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our children would be to pass 
meaningful tax relief, letting people keep more of what they earn means 
that their standard of living will go up.
  It means that people can better save and provide for their families, 
better save for their children's education and maybe even better save 
for their own retirement. The Constitution speaks of providing the 
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity and reducing death 
taxes means that family farms can stay in the family, and the family 
business can remain in the hands of the people who built it.
  I urge my colleagues to support the tax relief bill when it comes 
before the House. I think that is in the best interests of our 
Constitution and our people and their posterity.

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