[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 109 (Thursday, July 29, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H6590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RESPONSIBLE TAX CUTS

  (Mr. TURNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, the Republican tax cutting message is: ``You 
can't trust the Congress,'' which the last time I checked, they were in 
the majority and controlled. Today they propose an irresponsible tax 
cut scheme that dedicates all of the on-budget surplus to a massive tax 
cut rather than doing the responsible thing and reducing the national 
debt, saving Social Security and Medicare.
  Where have all the fiscal conservatives gone in the Republican party? 
I am shocked to hear some members of the Republican delegation here 
today say that they reduce the national debt more than Democrats. We 
just voted last week on a bill on the floor of this House where the 
Democrats said we are going to devote all of the Social Security 
surplus to Social Security and we are going to devote half of the on-
budget surplus to debt reduction, 25 percent to reasonable tax cuts 
aimed at middle-income Americans and the other 25 percent for further 
tax reduction and to save Medicare and Social Security.
  That is the responsible thing to do.
  The Republican tax proposal simply gives only modest tax breaks to 
middle-income taxpayers. We propose a responsible tax cut that will 
benefit all Americans.

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