[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 112 (Tuesday, August 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H6850]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TAX CUTS TO BENEFIT ALL TAXPAYERS
(Mr. ROGAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. ROGAN. Madam Speaker, we Republicans across the country
campaigned last year on the issue of tax relief for working families.
We said that Americans are overtaxed, and America agreed. That is why
last year more Americans voted for Republicans than voted Democrat in
the Congressional elections.
By now it is no surprise that Republicans actually meant what they
said. The House of Representatives under the Republicans have passed
tax relief for working families. This is upsetting to many on the left,
still locked in the 1960s mentality that demonizes those that save,
invest, create jobs, and pay the lion's share of taxes.
Our relief package is fair and balanced. It puts aside $2 for Social
Security and Medicare for every $1 in tax relief for working families.
It does something foreign to the left that controlled this chamber
for 40 years before us. It pays down the national debt by some $1
trillion, and it cuts taxes so that all taxpaying families will
benefit.
The Republican Party is the party of tax relief for working families.
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