[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 116 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  WE MUST PROVIDE REAL, MEANINGFUL, AND REASONABLE TAX RELIEF FOR THE 
                            AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Madam Speaker, Republicans in the House of 
Representatives are keeping their word to the American people. As a 
member of the Committee on Appropriations, I am very proud of the work 
that the committee has done and led by the gentleman from Florida who 
has crafted bills that will keep the agreement and maintain the budget 
caps that we promised back in 1997.
  On the other side, the flip side, the President's budget proposal 
busts the budget spending by some 42 billion over our agreed upon 
limit. How does he get away with that my colleagues ask? By using 
gimmicks, by assuming new taxes on the American people knowing full 
well that the Republican Congress would never agree to those tax hikes.
  Now we understand that a supplemental spending plan is coming our way 
from the White House. This emergency spending would add up to 12 
billion more.
  Madam Speaker, this illustrates our point about why we must provide 
meaningful tax relief to the American people. If we do not give the 
American people back their money, it is sure to be spent by the big 
government crowd here in Washington, D.C. That would be a huge 
disservice to the people who pay our bills, the American taxpayer.

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