[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H8473-H8474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PUTTING EVERYDAY AMERICANS AHEAD OF BIG GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. SCHAFFER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, government confiscates too much money from 
the American family. In my view, the Republican tax relief package 
currently sitting on the President's desk improves the fairness of the 
Tax Code.
  For example, it reduces the marriage tax penalty which seems to me an 
obvious step in the right direction. It also

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gets rid of the estate tax, or as it is commonly known, the death tax. 
It will also make it easier for people to keep the family farm or the 
family business when an owner dies. It also makes it easier for people 
to obtain health insurance, a measure that will make a real difference 
in the lives of millions. It will also make it easier for families to 
save for their children's education, certainly something that should 
warm the hearts of those who wanted greater fairness in a tax code.
  The Tax Code is unfair, but the President has threatened to veto our 
tax relief package maybe even today. I hope he will reconsider, Mr. 
Speaker, and put the everyday Americans ahead of big government.

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