[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IF THE PRESIDENT VETOES THE REPUBLICAN TAX BILL, HE RAISES THOSE TAXES 
                   BACK TO THE LEVEL THEY WERE BEFORE

  (Mr. COLLINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, I ask, Is today the day the President is 
going to raise taxes on married couples, increase the income tax rates, 
tax educational savings, tax families who want to keep family members 
in their home who are now of senior age, those who want to purchase 
health insurance, those who want to purchase long-term care insurance? 
Is today the day he is going to reinstate the death tax, the 
alternative minimum tax?
  That is right, Mr. Speaker. The Congress has lowered the tax burden 
on American families, American workers and American business by $792 
billion. If the President vetoes that tax bill, he raises those taxes 
back to the level they were before the Congress lowered taxes on 
American workers, American families, and American businesses.

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