[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  ``HOUSE CLOBBERS CLINTON TAX BOOST''

  (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, let me share with my colleagues a headline 
from the front page of one of the leading newspapers in the country. 
Today the front page headline in The Washington Times says, ``House 
Clobbers Clinton Tax Boost.''
  That is right. Did my colleagues know that Bill Clinton and Al Gore 
wanted to raise taxes again? In fact, yesterday this House voted on the 
$238-billion Clinton-Gore tax increase. And even House Democrats who 
joined with Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1993 giving our Nation the 
biggest tax hike in the history of our country voted against another 
round of tax increases.
  The question I am asked also besides the Bill Clinton tax increases 
is, is it true that Bill Clinton wants to raid Social Security again? 
And we recall earlier in the President's budget that he submitted to 
Congress he called for setting aside 62 percent of Social Security for 
Social Security and taking the other 38 percent, almost $340 billion of 
Social Security, and spending it on other things. I would point out 
this House has rejected that, as well.
  My colleagues, we can balance the budget without increasing taxes. We 
can balance the budget without raiding Social Security.

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