[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 144 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPUBLICANS WILL NOT USE TAXES, USER FEES, OR GIMMICKS FOR FUNDING 
                         AMERICANS' PRIORITIES

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, over the past few weeks Democrats have been 
attacking our appropriations bills by suggesting that they do not spend 
enough. They do not like our budget. However, the only thing they have 
to stand on is the President's budget and the numerous taxes and user 
fees included in it.
  This week, we voted on the President's alternative to raise taxes and 
fees $240 over the next 10 years. What was in it? Just a partial list 
of his so-called offsets and new taxes, tobacco tax, increase the 
aviation fees, Superfund taxes, increase the agriculture fees, commerce 
fees, FDA fees, Coast Guard fees, DOT fees, EPA pesticide registration 
fees, FCC, and Social Security fees, and the list goes on.
  Mr. Speaker, we will pass spending bills that fund priorities of the 
American people. We will not spend the Social Security surplus but we 
will not do it by heaping on new user fees, gimmicks, and taxes for 
every turn of an American's life.

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