[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H654-H655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TAX RELIEF FOR EVERYONE

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, the surplus means it is time 
for immediate across-the-board tax relief for all taxpayers to boost 
our economy, create jobs, and give Americans more confidence by 
returning some of their surplus taxes to help them get through these 
uncertain times. We need to cut taxes for every American, especially 
low-income families.
  President Bush's tax plan will get the tax surplus out of Washington 
and back into the pockets of working men and women. The Republican 
Congress has united behind it. It is time that Americans get tax 
relief, sooner rather than later.

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  Mr. Speaker, the Federal Government is going to take in about $28 
trillion in taxes over the next 10 years. We are proposing to give back 
$1.6 trillion. That is about 6 pennies out of every dollar. That is not 
a whole lot. We are saying that taxpayers should take this money and 
buy their kids school clothes, buy appliances for their homes, use it 
to pay utility bills, to help their house payment or their car loan.
  Mr. Speaker, this money belongs to the American taxpayers. We need to 
give it back to them.

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