[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H7223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HOUSE GIVEN CHOICE ON ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGES

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot this morning about the 
opposition on the other side of the aisle opposing the stimulus package 
that is being presented on the floor today for a vote. But the way this 
works, there will be an opportunity for the opposition to present their 
version of a stimulus package, so we will have a choice here today.
  The Republican version does help companies, small businesses, because 
those are the institutions that hire people. In Kansas, four out of 
five jobs are in small businesses. There is business expense and 
depreciation that will help small businesses in this stimulus package. 
One of the largest corporations in the Nation is the Boeing Company; 
but in Wichita, Kansas, they are laying off workers. They need help. 
They need a stimulus package. There is something in here to help them 
hire back those people.
  We act like the great villains are the businesses in America. The 
people in business provide the jobs so that taxes will be paid by 
individual workers. That is in the Republican version, and that is a 
very good part of it.
  Now, the opposition is going to present their version, and what it 
does is it raises taxes. It starts new programs.
  I urge my colleagues to accept the Republican version.

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