[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 59 (Tuesday, April 15, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H2275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ON TAX DAY, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Madam Speaker, today is Tax Day and everyone in America is 
asking the question: Whose side are you on?
  Well, I am on the side of Wisconsin taxpayers, and my record proves 
it. I have kept my word.
  In September of 2006, I stated we should do two things: First, 
balance our Federal budget here in Washington like people do back home; 
and, second, to reduce taxes for middle class families.
  We have kept our word. And like other Democrats, I voted to cut taxes 
and balance our Federal budget. We saved 62,000 households in the 
Eighth District of Wisconsin from paying the AMT tax; for tax 
deductions for health care expenses and property taxes; we voted to cut 
taxes for small businesses and S corporations; and we are trying to 
make mortgage payments deductible for everyone, whether you itemize or 
do not.
  We also voted to close tax loopholes that encourage our jobs to be 
shipped overseas. We are on the side of the taxpayers. My record proves 
it. Today is Tax Day. Whose side is your representative on?

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