[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H9211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE TRUTH ABOUT HOUSE DEMOCRATS' TAX INCREASES

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, the American people know we need health care 
reform in this country, but thanks to House Republicans and a handful 
of Democrats in Congress, the American people have been given a 
reprieve on the Democrat plan to enact a government takeover of health 
care, paid for with more than $800 billion in new taxes. Now, that tax 
increase number has been disputed in the past 24 hours, so I thought 
I'd pull the stats.
  According to the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee 
on Taxation, the House Democrat reform bill includes $543 billion in a 
surtax on high-income filers, $208 billion in increased taxes on 
businesses, an additional set of tax increases--international tax 
increases which they refer to--of $37 billion, and more taxes on 
benefits of $2 billion. Taxes on individuals who do not purchase 
bureaucrat-approved health insurance--$29 billion. So the total amount 
of tax increases included in the Democrat bill, according to official 
estimates, is $820.1 billion over 10 years.
  The chance for the American people to know what's in this plan and to 
come back and to pass health care reform without more government and 
more taxes? Priceless.
  Let the debate begin.

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