[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 187 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         EXTEND PAYROLL TAX CUT

  (Ms. McCOLLUM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, the temporary payroll tax cut is putting 
money into the economy and the pockets of 160 million Americans. And 
now my Republican colleagues are demanding harmful cuts to working 
families and seniors to offset these middle class tax cuts.
  A better idea is to cut from the $1 trillion in special interest tax 
earmarks identified by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles Commission. Let's 
cut the $2 million earmark for wooden arrow manufacturers. Let's cut 
the $40 million earmark for the owners of NASCAR racetracks. And let's 
cut $235 million in earmarks for rum producers in Puerto Rico and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands. The earmarks are unfair and unaffordable.
  To the 99 percent of Americans who don't have a lobbyist, sorry, you 
missed out on the special interest bonanza. Congress needs to protect 
working families. Let's pass President Obama's middle class payroll tax 
cut and help our families and our economy now.

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