[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 8, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H591-H592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PAYROLL TAX CUT

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
urge my Republican colleagues to end the game and to give certainty 
back to the American people.
  Right before the holidays, my Republican colleagues threatened to 
raise

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taxes on the middle class because a small but very loud minority in 
their conference wanted to prove a point. Now we're back at it again. 
They want to prevent $1,500 from being in the hands of the middle 
class.
  My fellow Democrats and I want to keep money in the hands of 
hardworking Americans by supporting the extension of the payroll tax 
holiday. We cannot afford to take more risks with the income of 160 
million working Americans. In fact, the no-jobs agenda of the 
Republican Conference has pushed to continue tax cuts for the 
wealthiest of Americans while not giving breaks to working Americans 
and the middle class.
  I ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle if they will 
please come to the table for a strong and working middle class of 
America.

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