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




                       EXTEND PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Madam Speaker, our constituents are saying: Here they 
go again. Don't they get anything right?
  What they're talking about is the fact that the payroll tax, the 
extension of unemployment, and the extension of the SGR, that's all 
coming up again. Again. After the fiasco of last December, you would 
have thought we learned our lesson.
  Look at what the payroll tax means--160 million will risk losing. 
They'll have about a $1,500 tax increase. For those in Hawaii, 700,000 
will suffer a $1,120 a year reduction. What are we doing?
  The SGR will increase the cost to our elderly, a 27-percent reduction 
to their doctor. We call it in Hawaii our kapunas, those who are very 
important to us. Look at what we are risking for them.
  Instead, the focus seems to be: How do we keep money for the 
ultrarich, that 1 percent? Think about it. The middle class can use the 
$1,120 in Hawaii. Let's do it right.

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