[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H1858-H1859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TAX CUTS TO THE WEALTHIEST

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the Sportsmen's 
Heritage Act of 2012 and its provision to deem the reconciliation of 
the Republican budget. In fact, it was the Republican leadership that 
stood right here on the House floor and emphatically claimed that they 
were committed to not using deeming resolutions when they were in the 
majority. But here we are today, and that's exactly what they're doing.
  I guess it's not terribly surprising that they would break their 
commitments, especially when we consider the budget that they've 
presented. The GOP budget breaks many of the basic commitments that 
Congress has to all Americans. The Republican budget is an all-out 
assault on Medicare and the middle class. Instead of a budget that 
protects the middle class, the Republican budget creates tax cuts and 
giveaways to millionaires and the super-rich, providing income tax cuts 
for millionaires averaging at least $187,000 in 2014.
  How do the Republicans propose that they'll pay for these savings to 
the wealthiest Americans and the big corporations? Well, they end 
Medicare as we know it, and they balance their

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budget on the backs of seniors and the middle class.
  It's really outrageous what they're doing, Mr. Speaker. I just want 
to call them to task for saying they were committed to not doing the 
deeming, and now doing it.

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