[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NO TAX CUT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, you have controlled the House for 19 
months. The Republican majority has simply failed to lead. And more 
importantly, you are incapable of governing for the middle class--the 
middle class, the people who help build this great Nation. This week we 
had the opportunity to provide a tax cut for 100 percent of these 
Americans, those individuals earning less than $200,000 and less than 
$250,000 for a family. But once again, the Republican majority wanted 
it their way.
  And what was your way? You wanted to pass tax breaks for millionaires 
and billionaires, your friends. And what does that do? It adds $1 
trillion to our deficit and debt over the next 10 years. How many times 
has the majority said time and time again about the deficit and debt. 
And what do you do? You pass the tax cuts that are going to add $1 
trillion.
  Mr. Speaker, it's about time that we step back and we realize that we 
are here to serve and the fact that we must take care of the majority, 
the wonderful middle class.

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