[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 16, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2826]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              PAYING TRIBUTE TO MARY DUFFY SHEAFFER BURTON

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Smucker) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. SMUCKER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
Mary Duffy Sheaffer Burton, who passed away earlier this year. I 
certainly appreciated Mary's friendship and support over the last 
several decades. She was an incredible lady.
  Mary made an indelible mark through her works and service to the 
Lancaster County community. She was a lifelong entrepreneur, a pioneer 
of the manufacturing industry in Lancaster, starting her first business 
in her garage, HDJ Company, in 1960, which became a leader in the 
design and manufacture of precision machining parts and would later 
become specialized medical devices and implants.
  Her businesses would employ many individuals over the years, building 
lasting relationships with many, positively impacting their lives.
  Mary received the Golden Micrometer Award from the Precision Machined 
Products Association of America, which is the highest honor of the 
industry in 2008 and was a recognition of her outstanding efforts and 
achievement.
  She was just as devoted to improving her community, generously 
supporting, with her time and talents, many organizations which built 
Lancaster's thriving arts community, historical organizations, and 
organizations supporting women and children.
  Mary is survived by her three children, who we express our sincerest 
condolences to, Duffy, Mary, and Edward, and by her grandchildren and 
her great-grandchildren.
  We are sad at Mary's passing, but she brought happiness to the lives 
of so many, and for that we give thanks.


                        Taxing the Middle Class

  Mr. SMUCKER. Madam Speaker, President Biden is raising taxes on the 
middle class. Make no mistake about it. Middle-class Americans are 
feeling the squeeze of inflation as well--at the gas pump, at the 
grocery store, at the hardware store, and everywhere in between--as a 
result of the President's reckless Big Government spending plans.
  This irresponsible $6 trillion budget doubles down on taxing the 
middle class, breaking his pledge to only tax the wealthy. And we know 
he wants to tax the middle class because the President's budget would 
let the working- and middle-class tax hikes from the Tax Cut and Jobs 
Act expire.

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  By the way, from 2017 to 2019, the TCJA raised the median household 
income by over $5,000. This was a real positive impact for families 
across the district that I represent, for families across the country. 
And it also led to the lowest poverty rate in history, lifting more 
people out of poverty than ever before and historically slow 
unemployment.
  But, apparently, Biden wants to throw away those policies that built 
the strongest economy that we have seen in generations and, instead, 
will force greater dependence on the Federal Government.
  Even with all of the radical socialist policies included in the 
President's budget, their own projections indicate the worst economic 
growth of any decade since the Great Depression, at the cost of more 
than $17 trillion added to the national debt.
  Madam Speaker, the President says he wants to build back better, but 
I fear that he will end up building back bankrupt.
  America can simply not afford his middle-class tax hikes and 
socialist spending wish list.

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