[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            REPUBLICAN PLANS TO ENACT A 30 PERCENT SALES TAX

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to criticize the Republican plan 
to enact a 30 percent sales tax. This move would cost American families 
millions of dollars with higher prices for food and household 
necessities, and it would provide millions to the already wealthiest 1 
percent of Americans.
  Remember when many of these House Republicans were running for 
office? They claimed to make inflation and other economic factors their 
number one priority. Instead, their priority has been to make it easier 
to mislead the American people, stock committees with people who want 
to overthrow the country and increase prices on everything from 
gasoline to groceries to punish working-class Americans.
  Thankfully, we have a Democratic Senate to shut down these abuses of 
power and protect the American people.

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