[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14375]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    BUSINESS AS USUAL IN WASHINGTON

  (Mr. HILL of Montana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILL of Montana. Mr. Speaker, in Washington, the usual pattern is 
for the liberals to completely avoid any talk about raising taxes and 
then lo and behold they end up raising taxes once they get in office. 
In fact, this is how taxes got to be as high as they are today.
  But this year it appears that the liberals are changing their 
strategy. To the shock of Washington insiders and even to some Members 
of the Democrat side, the leader of the Democrat Party in the House and 
the leader of the Democrat Party in the other body have announced in 
advance their enthusiasm for tax increases.
  You heard that right, tax increases. Now, you have to admire their 
courage and you have to admire their daring. Middle-class families are 
not going to be so impressed, but lovers of expanded government, they 
are going to be ecstatic.
  The House minority leader wants to expand Washington's control over 
our local schools and he wants to fund that with a tax increase on 
Americans. And the minority leader in the other body agrees. He said 
last weekend that tax increases are on the table.
  I guess the Democrats really are serious when they say they are 
against business as usual in Washington.

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