[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18609]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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                REPUBLICAN PLAN PUTS FIRST THINGS FIRST

  (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, are tax cuts good for America? 
Should we have a fairer, simpler Tax Code? Should the excess taxes 
projected to be paid by the American people over the next 10 years be 
used as the President and the Democrats propose for massive new 
spending or should some of it be returned to the taxpayers?
  The President says we should do first things first. Last fall, he 
said we should set aside 100 percent of Social Security for Social 
Security. But then he proposed a budget that said, no, let us just set 
62 percent aside for Social Security and use the other 38 percent for 
new spending.
  By putting spending over saving the President has put first things 
last. The Republican plan does put first things first. It starts by 
saying, let us hold the line on spending. Then it says 100 percent of 
Social Security for Social Security. Then it says, pay down the debt $2 
trillion and set aside 2 hundred billion for Medicare reform and a 
pharmacy benefit and then reform taxes with simpler, lower, fairer 
taxes for virtually every American.
  This Republican plan is a good plan, it is the right plan for 
America.

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