[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18750]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               REPUBLICANS PUT ON THIS EARTH TO CUT TAXES

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, I heard a criticism the other day of the way 
that Republicans talk about our budget proposal that I think has some 
merit.
  The Republican budget proposal contains three major elements: Saving 
Social Security and Medicare, paying down the national debt, and tax 
relief. However, this critic pointed out that Republicans are talking 
almost exclusively about tax cuts and not emphasizing that we are also 
saving Social Security and Medicare and paying down the national debt. 
I think that criticism is valid, but I think I know why that is the 
case, too.
  Republicans are just so excited about the tax cuts that some of them 
forget to talk about the other vital elements of the budget proposal. 
Let us face it, Republicans were put on this earth to cut taxes. We are 
the tax-cutting party, because we believe that people should have more 
power and control over their own lives and that the government should 
have less.
  Let us be clear once and for all. The Republican budget proposal 
stands for saving Social Security and Medicare, paying down the 
national debt and, yes, also cutting the American people's taxes.

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