[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19458]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      IT IS TIME FOR RESPONSIBLE TAX RELIEF FOR WORKING AMERICANS

  (Mr. COX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, the average middle-class American family 
earning the median income around $39,000 a year or so pays over 40 
percent of its gross income in taxes. Meanwhile, Washington is taking 
the highest share of our whole economy in taxes in over two centuries 
of the Nation's peacetime history.
  The tax relief bill passed by this House will help working Americans. 
But it will first lock away 100 percent of Social Security taxes for 
retirement security and set aside $2 trillion for Social Security and 
Medicare over the next 10 years. It will pay down the national debt, 
$227 billion more in debt relief than the Democratic minority proposal.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for responsible tax relief for working 
Americans.

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