[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22209]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           PUTTING EVERYDAY AMERICANS AHEAD OF BIG GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. SCHAFFER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, government confiscates too much money from 
the American family. In my view, the Republican tax relief package 
currently sitting on the President's desk improves the fairness of the 
Tax Code.
  For example, it reduces the marriage tax penalty which seems to me an 
obvious step in the right direction. It also gets rid of the estate 
tax, or as it is commonly known, the death tax. It will also make it 
easier for people to keep the family farm or the family business when 
an owner dies. It also makes it easier for people to obtain health 
insurance, a measure that will make a real difference in the lives of 
millions. It will also make it easier for families to save for their 
children's education, certainly something that should warm the hearts 
of those who wanted greater fairness in a tax code.
  The Tax Code is unfair, but the President has threatened to veto our 
tax relief package maybe even today. I hope he will reconsider, Mr. 
Speaker, and put the everyday Americans ahead of big government.




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