[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22428]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          TAX BILL DOES NOT PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY

  (Mr. GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand here today and 
say that I am glad the President is going to veto that tax cut bill, 
because talk about smoke and mirrors, over the next 10 years, they 
expect to have a $3 trillion surplus if the economy stays as good as it 
is today, and $2 trillion of that is Social Security receipts. The 
Republicans passed a $790 billion bill for a tax cut. That does not 
leave anything for Medicare; it does not leave anything for education.
  Of course, why should we expect them to plan for 10 years from now? 
Right now, the last appropriations bill we have on this floor, it is 
not even here yet, is the education funding bill. It should be first 
and not last. They are going to cut Federal aid to education 
dramatically to meet their caps, and that is what is wrong.
  That is why I am glad the President is vetoing that tax bill, because 
it does not plan for the future of our country.

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