[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    DEMOCRATS PUSH FOR TAX INCREASE

  (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, remember when? Remember when the Democrats 
controlled the White House and were in the majority in the House and 
Senate? Remember those days of spend and spend and spend? And what did 
they give us? The biggest tax hike in the history of our country. Why? 
Because they wanted to spend the money.
  And remember when they were in control, how they raided the Social 
Security trust fund? Well, they are back at it again. Today in Congress 
Daily, what is on the front page? ``Democrats push for a tax 
increase.''
  President Clinton's budget calls for a $180 billion tax increase. Now 
House and Senate Democrats want even more in tax increases, and they 
also support President Clinton's budget, which calls for raiding Social 
Security, 40 percent of Social Security going for other programs.
  Republicans say no. Let us put a stop to spending beyond our means. 
Let us stop the raid on Social Security. One


hundred percent of Social Security for Social Security-Medicare. Let us 
stop the raid on Social Security. It is all about spending.

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