[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23105]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       ONCE AGAIN, BIGGER GOVERNMENT WINS AND THE TAXPAYER LOSES

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton has vetoed the tax 
relief package passed by Congress. Once again, by vetoeing this 
legislation, he has denied the average middle-class family relief from 
the marriage tax penalty. He is robbing millions of workers the 
opportunity to obtain health-care coverage, who do not have health-care 
coverage now. He is making it more difficult for parents to save for 
their children's education. He is making it more difficult for people 
to pass on the family farm or the family business after a lifetime of 
toil, sacrifice, and devotion. He is making it more difficult for 
people to save for their future and provide for their retirement. This 
tax legislation would have been a step towards more fairness in the Tax 
Code and it would have reduced the burden on the people who are 
carrying the load paying the taxes and living the American dream, or 
trying to live the American dream. Once again, bigger government wins 
and the taxpayer loses.

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