[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23808]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          NO MORE TAX INCREASES; BRING SPENDING UNDER CONTROL

  (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, is it true that Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and 
House Democrats want to raise taxes one more time? Mr. Speaker, is it 
true that Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and House Democrats want to raid 
Social Security one more time?
  Is it true that those who cheered Bill Clinton's reckless and 
irresponsible veto of the Republican efforts to eliminate the marriage 
tax penalty want to raise taxes one more time?
  We can balance the budget. We must balance the budget without the 
Clinton-Gore tax hike. Let us not forget that Bill Clinton, Al Gore, 
and House Democrats gave America our biggest tax hike in history in 
1993.
  Our goal as Republicans is to wall off the Social Security Trust 
Fund, to stop the raid on Social Security, because we believe 100 
percent of Social Security should go for retirement, Social Security, 
and Medicare.
  We can save Social Security. We can help our local schools. We can 
lower the tax burden by eliminating the marriage tax penalty. We can 
pay down the national debt, all without raising taxes, all without 
dipping into Social Security.
  No more tax increases. No more raids on Social Security. Let us 
balance the budget. Let us bring spending under control.

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