[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 28186]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 REPUBLICANS' TAX BREAK PLANS STILL IGNORE NEEDS OF DESERVING AMERICANS

  (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, for 9 months out of 
this year the Republicans fought for a $1 trillion tax cut at the 
expense of our balanced budget and at the expense of our social 
security system. That was overwhelmingly rejected by the people of this 
country.
  Now the Republicans tell us that we cannot afford a prescription drug 
benefit for our seniors, that we cannot afford a Patients' Bill of 
Rights to protect our families against managed care and HMOs that deny 
them care, that we cannot afford a minimum wage for our low-income 
workers in this Nation, and that we cannot extend the fiscal security 
of social security by even one day.
  No, the Republicans still want to try to pass tax breaks for the 
wealthiest individuals, corporations, and special interests in this 
country. When in this session, in the last remaining 8 or 10 days of 
this session, when is it that Republicans are going to start thinking 
about our elderly, our children, and the working families of this 
Nation?

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