[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       REPUBLICAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, when the American people talk, Congress 
listen. Thousands of our Nation's seniors asked for relief from rising 
prescription drug prices. We worked to create a bipartisan plan that is 
voluntary, affordable, and available to all. We passed it through the 
House.
  When married couples came to us in droves, shocked by the fact that 
the Federal government taxes them at a greater rate, we did something 
about it. The House passed legislation earlier this year, and will pass 
it again tomorrow, to lessen the impact of the marriage penalty by 
increasing the standard deduction for married couples, expanding the 15 
percent tax bracket for joint filers, and increasing the earned income 
tax credit.
  When small business owners and family farmers from Oregon to North 
Carolina came to us and asked for relief from the devastating 
inheritance tax, we began efforts to repeal it.
  Mr. Speaker, we are committed to providing relief to the American 
people.

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