[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       REPUBLICAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, we must be doing a good job 
when our friends on the other side of the aisle are racing to take 
credit for our accomplishments. To set the record straight, it was a 
Republican Congress that provided the fiscal discipline needed to 
balance the budget for the first time in a generation.
  We passed the first broad-based tax cut in 16 years and returned more 
dollars back to the American taxpayers. We are continuing to find ways 
to eliminate unfair taxes that penalize hard-working Americans.
  This Congress has worked to abolish the earnings limit for our 
Nation's seniors, repeal the burdensome death tax, and has extended 
incentives for hard-working Americans to save and invest in the future.
  This week the House will again vote to reduce the unfair marriage 
penalty tax which punishes couples just for being married. We have 
proven our commitment to secure a better future for every American.

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