[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2537-2538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                TAX CUTS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, the President came here this week to present 
his responsible plan for paying down the debt, saving Social Security 
and Medicare, strengthening our defense and improving education. It is 
a good plan. It puts issues front and center that both he and his 
opponent campaigned on. How we get things done will be the subject of 
debate.
  Mr. Speaker, some are questioning whether the President's tax cut is 
large enough. Why leave almost a trillion dollars just sitting in the 
Treasury waiting to be spent. Perhaps it would

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be better to increase the size of the President's tax cut and get that 
money out of Washington and out of the hands of politicians. But some 
in this body are very ho-hum about tax cuts. They say that we do not 
need them, that we should keep that money here so it can be spent. Keep 
in mind that the American people already spend more every year on taxes 
than they do on food, clothing, shelter and transportation combined.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people need, deserve and should get a tax 
cut. If done soon enough, it will help stimulate the economy.

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