[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3703]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             TAX RELIEF IS A HOME RUN FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, Will Rogers once said ``baseball is a 
skilled game. It's America's game, it, and high taxes.''
  Well, it seems that Will Rogers was right.
  Currently, Americans are taxed at the highest levels since World War 
II.
  During a time of projected record surpluses, there is absolutely no 
reason, no justification for these high taxes.
  American families deserve a tax break, and according to recent polls, 
nearly two out of three Americans want, need and deserve a tax break, 
but the critics of the tax plan want to keep taking more and more money 
from hard-working Americans just to pay for their growing, yet 
inefficient, bureaucracy.
  Mr. Speaker, spring is just around the corner, marking the beginning 
of the baseball season and, unfortunately, the tax season as well.
  Let us hit a home run for Americans. Let us pass meaningful tax 
relief and help them pay the mortgage, buy a computer, or simply go to 
school.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the criticisms of the tax relief which only 
serve to strike out for America's families trying to realize the 
American dream.

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