[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                WORKING OVERTIME FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Madam Speaker, in the short time since the 107th 
Republican-led Congress was sworn in, we have taken historic action on 
the most important issues for the American people.
  Today, we can probably say that we have honored our commitment to 
pass a budget resolution that lowers taxes, improves education, and 
strengthens retirement security.
  Our budget symbolizes the very core of our beliefs: Increased freedom 
for Americans, freedom from the stifling national debt, from a 
crippling tax burden, and from troubling retirement worries.
  We have proposed an across-the-board tax relief package that benefits 
all taxpayers and eliminates the taxes on marriage and death. We have 
passed legislation to give Americans more options to successfully save 
for their retirement.
  We can continue to empower American families by allowing parents and 
educators to make education decisions which will work best for their 
own children.
  Madam Speaker, the American people want the freedom to make decisions 
that work best for them. Republicans have been working overtime to give 
the American people the ability to do just that.

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