[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  AMERICA IS A NATION OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, do my colleagues know what? 
Our taxes were lowered on July 1. That means we will take home more of 
our own money. We can thank President Bush for that.
  When I was home in Texas over July 4, I met Kris and Melissa Kelly 
who are constituents of mine, and I asked them, what are you going to 
do with that tax refund? They said they are going to put a down payment 
on a brand-new minivan for their family. Is that not what America is 
all about?
  Instead of allowing the Federal Government to keep our hard-earned 
money, creating new and expensive government programs, we gave the 
people their own money back so they can buy the things they need.
  So I salute President Bush for all he has done for the hard-working 
people of this great Nation. America really is a Nation of the people, 
by the people, for the people.

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