[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13475]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   DEMOCRATS WILL BE HEARD TODAY DURING PROCEEDINGS UNDER SUSPENSION 
                                CALENDAR

  (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I approach the 
floor to alert the House that a substantial number of Members are 
prepared to see that we do not pass suspension bills until such time as 
the grievances of this great body are addressed.
  As most of us know, recently this House passed a tax bill without the 
inclusion of one thought, one amendment, one idea that the Democrats 
have had. There comes a time that we have to say, enough is enough, not 
because we are Democrats, but because we represent people throughout 
these United States whose interests have been ignored.
  Six and one-half million low-income working families and 12 million 
children have been denied the benefits that this House was allowed to 
believe existed in the tax bill. It was excluded. Why? It was excluded 
to make certain that the money borrowed from the Treasury would take 
care of the high-income people receiving relief from capital gains and 
from interest taxes.
  We will be heard today, Mr. Speaker.

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